Section 380.8503 - Intake and Admission Process(a) Purpose. This rule establishes the process for receiving youth into the custody of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD).(b) Intake and Admission Process. (1) The TJJD orientation and assessment unit performs all intake activities, including receipt of the youth from the committing county.(2) The orientation and assessment unit receives youth between 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.(3) Youth are not allowed to have personal possessions while at the orientation and assessment unit.(4) TJJD staff members perform the following admission procedures, at a minimum: (A) search each youth in accordance with § 380.9709 of this title;(B) inventory any personal possessions and return them to the county transporter;(C) complete a body identification form;(D) require the youth to shower, screen the youth for pediculosis, and provide treatment if indicated;(E) complete an initial health screening;(G) provide personal hygiene articles;(H) photograph and fingerprint each youth;(I) assign an official TJJD number;(J) initiate sex offender registration with the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), if required; and(K) take a blood sample from each youth for the DPS DNA database.(5) TJJD notifies each youth's parent/guardian in writing of:(A) the youth's admission;(B) TJJD's medical consent authority, as explained in § 380.9181 of this title;(C) procedures for communicating with his/her child through mail, phone calls, and visits;(D) the parent/guardian's rights as provided in the TJJD parent's bill of rights; and(E) the following information: (i) contraband money, as defined in § 380.9107 of this title, found in possession of a TJJD youth in a residential facility will be deposited in the student benefit fund;(ii) providing contraband to a TJJD youth, including alcohol, drugs, tobacco, or a cellular phone, is a criminal offense and could be subject to prosecution; and(iii) TJJD may use the chemical agent oleoresin capsicum, also known as OC spray, as necessary under § 380.9723 of this title.(6) TJJD provides orientation to youth about the TJJD system, as required by § 380.9115 of this title, and documents the orientation.(7) TJJD provides youth with counseling services and academic instruction during the youth's stay at the orientation and assessment unit.(8) Upon transportation of youth to their initial placements, TJJD notifies the parent/guardian, parole officer, and others as needed of the initial placement location.37 Tex. Admin. Code § 380.8503
The provisions of this §380.85033 adopted to be effective December 31, 1996, 21 TexReg 11956; amended to be effective October 1, 1997, 22 TexReg 9480; amended to be effective June 21, 1999, 24 TexReg 4461; amended to be effective December 16, 1999, 24 TexReg 10361; amended to be effective September 25, 2000, 25 TexReg 9223; amended to be effective June 8, 2003, 28 TexReg 4310; amended to be effective December 14, 2003, 28 TexReg 11099; amended to be effective April 25, 2004, 29 TexReg 3797; amended to be effective November 8, 2005, 30 TexReg 7230; amended tobe effective September 1, 2009, 34 TexReg 5539; transferred effective June 4, 2012, as published in the Texas Register June 22, 2012, 37 TexReg 4639; amended to be effective April 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 2127; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 44, Number 07, February 15, 2019, TexReg 714, eff. 3/1/2019