(a) Each sex offender sentenced by the court for an offense committed on or after January 1, 1996, is required, as a part of any sentence to probation, community corrections, or incarceration with the department of correction, to undergo treatment to the extent appropriate to the offender based upon the recommendations of the evaluation and identification made pursuant to § 39-13-705, or based upon any subsequent recommendations by the department of correction, the judicial branch or the department of children’s services, whichever is appropriate. Any treatment and monitoring shall be at the person‘s own expense, based upon the person’s ability to pay for the treatment.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 39-13-706

  • Board: means the sex offender treatment board created in §. See Tennessee Code 39-13-703
  • Person: includes the singular and the plural and means and includes any individual, firm, partnership, copartnership, association, corporation, governmental subdivision or agency, or other organization or other legal entity, or any agent or servant thereof. See Tennessee Code 39-11-106
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Services: includes labor, skill, professional service, transportation, telephone, mail, gas, electricity, steam, water, cable television, entertainment subscription service or other public services, accommodations in hotels, restaurants or elsewhere, admissions to exhibitions, use of vehicles or other movable property, and any other activity or product considered in the ordinary course of business to be a service, regardless of whether it is listed in this subdivision (a)(38) or a specific statute exists covering the same or similar conduct. See Tennessee Code 39-11-106
  • sex: means a person's immutable biological sex as determined by anatomy and genetics existing at the time of birth and evidence of a person's biological sex. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Sex offender: means any person who is convicted in this state, on or after January 1, 1996, of any sex offense, or if such person has been convicted in another state of an offense that would constitute a sex offense in this state, and who is subject to parole or probation supervision by the department of correction pursuant to an interstate compact. See Tennessee Code 39-13-703
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Treatment: means therapy and supervision of any sex offender that conforms to the standards created by the board pursuant to §. See Tennessee Code 39-13-703
(b) Each sex offender placed on parole by the state board of parole on or after January 1, 1996, is required, as a condition of parole, to undergo treatment to the extent appropriate to the offender based upon the recommendations of the evaluation and identification pursuant to § 39-13-705 or any evaluation or subsequent reevaluation regarding the person during the person’s incarceration or any period of parole. Any treatment shall be at the person’s expense, based upon the person’s ability to pay for such treatment.
(c) Any treatment required by this section must be provided by an individual or entity on the sex offender treatment board’s list of approved providers compiled pursuant to § 39-13-704(d)(5).
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