A residential treatment center for teen boys is being sued for refusing to allow a federally-mandated agency to inspect the facility and its records.
Disability Rights Iowa says a minor with the initials P.F., who stayed at the Rabiner Treatment Center in Ft. Dodge last year alleges a staff member slammed him against a wall. P.F. also claims an center employee provided boys at the treatment center with alcohol, tobacco, and other controlled substances. Rabiner’s services include substance abuse treatment.
DRI wants access to the facility to investigate and review the original documents. Rabiner has denied the request, though correspondence shows it did turn over copies of the P.F.'s records. DRI says it also wants access to the facility, staff, residents, photographs, video/audio records, and other documentation on Rabiner's buildings, professional performance, procedure and safety standards.
The treatment center says while a social worker did determine P.F. has a mental illness, this was not a formal diagnosis. Rabiner also says it doesn't have to comply because it does not provide mental illness treatment.
Rabiner's attorney, Eric Eide, says he does not yet know how the treatment center will respond since he has yet to meet with the board.