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33-7-201 - Creation of forensic services units.

33-7-201. Creation of forensic services units.

The commissioner shall operate in the state hospitals secure facilities, known as forensic services units, necessary for persons with mental illness who are eligible for admission to the units under this title.

[Acts 1974, ch. 464, § 1; T.C.A., § 33-701; Acts 1984, ch. 922, § 35; 2000, ch. 947, § 1.]