Prerequisites to Involuntary Commitment

1. Law
2. Tennessee Code
3. Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
4. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Services
5. Forensic Services for Persons With Intellectual Disabilities
6. Prerequisites to Involuntary Commitment

IF AND ONLY IF

1. a person has an intellectual disability, AND
2. the person poses a substantial likelihood of serious harm under § 33-6-501 because of the intellectual disability, AND
3. the person needs care, training, or treatment because of the intellectual disability, AND
4. all available less drastic alternatives to judicial commitment are unsuitable to meet the needs of the person, AND
5. the district attorney general files a complaint to require involuntary care and treatment under § 33-5-402,

   THEN

6. the person may be judicially committed to involuntary care and treatment in the custody of the commissioner in proceedings conducted in conformity with chapter 3, part 6 of this title.

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