OAR 413-105-0010
Definitions
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“Child” means a person under 18 years of age.(5)
“Department” means the Oregon Department of Human Services.(6)
“Foster care” means substitute care for children placed by the Department of Human Services or a tribal child welfare agency away from their parents and for whom the Department or agency has placement and care responsibility, including placements in foster family homes, foster homes of relatives, group homes, emergency shelters, residential facilities, child care institutions, and preadoptive homes. Foster Care does not mean care for children whose parent or guardian voluntarily placed the child outside the child’s home with a public or private agency and for whom the child’s parent or guardian retains legal guardianship.(8)
“GED” means a General Educational Development certificate issued pursuant to ORS 326.550.(a)
To have physical custody and control of a child;(b)
To supply the child with food, clothing, shelter and other necessities;(c)
To provide the child with care, education and discipline;(d)
To authorize medical, dental, psychiatric, psychological, hygienic or other remedial care or treatment for the child, and in any emergency where the child’s safety appears urgently to require it, to authorize surgery or other extraordinary care; and(e)
“Legal custody” includes temporary custody of a child under an order of a court.(12)
“Office of Child Welfare Programs” or “OCWP” means the Office of Child Welfare Programs within the Department. “OCWP” includes all the individual programs that are responsible for various functions relating to child welfare, such as child safety, foster care, and permanency.(14)
“Relative caregiver” means a person defined as a “relative” under OAR 413-070-0000 (Definitions) who operates a home that has been approved by the Department to provide care for a related child or young adult placed in the home by the Department.(15)
“School district of origin” means the school district where an child or young adult was a resident before:(a)
The child or young adult was placed into foster care; or(b)
The foster care placement of the child or young adult changed.(16)
“School of origin” means the school that a child or young adult attended before:(a)
The child or young adult was placed into foster care; or(17)
“Special education,” as defined in OAR 581-015-2000 (Definitions), means specially designed instruction that is provided at no cost to parents to meet the unique needs of a child with a disability. Special education includes instruction that:(a)
May be conducted in the classroom, the home, a hospital, an institution, a special school or another setting; and(b)
May involve physical education services, speech language services, transition services or other related services designated by rule to be services to meet the unique needs of a child with a disability.(18)
“Substitute care” means the out-of-home placement of a child or young adult who is in the legal or physical custody of the Department.(19)
“Substitute caregiver” means a relative caregiver, foster parent, or provider who is authorized to provide care to a child who is in the legal or physical custody of the Department.(20)
“Surrogate parent” means an individual appointed pursuant to OAR 581-015-2320 (Surrogate Parents) for school-aged children, OAR 581-015-2760 (Surrogate Parents — EI/ECSE) for preschool-aged children or ORS 419B.220 (Appointment of surrogate). The surrogate parent acts in place of a biological or adoptive parent in safeguarding a child’s rights in the special-education decision-making process.(21)
“Young adult” means a person aged 18 through 20 years.
Source:
Rule 413-105-0010 — Definitions, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=413-105-0010
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