The Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services has a duty to protect the safety of persons at its facilities and to preserve and protect the property of those persons and of the State of Tennessee. In order to fulfill this responsibility the use of administrative inspections and searches is necessary. This rule is intended to standardize practices and provide guidelines for proper conduct of administrative inspections and searches of persons and property at department facilities.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 33-1-203, 33-1-204, and 33-1-205. Administrative History: Original rule filed October 2, 1986; effective November 16, 1986. Administrative corrections made to agency names in December 2022 pursuant to Public Chapter 575 of 2012.