Transfer Committee — Chair — Vice Chair — Voting — Hearings — Rights of Transferees — Evidence

1. Law
2. Tennessee Code
3. Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
4. General Rules Applicable to Service Recipients
5. Transfers From Department of Correction and Department of Children's Services
6. Transfer Committee — Chair — Vice Chair — Voting — Hearings — Rights of Transferees — Evidence

1. The committee may elect a chair and a vice chair. The committee shall act by majority vote. No member of the committee is disqualified to participate in a hearing by virtue of prior knowledge of the case. The chair may postpone the hearing for a reasonable time upon request of the person whose transfer is proposed to permit that person to obtain counsel and witnesses. In the hearing, the committee shall receive all relevant evidence. The transferee shall be permitted to speak personally and by counsel and to present witnesses.
2. Transfer committee proceedings under this part are not governed by the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.

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