41-21-223. Petition to determine mental illness prior to release of inmate.
If the director of an institution of the department of correction determines from an examination that any person is mentally ill and because of this illness possesses a likelihood of serious harm as defined in title 33, chapter 6, part 5, the director may, within one (1) month of the time for the release of that person, petition the chancery or circuit court in the county where the institution is located, or division II of probate court in any county having a probate court and having a population of more than six hundred thousand (600,000), according to the 1970 federal census or any subsequent federal census, where the institution is located, for judicial commitment to a hospital or treatment resource pursuant to title 33, chapter 6, part 5.
41-21-223. Petition to determine mental illness prior to release of inmate.
If the director of an institution of the department of correction determines from an examination that any person is mentally ill and because of this illness possesses a likelihood of serious harm as defined in title 33, chapter 6, part 5, the director may, within one (1) month of the time for the release of that person, petition the chancery or circuit court in the county where the institution is located, or division II of probate court in any county having a probate court and having a population of more than six hundred thousand (600,000), according to the 1970 federal census or any subsequent federal census, where the institution is located, for judicial commitment to a hospital or treatment resource pursuant to title 33, chapter 6, part 5.
41-21-223. Petition to determine mental illness prior to release of inmate.
If the director of an institution of the department of correction determines from an examination that any person is mentally ill and because of this illness possesses a likelihood of serious harm as defined in title 33, chapter 6, part 5, the director may, within one (1) month of the time for the release of that person, petition the chancery or circuit court in the county where the institution is located, or division II of probate court in any county having a probate court and having a population of more than six hundred thousand (600,000), according to the 1970 federal census or any subsequent federal census, where the institution is located, for judicial commitment to a hospital or treatment resource pursuant to title 33, chapter 6, part 5.
