3.__Powers.__In addition to other powers granted in this Title, the director may appoint one assistant director, subject to the Civil Service Law.__The assistant director has the powers, duties, obligations and liabilities of the director when the director is absent or unable to perform the director's duties.

§8924. Detention

1.__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 detention may be detained at the facility pursuant to this subchapter and Title 15, Part 6.

2.__Limitations.__A person may not be detained at the 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 the facility, the court ordering the detention shall certify on the mittimus the person's birthplace, parentage and legal residence.

§8925. Juvenile detainees generally

All juvenile detainees at the facility must be detained in accordance with the orders of the court and the rules of the department.

§8926. Powers of employees

Employees of the facility have the same power as sheriffs in their respective counties to search for and apprehend escapees from the facility, when authorized to do so by the director.

§8927. Transportation

All court-ordered and court-related transportation of juvenile detainees to and from the facility is the responsibility of the sheriff of the county in which the court is located.

§8928. Observation

1.__Generally.__When the behavior of a juvenile residing at the facility presents a high likelihood of imminent harm to that juvenile or to others, presents a substantial and imminent threat of destruction of property or demonstrates a proclivity to be