515. ADJUSTMENT OPTIONS

515 ADJUSTMENT OPTIONS 515.1 After the Adjustment Board or hearing officer has found a resident guilty of an offense contained in the Code of Offenses, it shall have the following options: (a) Imposition of any penalty provided in § 505 for a violation of the Code provision in question, and suspension of any privilege for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days; or (b) Imposition of extra duty assignments instead of more severe action. 515.2 The Board or hearing officer may suspend the imposition of a penalty. 515.3 If a resident is found guilty of a new infraction within the time limit of a previously suspended penalty, the Board or hearing officer shall impose the conditions of the suspended penalty, which shall run consecutively with any penalty imposed as a result of the current infraction. 515.4 The imposition of a suspended penalty may be modified at the discretion of the Administrator. 515.5 A suspended penalty shall not be invoked if the resident is found not guilty of a new charge. 515.6 Penalties imposed by the Board or a hearing officer shall be subject to modification by the Administrator. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 28 DCR 865, 887-88 (February 27, 1981).