North Dakota Code 25-04-08 – Discharge of individual served from life skills and transition center
An individual who receives residential services at the life skills and transition center must be discharged if any one of the following conditions are present:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 25-04-08
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37
1. The superintendent, on the basis of a comprehensive evaluation and in consultation with the individual’s parent, guardian, legal custodian, or care team, finds that the care, treatment, training, rehabilitation, and supervision offered by the life skills and transition center are no longer needed.
2. The parent, guardian, or legal custodian who voluntarily admitted the individual to residential services at the life skills and transition center and who retains legal custody makes a written request for discharge.
3. The individual is admitted on indefinite transfer to a hospital, school, or other facility, or a protective service under the jurisdiction of another state, or another agency or department of this state.
4. A court of competent jurisdiction orders the discharge of the individual.