33-7-202 - Initiation of commitment proceedings Findings required. - Tennessee Statutes

33-7-202. Initiation of commitment proceedings Findings required.

(a)  If the commissioner authorizes the transfer of a voluntary service recipient with mental illness to a forensic services unit, the chief officer of the receiving facility shall initiate commitment proceedings under chapter 6, part 5, of this title.

(b)  In the proceedings the court shall determine, in addition to the findings required by chapter 6, part 5, of this title, whether the service recipient is substantially likely to injure the person or others if not treated in a forensic services unit and whether treatment in a forensic services unit is in the person's best interest.

[Acts 1974, ch. 464, § 1; 1975, ch. 248, § 22; T.C.A., § 33-704; Acts 1984, ch. 922, § 36; 2000, ch. 947, § 1.]