Utah regulators placed licensing limits on Discovery Ranch in Mapleton, three weeks after investigating a 17-year-old boy died there. The teen treatment center, according to the notice, did not protect and supervise a 'client who had expressed ideation and intent.
State licensers said Discovery Ranch Academy “failed to protect” Biruk Silvers, a 17-year-old boy who died by suicide while living at the facility.• This article discusses suicide. If you or people you know are at risk of self-harm, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline for 24-hour support.
The agency inspected Discovery Ranch on Nov. 6, one day after the teen, Biruk Silvers, who was living at the teen residential program, died there. Notify current clients — or their legal guardians and the state agencies that placed those clients in the facility — that Discovery Ranch has been placed on a conditional license. Discovery Ranch has five days to notify everyone.Increase staff trainings, including sessions on suicide risk prevention. Discovery Ranch must provide proof of training within 15 days of the notice.
“This conditional license is a step toward accountability,” lawyer Alan Mortensen said in an email Wednesday. “However, it also underscores the urgent need for comprehensive reform in the oversight of residential treatment centers.”, alleged that medical malpractice and staff negligence at Discovery Ranch led to their son’s preventable death.
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