OAR 413-215-0000
Definitions

Unless the context indicates otherwise, these terms are defined for use in OAR chapter 413, division 215:

(1)

“Academic boarding school” means an organization or a program in an organization that:

(a) Provides educational services and care to children 24 hours a day; and

(b) Does not hold itself out as serving children with emotional or behavioral problems, providing therapeutic services, or assuring that children receive therapeutic services.

(2)

“Adoption agency” means an organization providing any of the following services:

(a) Identifying a child for adoption and arranging an adoption.

(b) Securing the necessary consent to relinquishment of parental rights and to adoption.

(c) Performing a background study on a child or a home study on a prospective adoptive parent and reporting on such a study.

(d) Making determinations of the best interests of a child and the appropriateness of adoptive placement for the child.

(e) Monitoring a case after placement until final adoption.

(f) When necessary because of disruption before final adoption, assuming custody and providing child care or other social services for the child pending an alternative placement.

(3)

“Age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate activities” means:

(a) Activities or items that are generally accepted as suitable for children in care of the same chronological age or level of maturity or that are determined to be developmentally appropriate for a child in care based on the development of cognitive, emotional, physical, and behavioral capacities that are typical for an age or age group; and

(b) In the case of a specific child in care, activities or items that are suitable for the child in care based on the developmental stages attained by the child in care with respect to the cognitive, emotional, physical, and behavioral capacities of the child in care.

(4)

“Approval” means acceptable to the regulatory authority based on conformity with generally recognized standards that protect public health.

(5)

“Approved proctor foster parent” means an individual approved by a foster care agency to provide care to children in a proctor foster home.

(6)

“Background check” means a criminal records check and abuse check done in compliance with the Department’s criminal records and abuse check rules, OAR 407-007-0200 (Purpose and Scope) to 407-007-0370 (Variances).

(7)

“Birth parent” means each person who holds a legally recognized parental relationship to the child but does not include the adoptive parents in the adoption arranged by the adoption agency.

(8)

“Boarding” means care or treatment services provided on a 24 hour per day basis to children.

(9)

“Child in care” means an unmarried person under 21 years of age who resides in or receives care or services from a child caring agency.

(10)

“Child-caring agency” is defined in ORS 418.205 (Definitions for ORS 418.205 to 418.327, 418.470, 418.475, 418.950 to 418.970 and 418.992 to 418.998) and:

(a) Means any private school, private agency, or private organization providing:

(A) Day treatment for children with emotional disturbances;

(B) Adoption placement services;

(D) Outdoor youth programs; or

(E) Other similar care or services for children.

(b) Includes the following:

(A) A shelter-care home that is not a foster home subject to ORS 418.625 (Definitions for ORS 418.625 to 418.645) to 418.645 (Appeal from decision of department);

(B) An independent residence facility as described in ORS 418.475 (Independent residence facilities);

(D) A child-caring facility as described in ORS 418.950 (Definitions for ORS 418.950 to 418.970).

(E) A county operated program that provides care or services to children in the custody of the Department of Human Services or the Oregon Youth Authority as described in ORS 418.205 (Definitions for ORS 418.205 to 418.327, 418.470, 418.475, 418.950 to 418.970 and 418.992 to 418.998)

(A) Residential facilities or foster care homes certified or licensed by the Department under ORS 443.400 (Definitions for ORS 443.400 to 443.455) to 443.455 (Civil penalties), 443.830 (Definitions for ORS 443.830 and 443.835) and 443.835 (Certificate required) for children receiving developmental disability services.

(B) Any private agency or organization facilitating the provision of respite services for parents pursuant to a properly executed power of attorney under ORS 109.056 (Delegation of certain powers by parent or guardian). For purposes of this paragraph, “respite services” means the voluntary assumption of short-term care and control of a minor child without compensation or reimbursement of expenses for the purposes of providing a parent in crisis with relief from the demands of ongoing care of the parent’s child;

(D) A shelter-care home that is a foster home subject to ORS 418.625 (Definitions for ORS 418.625 to 418.645) to 418.645 (Appeal from decision of department); or

(E) A foster home subject to ORS 418.625 (Definitions for ORS 418.625 to 418.645) to 418.645 (Appeal from decision of department).

