La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § I-6905 - Admission Criteria

A. Only peace officers, probation officers, and/or persons designated by the court, who are specialized in juvenile training and the Code of Juvenile Procedure, should be authorized to detain children in a detention center. There should be a policy by which the facility administrator or a person designated by said administrator would refuse an admission if the admission does not meet the criteria for admission pursuant to these standards and the Code of Juvenile Procedure. An intake or admission form for each child presented for admission shall be completed and signed by the admitting officer, stating the following information:

1. date;

2. full name, address, telephone number;

3. birthdate, age;

4. race, sex;

5. father's name, address, and telephone number;

6. mother's name, address, and telephone number;

7. name, address, and telephone number of person with whom the child is living;

8. person(s) notified of detention and by whom;

9. a plain and concise statement of the facts and circumstances showing a basis for juvenile jurisdiction;

10. court of jurisdiction;

11. signature of admitting officer and agency;

12. signature of detention employee receiving child;

B. When signatures of both admitting officer and detention employee receiving the child have been affixed to the admission form, the detention center shall assume custody of the child.

C. Only children who are alleged to be delinquent or held in contempt of court in accordance with the Code of Juvenile Procedure, Article 34, Paragraph C and Article 83, Paragraph C, shall be detained in a detention center. Detention care should be used only when there is reason to believe that:

1. the child will commit injury to the persons or property of others or cause injury to himself or be subject to injury by others; or,

2. the child will run away or be taken away as to be unavailable for proceedings of the court or its officers; or,

3. the child has no parent, guardians, custodian, or other personable to provide adequate supervision or care or take him/her to further appointments with the court or law enforcement agencies.

D. No child shall be admitted if intoxicated, visibly under the influence of drugs, or shows evidence of being ill, injured, or psychotic, until examined by a physician. A written statement from the physician stating that the child can be detained without endangering himself or others shall accompany the child to the detention facility after said examination.

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La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § I-6905

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Resources, Office of the Secretary, Division of Licensing and Certification, LR 13:246 (April 1987).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 46:51, 46:1401-1424.