33-3-701 - Commencement of proceedings. - Tennessee Statutes

33-3-701. Commencement of proceedings.

Judicial proceedings for the determination of whether a person may be transferred to a facility or continues to be eligible for treatment in a facility to which that person was transferred under part 3 or 4 of this chapter, may be commenced by filing a complaint in circuit court where the receiving department facility is located. The person or a parent, legal guardian, legal custodian, conservator, spouse or responsible relative of the person may initiate the review proceedings.

[Acts 1984, ch. 922, § 5; 1989, ch. 513, § 13; 1996, ch. 1079, § 55; 2000, ch. 947, §§ 1, 6.]