(1) The state and its officers, agents, and employees may not be held criminally or civilly liable for violation response decisions made in accordance with law per RCW 9.94A.737.

(2) The sanction the department imposes shall be determined by the offender's violation behavior and prior violation processes and shall be reasonably related to the crime of conviction, the violation committed, the offender's risk of reoffending, or the safety of the community. The department's response to violation behavior will be defined by department policy.

(3) A community custody offender who violates any court-ordered or department-imposed condition, requirement, or instruction will be sanctioned by the department as provided in RCW 9.94A.737, 9.94A.633, 9.94A.660, 9.94A.662, and 9.94A.6332.

(a) The sanction for an offender who commits a low level violation may be a nonconfinement sanction, or a total or partial confinement sanction of not more than three days.

(b) The sanction for an offender who commits a high level violation may be a nonconfinement sanction, or a total or partial confinement sanction of not more than thirty days, unless subject to return under RCW 9.94A.633 or revocation of an alternative sentence under RCW 9.94A.660 and 9.94A.662. The department will credit an offender's sanction time served pending the hearing or negotiated sanction review.

(i) The offender may be out of custody or held in total or partial confinement pending a formal hearing or negotiated sanction review.

(ii) The offender may be held in total or partial confinement to serve an imposed sanction for a high level violation as determined by department policy.