When a child is arrested by the police and brought to Gardner-Betts, the first person the child will come in contact with is an intake officer. The very first question an intake officer will ask a juvenile is if they are sick or injured. If a child is sick, injured, or believed to be under the influence of alcohol or narcotics (or if the child admits to the intake officer that they are under the influence) the intake worker will call an on-duty Nurse. Gardner Betts employs medical staff; the medical staff is on-site 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, as are the intake officers and detention facility workers. Medical staff will evaluate the child, and if the child is believed to require more medical attention that can be provided by the on-site staff, or if the child is seriously ill, or very intoxicated and needs to be brought to a detoxification facility, the Nurse will refuse to clear the child for acceptance to the Gardner-Bets facility. If the child is refused entrance to the facility, then the police who brought the child to Gardner-Betts will maintain responsibility for the child in their custody, and will not be able to transfer responsibility for the child unto Gardner-Betts and the intake staff. If this occurs, the police assume the responsibility of transporting the child to a local hospital for proper treatment; this does not mean that the child will not be processed by Gardner-Betts. If the police are required to bring a child they have arrested to a medical facility such as a hospital they must either continue to assume responsibility for the child until the child is well enough to be brought back to Garner-Betts. The police may also decide to perform a field release (to be discussed later) and then release the child to a parent or guardian.