If a person ordered to be hospitalized under this part is eligible for hospital care or treatment by the veterans' administration of the United States within this state, the court, upon receipt of a certificate from the veterans' administration showing that facilities are available and that the person is eligible for care or treatment there, may order the person to be placed in the custody of the agency for hospitalization within this state. With respect to those persons the appropriate provisions of § 34-5-118, being a part of the Uniform Veterans' Guardianship Law, shall apply.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 33-6-510
Person eligible for care as armed forces veteran
Acts 1965, ch. 38, § 43; T.C.A., §§ 33-606, 33-6-105; Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1.
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