Idaho Code § 20-530
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20-530 REASSESSMENT OF COMMITTED JUVENILE OFFENDERS — RECORDS — FAILURE TO REASSESS.
Official statutory text
20-530. Reassessment of committed juvenile offenders — Records — Failure to reassess. (1) The department shall make periodic reassessments of all juvenile offenders committed to it for the purpose of determining whether existing orders and dispositions in individual cases should be modified or continued in force. Assessments may be made as frequently as the department considers desirable and shall be made with respect to every juvenile offender at intervals not exceeding one (1) year. Reports of periodic reassessments made pursuant to this section shall be filed with the court from which the juvenile offender was committed.
(2) The department shall keep written records of assessments, prognosis, and all orders concerning disposition or treatment of every juvenile offender committed to it.
(3) Failure of the department to assess a committed juvenile offender or to reassess him within one (1) year of a previous assessment shall not of itself entitle the juvenile offender to discharge from the control of the department but shall entitle him to petition the committing court for an order of discharge and the court shall discharge him unless the department satisfies the court of the need for further control.
History:
[(20-530) 1963, ch. 319, sec. 23, p. 876; am. and redesig. 1995, ch. 44, sec. 32, p. 93; am. 2012, ch. 19, sec. 25, p. 61.]
(2) The department shall keep written records of assessments, prognosis, and all orders concerning disposition or treatment of every juvenile offender committed to it.
(3) Failure of the department to assess a committed juvenile offender or to reassess him within one (1) year of a previous assessment shall not of itself entitle the juvenile offender to discharge from the control of the department but shall entitle him to petition the committing court for an order of discharge and the court shall discharge him unless the department satisfies the court of the need for further control.
History:
[(20-530) 1963, ch. 319, sec. 23, p. 876; am. and redesig. 1995, ch. 44, sec. 32, p. 93; am. 2012, ch. 19, sec. 25, p. 61.]
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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