1. (1) “Alcohol and Drug Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Facility” means a residential program for service recipients at least eighteen (18) years of age, which offers highly structured services to service recipients with the primary purpose of restoring service recipients with alcohol and/or drug abuse or dependency disorders to levels of positive functioning and abstinence appropriate to the service recipient. A primary goal of these services is to move the service recipient into less intensive levels of care and/or reintegration into the community as appropriate. Services include counseling contacts, lectures/seminars, and other services necessary to meet the service recipients’ assessed needs.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-4-103, 4-5-202, 4-5-204, 33-1-302, 33-1-305, 33-1-309, 33-2-301, 33-2-302, and 33-2-404 and Executive Order 44 (February 23, 2007). Administrative History: Original rule filed April 27, 2000; effective July 11, 2000. Amendment filed April 11, 2003; effective June 25, 2003. Amendment filed April 28, 2003; effective July 12, 2003. Amendments filed January 3, 2006; effective March 19, 2006. Amendment filed February 7, 2007; effective April 23, 2007. On May 15, 2008, rule was transferred from 1200-08-17 per Executive Order 44 (February 23, 2007). Repeal and new rule filed August 27, 2008; effective November 10, 2008.