Section 41-21-1001 - Part definitions

As used in this part:(1) 'Board' means the inmate disciplinary oversight board;(2) 'Commissioner' means the commissioner of correction;(3) 'Department' means the department of correction;(4) 'Executive director' means the officer employed by the board as the chief administrative officer of the agency; and(5) 'Sentence credits' means any credit, whether called that or not, that results in a reduction of the amount of time an inmate must serve on the original sentence or sentences.Added by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 402, s 7, eff. 1/1/2024.