N.D. Cent. Code § 27-21-11
27-21-11. Transfer of students from the North Dakota youth correctional center to other institutions
27-21-11. Transfer of students from the North Dakota youth correctional center to
other institutions.
The director of the division of juvenile services may transfer students of the North Dakota
youth correctional center to the state hospital whenever the director is satisfied, upon
investigation and following appropriate standards of due process, that such transfer is
advisable. If any student, so transferred, is maintained at the expense of the county from which
the student was committed, the cost of the student's maintenance in the institution to which the
student is transferred must be charged to such county and must be collected therefrom upon
notice to the county auditor of said county by the director.