41-10-101 - Chapter definitions.
41-10-101. Chapter definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Board means the board of probation and parole;
(2) Chair means the chair of the board of probation and parole;
(3) Commissioner means the commissioner of correction;
(4) CRDC means the community resource development committee;
(5) Department means the department of correction;
(6) Institution means an institution of the department;
(7) Offender means a person who is under the authority of the department, pursuant to a court order, a pending court disposition in a Tennessee criminal case, or under the authority of the board, pursuant to release under probation or parole supervision, or some other release program from any correctional institution;
(8) Region means a probation region of the department of correction;
(9) TCRB means the Tennessee community resource board; and
(10) Volunteer means any person who, after fulfilling appropriate policy requirements, is assigned to a volunteer job and provides a service without pay from the department or board except for compensation for those expenses incurred directly as the result of volunteer services as defined in this chapter. A volunteer may present any grievance related to volunteer services to the Tennessee community resource board, which shall make recommendations to the commissioner or the board, as appropriate, and may appeal any decision of the Tennessee community resource board to the commissioner or to the board, as appropriate.
[Acts 1985, ch. 267, § 1; 2000, ch. 987, §§ 1-3.]