Tenn. Code Ann. § 37-1-169: Referrals by juvenile court to crisis intervention program

(a) By promulgation of local rules of the juvenile court, a referral may be made to the department of children's services juvenile-family crisis intervention program in the following instances: (1) Where there is an allegation that a child is unruly; or (2) Where there is an allegation that a juvenile-family crisis exists. (b) Nothing in this section shall preclude the court or the department from taking any necessary action that shall be required to provide to a child any protective services, including, but not limited to, emergency protective custody. Acts 1994, ch. 1000, § 3; 1996, ch. 1079, § 107.

(a) By promulgation of local rules of the juvenile court, a referral may be made to the department of children's services juvenile-family crisis intervention program in the following instances: (1) Where there is an allegation that a child is unruly; or (2) Where there is an allegation that a juvenile-family crisis exists.

(1) Where there is an allegation that a child is unruly; or

(2) Where there is an allegation that a juvenile-family crisis exists.

(b) Nothing in this section shall preclude the court or the department from taking any necessary action that shall be required to provide to a child any protective services, including, but not limited to, emergency protective custody.