California Code of Regulations
Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services
Division 6 - Division of Juvenile Justice
Chapter 6 - Behavior Management System
Article 1 - Disciplianary Decision Making System
Section 30700 - Disciplinary Actions

Universal Citation: 9 CA Code of Regs 30700

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

(a) The Disciplinary Decision Making System (DDMS) is a process which ensures a ward the right to due process in disciplinary matters.

(b) Disciplinary actions which have the effect of imposing a sanction, depriving a ward of something possessed, or denying something which a ward reasonably expects as part of his prescribed program because the ward commits an institutional rule or law violation, shall be conducted within the following constraints:

(1) The ward shall have specific prior knowledge regarding his responsibilities, institution rules, and individual program objectives.

(2) Disciplinary actions shall be determined fairly.

(3) Higher decision-making standards shall be applied as the potential deprivation to the ward increases.

(4) Disciplinary measures shall not be:
(A) Degrading or humiliating to the ward.

(B) Disproportionate to the behavior requiring action.

1. Change without regulatory effect adopting chapter 6, article 1, (sections 30700-30716) and renumbering title 15, section 4630 to title 9, section 30700 filed 2-13-2020 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2020, No. 7).

Note: Authority cited: Section 1712, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 1001, 1002, 1004 and 1752, Welfare and Institutions Code.

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