(F) A facility that exclusively serves individuals 18 years of age and older; or

(G) A facility that primarily serves both adults and children but requires that any child must be accompanied at all times by at least one custodial parent or guardian.

(11)

“Clinical supervisor” means an individual who meets the clinical supervisor qualifications in OAR 309-022-0125 (Specific Staff Qualifications and Competencies).

(12)

“Cohabitating” means the act of two adults, unmarried to each other, living together in an intimate relationship as if married.

(13)

“Contraband” means items the possession of which is prohibited by the child-caring agency including, but not limited to weapons or drugs.

(14)

“Day treatment” means a comprehensive, interdisciplinary, nonresidential, community-based, psychiatric treatment, family treatment, and therapeutic activities integrated with an accredited education program provided to children with emotional disturbances.

(15)

“Day treatment agency” means a child-caring agency that provides psychiatric day treatment services.

(16)

“Debrief” means to interview a person (such as a child in care or staff member) usually upon return (as from an expedition) in order to obtain useful information.

(17)

“Department” means the Oregon Department of Human Services.

(18)

“Discipline” means a training process to help a child in care develop the self-control and self-direction necessary to assume responsibilities, make daily living decisions, and learn to conform to accepted levels of social behavior.

(19)

“Disruption” means the interruption of an adoptive placement prior to the finalization of the adoption in a court of law.

(20)

“Employee” means an individual holding a paid position with a child-caring agency.

(21)

“Facility” means the physical setting, buildings, property, structures, administration, and equipment of a child-caring agency.

(22)

“Family” means related members of a household, among whom at least one adult functions as a parent to one or more minor children.

(23)

“Financial irregularities” means a condition or act characterized by intentional deception such as the intentional misstatement or omission of significant information in accounting records, financial statements, other reports, documents, or records.

(24)

“Foster care agency” means a child-caring agency that offers to place children by taking physical custody of and then placing the children in proctor foster homes certified by the child-caring agency as provided in ORS 418.248 (Certification of proctor foster homes) and these rules.

(25)

“Homeless, runaway, and transitional living shelter” means a child-caring agency that provides residential services or operates a shelter, mass shelter, or transitional living program for homeless or runaway youth, pregnant or parenting girls, or other children in care working toward independent living.

(26)

“Homeless or runaway youth” means a child in care who has not been emancipated by the juvenile court; lacks a fixed, regular, safe, and stable nighttime residence; and cannot immediately be reunited with his or her family.

(27)

“ICWA” or “the Act” means the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, 25 U.S.C. §§ 1901-63.

(28)

“Indian child” means any unmarried person who is under age 18 and either:

(a) Is a member or citizen of an Indian tribe; or

(b) Is eligible for membership or citizenship in an Indian tribe and is the biological child of a member or citizen of an Indian tribe.

(29)

“Intercountry adoption” means an adoption in which a child who is a resident and citizen of one country is adopted by a citizen of another country.

(30)

“Licensee” means a child-caring agency that holds a license issued by the Department.

(31)

“Mass shelter” means a structure that contains one or more open sleeping areas in which, on a daily basis, only emergency services are provided to homeless or runaway youth, such as a meal and a safe place to sleep overnight.

(32)

“Medication” means any drug, chemical, compound, suspension, or preparation in suitable form for use as a curative or remedial substance either internally or externally by any person.

(33)

“ODDS” means the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services within the Department.

(34)

“OYA” means the Oregon Youth Authority.

(35)

“Outdoor living setting” means an outdoor field setting in which services are provided to children in care either more than 10 days per month for each month of the year or for longer than 48 hours at a location more than two hours from community-based medical services.

(36)

“Outdoor youth program” means a program that provides, in an outdoor living setting, services to children in care who are enrolled in the program because they have behavioral problems, mental health problems, or problems with abuse of alcohol or drugs. “Outdoor youth program” does not include any program, facility, or activity operated by a governmental entity, operated or affiliated with the Oregon Youth Conservation Corps, or licensed by the Department as a child-caring agency under other authority of the Department. It does not include outdoor activities for children in care designed to be primarily recreational.

