N.Y. Mental Hygiene Law § 15.37: Transfer of juvenile delinquents

§ 15.37 Transfer of juvenile delinquents.

(a) The commissioner shall receive and arrange for the admission of

juvenile delinquents temporarily transferred to his custody pursuant to

section 353.4 of the family court act to the appropriate office

facility.

(b) Immediately upon the admission of a juvenile as a resident

pursuant to this section, the director shall comply with the provisions

of section 15.07 of this chapter, and the mental hygiene legal service

shall contact such juvenile and explain and make available the

facilities thereof. Any juvenile placed pursuant to this section shall

be subject to the provisions of article fifteen of this chapter.