(1) The director of the division of youth services shall appoint a director of each state-operated facility established by section 19-2-403 and sections 19-2-406 to 19-2-408 pursuant to section 13 of article XII of the state constitution.
(2) It is the duty of the director of each facility established by section 19-2-403 and sections 19-2-406 to 19-2-408:
(a) To report to the executive director of the department of human services at such times and on such matters as the director may require;
(b) To receive juveniles committed to the custody of the department of human services and placed in his or her care under the provisions of this article and to keep them for rehabilitation, education, and training until discharged by law or under the rules of the department of human services or released on parole;
(c) To make a careful and thorough evaluation of every juvenile placed under his or her care at intervals no greater than six months, such evaluation to ascertain whether the juvenile's program should be modified, whether the juvenile's transfer to another facility should be recommended to the said director, or whether the juvenile's release should be recommended to the juvenile parole board;
(d) To take such measures as are necessary to prevent recruitment of new gang members from among the juveniles committed to the custody of the department of human services.
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