Virginia Code 66-25.5: Powers and duties not delegable to contractor
No contract for juvenile correctional services shall authorize, allow, or imply a delegation of authority or responsibility of the Director to a contractor for any of the following:
Terms Used In Virginia Code 66-25.5
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Contractor: means any entity entering into or offering or proposing to enter into a contractual agreement to provide any juvenile correctional facility for or correctional services to juveniles under the custody of the Commonwealth. See Virginia Code 66-25.3
- Correctional services: means the following functions, services and activities when provided within a juvenile correctional facility or otherwise:
1. See Virginia Code 66-25.3
1. Developing and implementing procedures for calculating release and parole eligibility dates for committed juveniles;
2. Approving juveniles for furlough and work release;
3. Approving the type of work juveniles may perform and the wages which may be given the juveniles engaging in such work;
4. Classifying a committed juvenile or placing a committed juvenile in less restrictive custody or more restrictive custody;
5. Transferring a committed juvenile; however, the contractor may make written recommendations regarding the transfer of a committed juvenile;
6. Formulating rules of behavior for committed juveniles, violations of which may subject committed juveniles to sanctions; however, the contractor may propose such rules to the Director for his review and adoption, rejection, or modification as otherwise provided by law or regulation; and
7. Disciplining committed juveniles in any manner which requires a discretionary application of rules of behavior for committed juveniles or a discretionary imposition of a sanction for violations of such rules.