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1-A.__Eligibility.__Only a juvenile, as defined in Title 15,
section 3003, subsection 14, who is 11 years of age or older at
the time of commitment may be committed to the Northern Maine
Juvenile Facility pursuant to this subchapter and Title 15, Part
6.

 
2. Limitations. No A person may not be detained at or
committed to the Northern Maine Juvenile Facility who is blind or
who is a proper subject for any residential services provided by
or through the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation
and Substance Abuse Services.

 
3. Certification. When a person is detained at or committed
to the Northern Maine Juvenile Facility, the court ordering the
detention or commitment shall certify on the mittimus the
person's birthplace, parentage and legal residence.

 
Sec. 29. 34-A MRSA §4109, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 400 and amended
by PL 1999, c. 401, Pt. J, §6, is repealed.

 
Sec. 30. 34-A MRSA §4111, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 752, §42, is
repealed and the following enacted in its place:

 
§4111. Powers of commissioner

 
1.__Juvenile client.__The commissioner has all the power over
a juvenile client that a guardian has over a ward and that a
parent has over a child with regard to person, allowable property
that the juvenile client has at the Northern Maine Juvenile
Facility, earnings that the juvenile client receives during the
juvenile client's stay at the Northern Maine Juvenile Facility
and the rehabilitation of every juvenile client.__If a juvenile
client is or becomes 18 years of age while still under
commitment, the statutory guardianship of the commissioner over
the juvenile client terminates, but the juvenile client remains
subject to the control of the commissioner, staff and rules of
the Northern Maine Juvenile Facility until the expiration of the
period of commitment or until discharge from the Northern Maine
Juvenile Facility.

 
2.__Juvenile detainee.__The commissioner has all the power
over a juvenile detainee that a guardian has over a ward and that
a parent has over a child with regard to necessary medical care.__
If a juvenile detainee is or becomes 18 years of age while still
detained, the statutory guardianship of the commissioner over the
juvenile detainee terminates, but the juvenile remains subject to
the control of the commissioner, staff and rules of the Northern
Maine Juvenile Facility until release from the Northern Maine
Juvenile Facility.


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