Tennessee § 41-21-222 - Mental examination of persons eligible for release or parole.
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§ 41-21-222. Mental examination of persons eligible for release or parole.
The department of mental health and substance abuse services, as soon as it is properly staffed and equipped to examine all persons eligible for release or about to be paroled from the penal institutions of the state, upon the request of the commissioner of correction, shall examine all such persons with the view of determining whether the persons are mentally ill or have symptoms of mental illness and report its findings to the commissioner of correction. Acts 1955, ch. 204, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1955, ch. 102, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1975, ch. 248, § 1; T.C.A., § 41-348; Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 6; 2010, ch. 1100, § 69; 2012, ch. 575, § 1. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2010, ch. 1100, § 153 provided that the commissioner of mental health and developmental disabilities, the commissioner of mental health, 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.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 41-21-222 ("Mental examination of persons eligible for release or parole.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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