§ 33-3-403 — Emergency residential care and treatment

Tennessee § 33-3-403

• Jurisdiction: Tennessee
• Title: 33

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(a) If the director of a facility of the department of correction determines, on the basis of a written report of a licensed physician or a licensed psychologist designated as a health service provider, that a person in the director's custody: (1) Has mental illness or serious emotional disturbance; and (2) Is in need of emergency residential care and treatment for the condition that cannot be provided at an appropriate facility of the department of correction and that can be provided at an appropriate residential program of the department of mental health and substance abuse services, Click here to view form. (b) When a person is transferred from the department of correction to the department of mental health and substance abuse services under this section, the chief officer of the receiving facility shall convene a transfer committee not less than seven (7) nor more than fourteen (14) days thereafter unless the person is returned to the department of correction before the scheduled hearing date.

Legislative History

Acts 1984, ch. 922, § 34; 1989, ch. 278, § 33; 1996, ch. 1079, §§ 43-45; 2000, ch. 947, §§ 1, 6; 2010 , ch. 1100, § 38; 2012 , ch. 575, § 1.