Tennessee Statutes
§ 33-3-412 — Emergency residential care and treatment for minors in youth development centers
Tennessee·Title 33
(a)The chief officer of a youth development center shall immediately have a person transferred to a facility of the department designated by the commissioner, if the chief officer of the youth development center of the department of children's services determines, on the basis of a written report of a licensed physician or a licensed psychologist designated as a health service provider, that the person in the youth development center:
(1)Has a serious emotional disturbance or mental illness; and (2) Is in need of emergency residential care and treatment for the condition that cannot be provided at the youth development center and that can be provided by an appropriate residential program of the department.
(b)When a person in the custody of the department of children's services is trans
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Legislative History
Acts 1996, ch. 1079, § 46; 2000, ch. 947, §§ 1, 6; 2010, ch. 1100, § 24.
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
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