Section 2503.150  Transfers to Treatment Unit Settings

a)         Any youth committed to the Department may be transferred to a treatment unit setting by the Director upon the recommendation of a Department mental health professional.  Committed youth determined by a Department physician, psychiatrist or clinical psychologist to be in need of placement in the Department of Human Services shall be transferred in accordance with applicable statutory provisions.

b)         Procedures shall be established at treatment unit facilities which shall:

1)         Provide for a review of continued placement by a mental health professional no less than every 90 days.

2)         Provide an opportunity to the committed youth or, upon request, to the committed youth's parent or guardian to present material which may be relevant to the committed youth's placement or continued placement in a treatment unit setting.