Without regard to its wording, any court order of hospitalization in a hospital or unit of a hospital shall be considered in law as a transfer of the person to the custody of the commissioner.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 33 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Chapter 7 - Security Units and Forensic Services
§ 33-7-101. Examination of Patients
§ 33-7-103. Judicial Hospitalization Order as Transfer of Custody
§ 33-7-104. Admissions to a State-Owned or Operated Facility