Chapter 6 – Adult Classification

61040.5 Rejection of Cases

• Cases may be rejected when The Director determines that the Department’s staff or facilities cannot adequately provide services. Any proposed rejection of cases shall be referred to the Director. However, the authority to reject the following specific cases is delegated to reception center AWAssociate Warden.

• Chronic or acute medical/psychiatric cases which necessitate intensive care, such as those who are in need of specialized treatment like dialysis or who have a mental illness of such magnitude that psychiatric hospitalization is required.

• Cases where the background information necessary to conduct an appropriate evaluation is inadequate. These include cases referred without a PORProbation Officer Report or minus other documentation such as an arresting officer’s report.