9 CAR § 100-314. Searches in secure residential facilities of youth — Pat searches

(a) Pat searches may be conducted on a client as part of routine procedure and without individualized reasonable suspicion to believe that a particular client is in possession of a weapon, drugs, or contraband. (b)(1) Pat searches shall be conducted by personnel of the same gender as the client and in the presence of a witness. (2) Clients shall remove any: (A) Clothing covering their head, hands, and feet; and (B) Outer garments such as coats and scarves. (3) Upon request of a client, a pat search shall, to the extent possible, be conducted in an area which is not observable by others. (c) During a pat search, staff shall pat search the client in the manner that they have been taught pursuant to Division of Youth Services Policy “Training and Professional Development”. (d) Staff who have not been trained in pat search techniques will not pat search a client except in an emergency.