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Washington Statutes, Title 72

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Title 72, STATE INSTITUTIONS

33 chapters · 477 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 72477 Ch 72.09, Department of corrections.115 Ch 72.01, Administration.43 Ch 72.23, Public and private facilities for me…40 Ch 72.40, State schools for blind, deaf, senso…30 Ch 72.05, Children and youth services.23 Ch 72.36, Soldiers' and veterans' homes and ve…21 Ch 72.66, Furloughs for prisoners.20 Ch 72.68, Transfer, removal, transportation—De…18 Ch 72.02, Adult corrections.17 Ch 72.64, Labor and employment of prisoners.16 Ch 72.65, Work release program.16 Ch 72.20, Maple Lane school.9 Ch 72.10, Health care services—Department of c…8 Ch 72.41, Board of trustees—School for the blind.8

23 sections·Filtered byTitle 72✕Ch 72.05✕

RCW 72.05.010 Declaration of purpose.
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(1) The purposes of RCW 72.05.010 through 72.05.210 are: To provide for every child with behavior problems, persons with disabilities, and hearing and visually impaired children, within the purview of RCW 72.05.010 through 72.05.210, as now or hereafter amended, such care, guidan…
RCW 72.05.020 Definitions.
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As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Community facility" means a group care facility operated for the care of juveniles committed to the department under RCW 13.40.185. A county detention facility that houses juveniles committed to the department u…
RCW 72.05.130 Powers and duties of department—"Close security" institutions designated.
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The department of social and health services and the department of children, youth, and families shall establish, maintain, operate and administer a comprehensive program for the custody, care, education, treatment, instruction, guidance, control, and rehabilitation of all person…
RCW 72.05.150 "Minimum security" institutions.
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The department shall have power to acquire, establish, maintain, and operate "minimum security" facilities for the care, custody, education, and treatment of children with less serious behavior problems. Such facilities may include parental schools or homes, farm units, and fores…

RCW 72.05.152 Juvenile forest camps—Industrial insurance benefits prohibited—Exceptions.

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No inmate of a juvenile forest camp who is affected by this chapter or receives benefits pursuant to RCW 72.05.152 and 72.05.154 shall be considered as an employee or to be employed by the state or the department of social and health services or the department of natural resource…

RCW 72.05.154 Juvenile forest camps—Industrial insurance—Eligibility for benefits—Exceptions.

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From and after July 1, 1973, any inmate working in a juvenile forest camp established and operated pursuant to RCW 72.05.150, pursuant to an agreement between the department of children, youth, and families and the department of natural resources shall be eligible for the benefit…

RCW 72.05.160 Contracts with other divisions, agencies authorized.

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In carrying out the provisions of RCW 72.05.010 through 72.05.210, the department shall have power to contract with other divisions or departments of the state or its political subdivisions, with any agency of the federal government, or with any private social agency. [ 1979 c 14…

RCW 72.05.170 Counseling and consultative services.

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The department may provide professional counseling services to delinquent children and their parents, consultative services to communities dealing with problems of children and youth, and may give assistance to law enforcement agencies by means of juvenile control officers who ma…

RCW 72.05.200 Parental right to provide treatment preserved.

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Nothing in RCW 72.05.010 through 72.05.210 shall be construed as limiting the right of a parent, guardian or person standing in loco parentis in providing any medical or other remedial treatment recognized or permitted under the laws of this state. [ 1959 c 28 s 72.05.200. Prior:…

RCW 72.05.210 Juvenile court law—Applicability—Synonymous terms.

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RCW 72.05.010 through 72.05.210 shall be construed in connection with and supplemental to the juvenile court law as embraced in chapter 13.04 RCW. Process, procedure, probation by the court prior to commitment, and commitment shall be as provided therein. The terms "delinquency",…

RCW 72.05.310 Parental schools—Personnel.

