2023 Tennessee Code › Title 33 - MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES (§§ 33-1-101 — 33-11-106) › Chapter 2 - SERVICES AND FACILITIES (§§ 33-2-101 — 33-2-1403) › Part 14 - STOPPING ADDICTION AND FOSTERING EXCELLENCE (SAFE) › Section 33-2-1401 - Part definitions

As used in this part:
(1)
"Alcohol and drug prevention and/or treatment facility" or "ADTF" means an institution, treatment resource, group residence (boarding home, sheltered workshop, activity center), rehabilitation center, hospital, community mental health center, nonresidential office-based opiate treatment facility, nonresidential substitution-based treatment center for opiate addiction, DUI school, counseling center, clinic, halfway house, recovery residence, or other entity, by these or other names, providing alcohol and drug services; however, a DUI school operated by a state institution of higher education is not considered an alcohol and drug prevention and treatment facility for purposes of this chapter and "alcohol and drug prevention and treatment facility" does not include any facility otherwise licensed or certified by the department of mental health and substance abuse services, including certified recovery court programs, the department of health, a facility approved by the department of education, or treatment programs operated by the department of correction;
(2)
"Alcohol and drug services" includes evaluation, treatment, residential personal care, habilitation, rehabilitation, counseling, or supervision of persons with substance use disorder, or services to persons designed to prevent substance use disorder that either receive funds from the department of health or assess fees for services provided; however, a DUI school operated by a state institution of higher education is not considered alcohol and drug services for purposes of this part;
(3)
"Levels of care" means the continuum of support ranging from nonclinical recovery housing to clinical and licensed treatment;
(4)
"Municipality" means an incorporated city or town, or a county with a metropolitan form of government;
(5)
"Organization" means any nationally recognized recovery residence standards organization, any affiliate of any nationally recognized recovery residence standards organization, or grantees of any state or federal department or agency;
(6)
"Peer" means an individual with lived experience in recovery and the appropriate skills to support a recovery community;
(7)
"Recovery residence" means any ADTF, including any residence classified as a single family residence under §
13-24-102
, that provides a safe, healthy, and family-like, substance-free living environment centered on peer support that assists individuals in recovery from substance use disorder with services that promote long-term recovery, including, but not limited to, direct connection to other peers in recovery, mutual support groups, and recovery support services; and
(8)
"Substance-free" does not mean free of substances that are prescription medications taken as directed by a licensed prescriber, such as pharmacotherapies specifically approved by the federal food and drug administration (FDA) for the treatment of opioid use disorder, as well as other medications with FDA-approved indications for the treatment of co-occurring disorders.
Added by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 309, s 5, eff. 7/1/2022.