Sec. 13. 34-A MRSA §4106, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 400 and amended by PL 2001, c. 439, Pt. G, §8, is further amended to read:

§4106. Powers of employees

Employees of the Mountain View Youth Development Center 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 superintendent.

Sec. 14. 34-A MRSA §4108, sub-§2, ¶A, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 400 is amended to read:

A. Placement under observation must first be approved by the director superintendent.

Sec. 15. 34-A MRSA §4108, sub-§2, ¶D, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 400 is amended to read:

D. When placement under observation exceeds 12 hours, the director superintendent shall direct the facility physician or a member of the facility medical staff to visit the juvenile immediately and at least once in each succeeding 24-hour period the juvenile remains under observation to examine the juvenile's state of health.

(1) The director superintendent shall give full consideration to recommendations of the physician or medical staff member concerning the juvenile's dietary needs and the conditions of the juvenile's confinement required to maintain the juvenile's health. If the recommendations of the physician or medical staff member are not carried out, the director superintendent shall immediately convey the reasons and circumstances for this decision to the commissioner for review and final disposition.

(2) Placement under observation must be discontinued if the director superintendent, on the advice of the physician, determines that placement under observation is harmful to the mental or physical health of the juvenile, except that placement under observation may be continued if the behavior of the juvenile presents a high likelihood of imminent physical harm to that juvenile or others and there is no less restrictive