6. Any juvenile offender who is serving a term of incarceration at a facility operated by the commission may:

a. request admission to the juvenile offender program maintained by the county wherein the juvenile offender resides; or

b. be offered admission to the juvenile offender program by the commission, if, following its assessment of the juvenile offender’s record, the commission determines that the offender is an appropriate candidate for the program.

L.1997,c.81, s.6.