OAR 413-200-0294
Responsibilities Regarding Inactive Referral Status

(1) The certified resource family or the Department may initiate an Inactive Referral Status. When a certified resource family is on Inactive Referral Status, no additional child or young adult may be placed in the home.
(2) When either a certified resource family or the Department initiates an Inactive Referral Status, the certifier must immediately notify Department staff responsible for placement that the certified resource family is unavailable for placement of a child or young adult and update the provider record.
(3) A certified resource family may ask the Department to place their home on Inactive Referral Status for any reason for up to 12 months. The Inactive Referral Status begins on the date requested by the certified resource family.
(4) Within 30 days of a certified resource family requesting Inactive Referral Status, the certifier must send a letter to the certified resource family that documents the inactive status, the reasons for the status, and the length of the Inactive Referral Status.
(5) When a certified resource family initiates Inactive Referral Status, if a child or young adult is currently placed in the home by the Department all certification standards and responsibilities remain in effect. If there is no child or young adult currently placed in the home by the Department, the home visit requirements may be waived if approved by a Child Welfare Program Manager or designee.
(6) The Department may initiate Inactive Referral Status for one or more of the following reasons:
(a) The special needs of a child or young adult, currently in the home, require so much of the certified resource family’s care and attention that no agency should place an additional child or young adult in the home.
(b) The certified resource family or members of the household are experiencing significant family or life stress.
(c) The certified resource family does not currently meet one or more of the certification standards.
(7) The Department must place a certified resource family on Inactive Referral Status:
(a) When the Department is assessing an allegation of child abuse in the home; or
(b) The Department has made a decision to revoke the certified resource family’s certificate
(8) If the Department initiates inactive referral status, the Department must:
(a) Within 14 business days, send a letter to the certified resource family that documents the beginning date of inactive referral status, the reason for the Inactive Referral Status, specific certification standards that have been violated, if any, and what action the Department may take if the conditions that warranted the inactive referral status are not resolved within the time frame of the inactive referral status; and
(b) Provide written notification to the certified resource family when inactive referral status ends.
(9) Inactive referral status, when requested by the certified resource family, ends:
(a) At the request of the certified resource family;
(b) When the certificate terminates or expires, unless the Department is in the process of assessing the certified resource family for renewal of the Certificate of Approval or
(c) No more than 12 months from the initiation of inactive referral status.
(10) If the certified resource family is not able or willing to end the inactive referral status, requested by the certified resource family, the Department may proceed to revoke the certificate as outlined in OAR 413-200-0296 (Responsibilities Regarding Denial or Revocation of a Certification), unless the certified resource family requests to voluntarily terminate the certificate and the Department accepts the family’s request.
(11) When the Department initiates Inactive Referral Status, the Department determines, within the time frame of the Inactive Referral Status, when the conditions that warranted the Inactive Referral Status have been resolved. The Department may revoke a certificate if a certified resource family is unable to remedy a violation of a certification standard within the time frame of the Inactive Referral Status.
(12) When the Inactive Referral Status ends at the request of the family or because the conditions that warranted the inactive referral status have been resolved, the certifier must:
(a) Document removal of the Inactive Referral Status in the provider record of the Department’s electronic information system; and
(b) Send written notification to the family within 30 days.

Source: Rule 413-200-0294 — Responsibilities Regarding Inactive Referral Status, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=413-200-0294.

413–200–0260
Definitions 413–200–0270
Purpose 413–200–0272
Responsibilities for Assessment and Certification 413–200–0274
Assessment for Approval of an Adoptive Resource or Issuance of a Certificate of Approval or Child-Specific Certificate of Approval 413–200–0275
Assessment for Issuance of a Temporary Certificate of Approval 413–200–0276
Assessment to Move from a Temporary Certificate of Approval to a Certificate of Approval or Child-Specific Certificate of Approval 413–200–0278
Responsibility to Determine the Maximum Number of Children or Young Adults in a Certified Resource Family Home 413–200–0281
Respite Care Providers, Child Care, and Babysitters 413–200–0283
Responsibilities to Monitor Certification Compliance 413–200–0285
Responsibilities When Developing a Placement Support Plan 413–200–0287
Assessment for Renewal of Certification 413–200–0289
Responsibilities Regarding Withdrawal of an Application, Termination of a Certification 413–200–0292
Responsibilities Regarding a Previously Certified Resource Family and When a Certified Resource Family Moves 413–200–0294
Responsibilities Regarding Inactive Referral Status 413–200–0296
Responsibilities Regarding Denial or Revocation of a Certification 413–200–0298
Confidentiality of Applicant or Certified Resource Family Information 413–200–0301
Purpose and Applicability of Certification Standards 413–200–0305
Authorization 413–200–0306
Eligibility for Certified Resource Families and Adoptive Resources 413–200–0308
Personal Qualifications of Applicants and Certified Resource Families 413–200–0314
Initial Application Process to Become a Certified Resource Family or Adoptive Resource 413–200–0335
Standards Regarding the Home Environment 413–200–0348
Requirements Regarding the Number of Children and Young Adults in the Home 413–200–0352
Requirements for the Care of Children and Young Adults 413–200–0354
Requirements Regarding the Education of a Child or Young Adult 413–200–0356
Requirements Regarding Extracurricular, Enrichment, Cultural, and Social Activities 413–200–0358
Requirements Regarding the Discipline of a Child or Young Adult 413–200–0362
Requirements Regarding the Medical, Dental, and Mental Health Care of a Child or Young Adult 413–200–0371
Responsibilities and Notification Requirements for Selection and Use of Respite Care Providers Child Care, and Babysitters 413–200–0377
Confidentiality 413–200–0379
Education and Training for Applicants and Certified Resouce Families 413–200–0383
Other Required Notifications 413–200–0386
Requirements Regarding Mandatory Reporting 413–200–0388
Requirements Regarding Visits in the Certified Resource Family’s Home 413–200–0390
Requirements Regarding Renewal of the Certificate of Approval 413–200–0393
Requirements Regarding Inactive Referral Status 413–200–0394
Requirements Regarding Termination of a Certificate of Approval 413–200–0396
Requirements Regarding Contested Case Hearings
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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