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ship, control and custody of the superintendent thereof unless the superintendent recommends the parole to the board of administration and some suitable person will receive the person paroled under such conditions as may be approved by the superintendent of the school. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the parole of any person into his own home or into a licensed foster home under one of the welfare programs administered by the public welfare board of North Dakota.

§ 4. Amendment.) Section 54-23-01 of the North Dakota Century Code is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:

54-23-01. Institutions Under Control of Board of Administration.) The board of administration shall have full power to manage, control, and govern, subject only to the limitations contained in this chapter and in title 25, the state hospital, the penitentiary, the school for the blind, the school for the deaf, the Grafton state school, the North Dakota industrial school, the state tuberculosis sanatorium, and such other charitable, reformatory, and penal institutions as have been or may be created or established according to law. The board shall not have the power to manage, control, and govern the soldiers' home. The term "board" as used in this chapter shall mean the board of administration.

§ 5.) Section 12-46-10.1 of the North Dakota Century Code is hereby created and enacted to read as follows:

12-46-10.1. Disciplinary Committee - Members - Duties.) The disciplinary committee shall consist of the director of treatment or his representative, as chairman, a member of the medical staff, and the director of cottage life or his representative. The committee shall advise the superintendent of North Dakota Industrial School on all disciplinary policies; review all cases involving serious breaches of discipline before punitive action is taken thereon and advise the superintendent in regard to such specific cases; and maintain written records of charges against students for disciplinary violations together with their recommendations thereon. These records shall be subject to review by the board of administration, the attorney general, or any legislative committee at their request. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the superintendent from placing a child under close supervision immediately after that child commits a serious breach of discipline.

Approved March 17, 1961.