Colorado § 19-2.5-1504 - Facility directors - duties.
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§ 19-2.5-1504. Facility directors - duties.
(1) The director of the division of youth services shall appoint a director of each state-operated facility established by section 19-2.5-1502 and sections 19-2.5-1527 to 19-2.5-1529 pursuant to section 13 of article XII of the state constitution.
(2) It is the duty of the director of each facility established by section 19-2.5-1502 and sections 19-2.5-1527 to 19-2.5-1529 to:
(a) Report to the executive director of the department of human services at such times and on such matters as the director may require;
(b) Receive juveniles committed to the custody of the department of human services and placed in the director's care pursuant to this article 2.5 and to keep them for rehabilitation, education, and training until discharged by law or pursuant to the rules of the department of human services or released on parole;
(c) Make a careful and thorough evaluation, at intervals no greater than six months, of every juvenile placed under the director's care. The purpose of each evaluation is to ascertain whether:
(I) The juvenile's program should be modified;
(II) The juvenile's transfer to another facility should be recommended to the director; or
(III) The juvenile's release should be recommended to the juvenile parole board;
(d) Take such measures as are necessary to prevent recruitment of new gang members from among the juveniles committed to the custody of the department of human services.
Source: L. 2021: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 21-059), ch. 136, p. 691, § 2, effective October 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 19-2-205 as it existed prior to 2021.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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