Tennessee § 41-1-413 - Intermediate administrative sanctions to manage and assist probationers — Revocation of authority.

§ 41-1-413. Intermediate administrative sanctions to manage and assist probationers — Revocation of authority.

When appropriate to better manage and assist probationers under their supervision, probation and parole officers employed by the department of correction shall have the authority to impose intermediate administrative sanctions, including, but not limited to, mandated participation in treatment programs designed to address an offender's risks and needs. The intermediate administrative sanctions shall be imposed in accordance with the treatment/supervision plan developed using a validated instrument to evaluate the individual risks and needs of the offender. Trial courts may revoke the authority granted to probation and parole officers in subsection (a), by entering an order to that effect, in all cases for all defendants, in certain specified cases or for particular defendants. Acts 2009, ch. 452, § 2; 2012, ch. 727, § 55. Compiler's Notes. For the Preamble to the act concerning the transfer of certain functions relating to probation and parole services and the community correction grant program from the board of probation and parole to the department of correction, please refer to Acts 2012, ch. 727. Acts 2012, ch. 727, § 63 provided that the implementation of the act, which amended subsection (a), shall be fully accomplished on or before January 1, 2013.