Tennessee § 33-8-312 - Hearing costs.

§ 33-8-312. Hearing costs.

Under §§ 33-8-305 — 33-8-313 , if the child is indigent and is not in the custody of the department of children's services, the department shall reimburse the attorney for the petitioner, the attorney and the guardian ad litem appointed by the court for the child, and the psychiatrist who testifies at the hearing, whether the board-certified child psychiatrist under § 33-8-309 or the court-appointed independent psychiatrist under § 33-8-308 , in an amount fixed by the court. The department shall pay all court costs under §§ 33-8-305 — 33-8-313 if the child is indigent and is not in the custody of the department of children's services. Acts 1976, ch. 489, § 1; 1978, ch. 877, §§ 1, 2; T.C.A., §§ 33-320, 33-3-201(i); Acts 2000, ch. 947, §§ 1, 6; 2010, ch. 1100, § 24. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2010, ch. 1100, § 153 provided that the commissioner of mental health and developmental disabilities, the commissioner of mental health (now commissioner of mental health and substance abuse services), the commissioner of intellectual and developmental disabilities, and the commissioner of finance and administration are authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of the act. All such rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the provisions of the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.