Tennessee Statutes
§ 33-3-403 — Emergency residential care and treatment
Tennessee·Title 33
(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 receiv
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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.
Nearby Sections
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§ 33-1-101
Title definitions§ 33-1-201
Responsibilities of department - State policy toward mental illness or serious emotional disturbance§ 33-1-202
Statement of values underlying title§ 33-1-203
Principles of service§ 33-1-204
Unnecessary entitlements not created§ 33-1-303
Powers of commissioner§ 33-1-304
Duties of commissioner§ 33-1-308
Interagency agreements§ 33-1-309
Adoption of rules