(37)

“Outdoor youth program activity” means an outdoor activity, provided to children in care for the purpose of behavior management or treatment, which requires specially trained staff or special safety precautions to reduce the possibility of an accident or injury. Outdoor youth activities include, but are not limited to, hiking, adventure challenge courses, climbing and rappelling, winter camping, soloing, expeditioning, orienteering, river and stream swimming, and whitewater activities.

(38)

“Over the counter medication” means any medication that does not require a written prescription for purchase or dispensing.

(39)

“Placement” means when the child is placed in the physical or legal custody of prospective adoptive parents.

(40)

“Proctor foster home” is defined in ORS 418.205 (Definitions for ORS 418.205 to 418.327, 418.470, 418.475, 418.950 to 418.970 and 418.992 to 418.998) and means a foster home certified by a child-caring agency under ORS 418.248 (Certification of proctor foster homes) that is not subject to ORS 418.625 (Definitions for ORS 418.625 to 418.645) to 418.645 (Appeal from decision of department).

(41)

“Program” means a set of one or more services provided by a child-caring agency that make the child-caring agency subject to the rules in OAR chapter 413, division 215.

(42)

“Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP)” means an individual who meets the QMHP qualifications in OAR 309-022-0125 (Specific Staff Qualifications and Competencies).

(43)

“Re-adoption” means a process in which a child whose adoption was completed in another country is re-adopted in this country.

(44)

“Reasonable and prudent parent standard” means the standard, characterized by careful and sensible parental decisions that maintain the health, safety, and best interests of a child in care while encouraging the emotional and developmental growth of the child in care, that a substitute care provider shall use when determining whether to allow a child in care to participate in extracurricular, enrichment, cultural, and social activities.

(45)

“Report of suspected violation” means information that a child-caring agency may have failed to comply with an applicable requirement in:

(a) ORS 418.205 (Definitions for ORS 418.205 to 418.327, 418.470, 418.475, 418.950 to 418.970 and 418.992 to 418.998) to 418.327 (Licensing of private residential boarding schools);

(b) These rules, OAR 413-215-0000 (Definitions) to 413-215-1031 (Outdoor Youth Programs: Behavior Management);

(d) Behavior Rehabilitation Services (see OAR 413-095-0000 (Definitions) to 413-095-0080 (Compliance Reviews and Remedies)).

(46)

“Residential care agency” means a child-caring agency that provides care and treatment services to children 24 hours a day in a staffed facility.

(47)

“Service plan” means an individualized plan of services to be provided to each child in care based on his or her identified needs and designed to help him or her reach mutually agreed upon goals. The service plan must address, at a minimum, the child in care’s physical and medical needs, behavior management issues, mental health treatment methods, education plans, and any other special needs.

(48)

“Shelter” means a facility operated by a child-caring agency that provides services for a limited duration to homeless or runaway youth.

(49)

“Sole supervision” means being alone with a child in care or being temporarily the only staff in charge of a child in care or subgroup of children in care.

(50)

“Special needs” mean a trait or disability of a child that requires special care or attention of the child or that historically has made placement of a child with similar characteristics or disability difficult.

(51)

“Staff” means employees of the child-caring agency who are responsible for providing care, services, or treatment to a child in care.

(52)

“Stationary outdoor youth program” means an outdoor youth program which remains in a stationary location that houses children in care.

(53)

“Therapeutic boarding school” means an organization or a program in an organization that:

(a) Is primarily a school and not a residential care agency;

(b) Provides educational services and care to children for 24 hours a day; and

(c) Holds itself out as serving children with emotional or behavioral problems, providing therapeutic services, or assuring that children receive therapeutic services.

(54)

“Transitional living program” means a set of services offered by a child-caring agency that provides supervision and comprehensive services for up to 18 months to assist homeless or runaway youth to make a successful transition to independent and self-sufficient living.

(55)

“Wilderness first responder” means a medical training course and certification for outdoor professionals.

Source: Rule 413-215-0000 — Definitions, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=413-215-0000.

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