Fallout continues from a Netflix documentary on a former boarding school in Ogdensburg.

Multiple former employees from the defunct Academy at Ivy Ridge who were working at the New York state-run St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center were placed on leave as state officials look into the matter, the state Office of Mental Health said Friday in a statement to Spectrum News 1.

"OMH takes allegations of abuse or neglect seriously and takes measures to ensure state workers who have direct patient contact are thoroughly vetted, fingerprinted, and undergo a criminal background check," an agency spokesperson said. "We have placed individuals on leave as we assess this matter."

OMH did not say how many people were put on leave. A spokesperson said it takes measures to ensure state workers who have direct patient contact are thoroughly vetted.

The St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center is located in Ogdensburg and serves children up to age 18 and adults in St. Lawrence, Jefferson, Franklin, Essex, Lewis and Clinton counties, according to the state.

The former privately run Academy at Ivy Ridge is featured in the documentary, "The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping," which highlights students' claims of mental abuse, physical abuse and sexual abuse and other allegations at the facility.

St. Lawrence County is investigating the accusations of abuse at Ivy Ridge, which closed in 2009. North Country Assemblyman Scott Gray brought his concerns to the state attorney general's office in Albany on Thursday.

In 2006, the state Department of Education documented health and safety concerns for students at Ivy Ridge, including inadequate staff training related to student restraint, overly restrictive policies regarding student restroom use and not allowing students to possess phone numbers or addresses, along with academic concerns. 

During its operations, OMH said it had no oversight over the staff or the treatment of youth at Ivy Ridge.