Definitions

(1) “Assistant Commissioner” means the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services 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 Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. (4) “Department” means the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. (5) “Forensic Services Program” means a service or facility operated directly or through agreement by the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to provide assessment and/or treatment for service recipients who need a secure setting. (6) “Office of Forensic Services” means the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services 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 Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. (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 Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services or the Department of Correction.