(a) If the chief officer of a receiving facility of the department or, upon approval by the commissioner, the chief officer of a private facility that operates a program for the department determines more than five (5) days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after a person has been transferred, that a person no longer meets the standards for a transfer under this part or that residential care and treatment in the facility are no longer advisable or beneficial, the chief officer shall order the person’s return to the department of correction or the department of children’s services.
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 33-3-409
Chief officer: means the person with overall authority for a public or private hospital or treatment resource, or the person's designee. See Tennessee Code 33-1-101
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
Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) The chief officer shall notify the person of the decision in writing not less than seventy-two (72) hours in advance of the proposed transfer. If the person does not object within seventy-two (72) hours of the notice to the proposed return, the person shall be returned to the department of correction or the department of children’s services. If the person objects within seventy-two (72) hours of the notice, the chief officer shall convene a transfer committee to review the decision not less than seven (7) days nor more than fourteen (14) days thereafter. The person shall remain at the facility pending the decision of the transfer committee.(c) If the transfer committee determines that the person no longer meets the standards for a transfer under this part or that residential care and treatment in the facility are no longer advisable or beneficial, it shall approve the transfer.(d) The decision of a transfer committee approving or disapproving a transfer under this section is final. The judicial remedy and procedures under part 7 of this chapter do not apply to the transfer committee decision.
