11 chapters · 417 sections in this title.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 33-7-101 Examination of patients
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Any person with mental illness hospitalized under this chapter or held in a forensic services unit shall be examined as often as practicable but not less often than every three (3) months.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 33-7-102 Credit toward sentence — Release
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(a) Whenever a person is hospitalized or receives evaluation or treatment services under this chapter in connection with a criminal charge or conviction, wherever incarcerated, the person shall receive credit toward the satisfaction of the sentence for the time spent in the custo…
Tenn. Code Ann. § 33-7-103 Judicial hospitalization order as transfer of custody
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Without regard to its wording, any court order of hospitalization in a hospital or unit of a hospital shall be considered in law as a transfer of the person to the custody of the commissioner.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 33-7-104 Admissions to a state-owned or operated facility
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Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, all admissions or transfers to a state-owned or operated hospital or treatment resource under this chapter shall be subject to available suitable accommodations as defined in § 33-1-101, and no admission to a state-owned or operated …