Section 0940-03-11-.01 - DEFINITIONS(1) "Assistant Commissioner" means the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Assistant Commissioner of Policy and Legislation or the Assistant Commissioner with administrative responsibility for the Office of Forensic Services.(2) "Chief Officer" means, for the purposes of this chapter, the person with overall authority for a regional mental health institute or the person's designee.(3) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities.(4) "Department" means the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities.(5) "Forensic Services Program" means a service or facility operated directly or through agreement by the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities to provide assessment and/or treatment for service recipients who need a secure setting.(6) "Office of Forensic Services" means the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Office of Forensic and Juvenile Court Services.(7) "Transfer Committee" means a committee of five (5) persons established, pursuant to T.C.A. §§ 33-3-404 through 33-3-406, to review the transfer of service recipients who are inmates between the Department of Correction and the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities.(8) "Service recipient" means, for the purposes of this chapter, a person with mental illness who is receiving services in a facility operated by the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities or the Department of Correction.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0940-03-11-.01
Original rule filed March 18, 2010; effective June 16, 2010.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-4-103;33-1-201; 33-1-202; 33-1-203; 33-1-204; 33-1-302 and 33-1-305.