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The department may employ personnel, including but not limited to, superintendents and all other officers, agents, and teachers necessary to the operation of parental schools. [ 1979 c 141 s 184; 1959 c 28 s 72.05.310. Prior: 1957 c 297 s 3. Formerly RCW 43.28.170.]

RCW 72.05.400 Operation of community facility—Establishing or relocating—Public participation required—Secretary's duties.

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(1) Whenever the department operates, or the secretary enters a contract to operate, a community facility, the community facility may be operated only after the public notification and opportunities for review and comment as required by this section. (2) The secretary shall estab…

RCW 72.05.405 Juveniles in community facility—Infraction policy—Return to institution upon serious violation—Definitions by rule.

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The department shall adopt an infraction policy for juveniles placed in community facilities. The policy shall require written documentation by the department and service providers of all infractions and violations by juveniles of conditions set by the department. Any juvenile wh…

RCW 72.05.410 Violations by juveniles in community facility—Toll-free hotline for reporting.

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(1) The department shall publish and operate a staffed, toll-free twenty-four-hour hotline for the purpose of receiving reports of violation of conditions set for juveniles who are placed in community facilities. (2) The department shall include the phone number on all documents …

RCW 72.05.415 Establishing community placement oversight committees—Review and recommendations—Liability—Travel expenses—Notice to law enforcement of placement decisions.

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(1) The secretary shall develop a process with local governments that allows each community to establish a community placement oversight committee. The department may conduct community awareness activities. The community placement oversight committees developed pursuant to this s…

RCW 72.05.420 Placement in community facility—Necessary conditions and actions—Department's duties.

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(1) The department shall not initially place an offender in a community facility unless: (a) The department has conducted a risk assessment, including a determination of drug and alcohol abuse, and the results indicate the juvenile will pose not more than a minimum risk to public…

RCW 72.05.425 Student records and information—Necessary for risk assessment, security classification, and proper placement—Rules.

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(1) The department shall establish by rule, in consultation with the office of the superintendent of public instruction, those student records and information necessary to conduct a risk assessment, make a security classification, and ensure proper placement. Those records shall …

RCW 72.05.430 Placement and supervision of juveniles in community facility—Monitoring requirements—Copies of agreements.

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(1) Whenever the department operates, or the secretary enters a contract to operate, a community facility, the placement and supervision of juveniles must be accomplished in accordance with this section. (2) The secretary shall require that any juvenile placed in a community faci…

RCW 72.05.435 Common use of residential group homes for juvenile offenders—Placement of juvenile convicted of a class A felony.

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(1) The department shall establish by rule a policy for the common use of residential group homes for juvenile offenders under the jurisdiction of the department. (2) A juvenile confined under the jurisdiction of the department who is convicted of a class A felony is not eligible…

RCW 72.05.440 Eligibility for employment or volunteer position with juveniles—Must report convictions—Rules.

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(1) A person shall not be eligible for an employed or volunteer position within the department of children, youth, and families or any agency with which it contracts in which the person may have regular access to juveniles under the jurisdiction of the department of children, you…

RCW 72.05.450 Use of restraints on pregnant youth in custody—Allowed in extraordinary circumstances.

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(1) Except in extraordinary circumstances no restraints of any kind may be used on any pregnant youth in an institution or a community facility covered by this chapter during transportation to and from visits to medical providers and court proceedings during the third trimester o…

RCW 72.05.451 Use of restraints on pregnant youth in custody—Provision of information to staff and pregnant youth in custody.

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(1) The secretary shall provide an informational packet about the requirements of chapter 181, Laws of 2010 to all medical staff and nonmedical staff of the institution or community facility who are involved in the transportation of youth who are pregnant, as well as such other s…

RCW 72.05.460 Youth adjudicated/sentenced by tribal court—Department may provide residential custody services in state juvenile rehabilitation facility—Contract between department and tribe.

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(1) The department may provide residential custody services in a state juvenile rehabilitation facility to youth adjudicated and sentenced by a court of any federally recognized Indian tribe located within the state of Washington, pursuant to a contract between the department and…