AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services. Division of Juvenile Justice and Youth Services

SERIES: 13991
TITLE: Law enforcement facility certification files
DATES: 1981-
ARRANGEMENT: Alphabetical by program, thereunder chronological

DESCRIPTION: These are licensing and certification actions by the Division of Juvenile Justice Services. They include quality assurance information and providers licensed to provide services to the division (Utah Administrative Code R840-8 (1992)). The Division has statutory authority and responsibility for monitoring juvenile confinement in law enforcement facilities and promulgating juvenile confinement facility certification rules that law enforcement agencies must meet to securely confine youth. These rules, the "Juvenile Jail Standards" and the "Juvenile Holding Room Standards" ensure that youth are held in accordance to the Federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention(JJDP) Act. Law enforcement facility certification occurs annually and files include a facility certification letter and law enforcement policies and procedures which detail juvenile processing and confinement policies and procedures as set forth in the JJDP Act.

RETENTION

Permanent. Retain for 6 year(s)

DISPOSITION

Transfer to Archives.

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series is authorized by Archives general schedule Licensing and certification case files, GRS-2511

AUTHORIZED: 09/05/2001

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office for 5 years and then transfer to State Records Center. Retain in State Records Center for 1 year and then transfer to State Archives with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Administrative Historical Legal

This disposition is based on the administrative needs expressed by the agency and Utah Administrative Code R840-8 (1992).

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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