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2920.4100 STUDENTS OR VOLUNTEERS.

When students or volunteers are used in adult community-based residential correctional facilities, a written policy and procedure must provide that a staff member is responsible for coordinating the volunteer service program. The policy must include the following elements:

A.

lines of authority, responsibility, and accountability for the volunteer services;

B.

a procedure for the screening and selection of volunteers that includes background screening;

C.

an orientation training program appropriate to the nature of the assignment;

D.

a requirement that volunteers agree in writing to abide by all program rules and policies, particularly relating to confidentiality of information; and

E.

a statement that the program administrator may discontinue a volunteer activity at any time by written notice.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 241.021

History:

36 SR 635

Published Electronically:

January 3, 2012

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