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Tenn. Code Ann. § 33-7-202

Initiation of commitment proceedings — Findings required

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

(1) 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.

(2) 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.

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