§ 25-04-08 — Discharge of an individual from life skills and transition center

North Dakota § 25-04-08

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 25: Mental and Physical Illness or Disability
• Ch. 25-04: Care of Developmentally Disabled

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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:
1. The superintendent of the life skills and transition center, on the basis of a
comprehensive evaluation and in consultation with the individual served'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 served
to residential services at the life skills and transition center and who retains legal
custody makes a written request for discharge.
3. The individual served 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 served.
5. The superintendent makes a determination that the noneligible individual no longer
qualifies for accessing services provided by the life skills and transition center.