Section 300. Predispositionally placed juvenile

Article 4. Out-of-Home Placements

A. In accordance with approved procedures, a representative of the CSU shall make contact, either face-to-face or via videoconferencing, with each juvenile placed in predispositional detention, jail, or shelter care pursuant to § 16.1-248.1 of the Code of Virginia, within five days of the placement . A representative of the CSU shall make contact with the juvenile at least once every 10 days thereafter either face-to-face or by telephone or videoconferencing. All such contacts shall include direct communication between the CSU staff and the juvenile.

B. The case of each predispositionally placed juvenile shall be reviewed at least every 10 days in accordance with approved procedures to determine whether there has been a material change sufficient to warrant recommending a change in placement.

C. When the unit is the placing agency and is supervising a juvenile in a residential facility, designated staff of the CSU shall be available to the facility's staff 24 hours a day in case of emergency.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 14, Issue 02, eff. November 12, 1997; amended, Virginia Register Volume 18, Issue 24, eff. October 1, 2002; amended, Volume 27, Issue 12, eff. July 1, 2011.

Statutory Authority

§§ 16.1-233, 16.1-309.9 and 66-10 of the Code of Virginia.