The commissioner may:

(1) Adopt rules necessary to fulfill the department‘s responsibilities;

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 33-1-305

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of mental health and substance abuse services. See Tennessee Code 33-1-101
  • Department: means the department of mental health and substance abuse services. See Tennessee Code 33-1-101
  • Service recipient: means a person who is receiving service, has applied for service, or for whom someone has applied for or proposed service because the person has mental illness or serious emotional disturbance. See Tennessee Code 33-1-101
(2) Prescribe the form of applications, records, reports and certificates provided for in this title and the information that forms shall contain; and
(3) Investigate complaints by a service recipient or anyone on behalf of a service recipient.
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