Kan. Admin. Regs. § 44-13-406

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 46, November 14, 2024

Section 44-13-406 - Disposition

(a) The disposition shall be rendered by the hearing officer in an official session with the inmate present unless otherwise provided by law or regulation. The disposition shall be made without unreasonable delay following the hearing, preferably at the conclusion of the hearing.

(b) The disciplinary hearing officer shall sentence the inmate by selecting an appropriate disposition, or appropriate combination of dispositions, from the following options:

(1) Impose a penalty or penalties in accordance with the applicable penalty regulation for that class of offense;

(2) In the instance of two or more offenses, including imposition of previously suspended sentences, in which the penalty has a time component, order whether the sentences are to be served concurrently or consecutively. If the hearing officer makes no specific order in this regard, the sentences shall be computed on a concurrent basis;

(3) impose previously suspended sentences; or

(4) suspend all or part of the sentence imposed for a period of not less than 90 and not more than 180 days.

(c) The hearing officer shall make a recommendation regarding disposition of evidence. The warden shall determine final disposition of the evidence, in accordance with K.A.R. 44-5-111, in the warden's administrative review of the disciplinary report pursuant to K.A.R. 44-13-701.

(d) Upon request, the reporting staff person may be notified of the disposition.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 44-13-406

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 2006 Supp. 75-5210; effective May 1, 1980; amended, T-83-23, Aug. 11, 1982; amended, T-84-6, May 1, 1983; amended May 1, 1984; amended, T-86-4, March 22, 1985; amended May 1, 1986; amended May 1, 1987; amended April 20, 1992; amended Feb. 15, 2002; amended July 13, 2007.