33-3-406 - Approval or disapproval of transfer. - Tennessee Statutes

33-3-406. Approval or disapproval of transfer.

(a)  If the committee determines that the transfer meets the standards for a transfer under this part, it shall approve the transfer. The chair shall immediately give the person written notice of the committee's decision and a summary of the factual basis for the decision and a complaint form for review of the transfer in the circuit court under part 7 of this chapter.

(b)  If the transfer committee determines that the transfer does not meet the standards for a transfer under this part, it shall disapprove the transfer, and if the person has already been transferred, shall order the person returned to the transferring facility. The chair shall immediately give the person written notice of the committee's decision and a summary of the factual basis for the decision.

[Acts 1984, ch. 922, § 34; 1989, ch. 513, § 6; 2000, ch. 947, § 1.]