OAR 413-215-0918
Outdoor Youth Programs: Consents, Disclosures, and Authorizations
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Consents. For each child in care with an outdoor youth program, the outdoor youth program must ensure that the legal guardian signs a consent that authorizes the outdoor youth program to undertake each of the following:(a)
To provide routine and emergency medical care.(b)
To use the discipline and behavior management system of the outdoor youth program, including the point, level, or other behavior management techniques utilized by the outdoor youth program.(c)
If applicable, to use restraint in the management of the child in care. The consent for the use of physical restraint must be limited to the requirements outlined in OAR 413-215-0076 (Licensing Umbrella Rules: Discipline, Behavior Management, and Suicide Prevention (Excluding Adoption Agencies))(3)(d).(d)
If applicable, to use time outs. The consent for the use of time outs must be limited to the requirements outlined in OAR 413-215-0076 (Licensing Umbrella Rules: Discipline, Behavior Management, and Suicide Prevention (Excluding Adoption Agencies))(3)(c).(e)
To allow access to a child in care as required in ORS 418.305 (Access to child receiving care or services) and OAR 413-215-0091 (Licensing Umbrella Rules: Responsibilities of Licensees) and 413-215-0101 (Licensing Umbrella Rules: Periodic Inspections).(2)
Disclosures to parent or legal guardian. At the time an outdoor youth program takes a child in care into placement, the outdoor youth program must ensure that each legal guardian of the youth receives and acknowledges in writing the receipt of each of the following:(a)
Information regarding any personal searches and protocols for confiscation of contraband items, including the notification of law enforcement if illegal contraband is discovered. This information will include the procedures and rationales of the outdoor youth program for any program-initiated pat down searches.(b)
A statement concerning the rights of child in care and legal guardians served by the outdoor youth program as provided in OAR 413-215-0046 (Licensing Umbrella Rules: Children and Families Rights Policy and Grievance Procedures). The statement must be written in a manner that is easy to understand, and the outdoor youth program must ensure that the child in care and the parent or legal guardian understand the statement.(c)
An outdoor youth program shall provide a copy of transportation policies and procedures to the legal guardians at the time of admission to the program.(d)
An outdoor youth program will disclose orientation procedures to the client and legal guardians at the time of admission to the program and prior to transporting the child in care to the field.(3)
Authorizations. An outdoor youth program must follow the following requirements:(a)
Written authorizations to exchange information with others must be filled out prior to signatures being requested.(b)
All visitors for the child in care must be approved or authorized by the legal guardians, except Department personnel, child abuse investigators, Court Appointed Special Advocates, and attorneys appointed to represent the child in care.(c)
All other visitors must be pre-approved by the child in care’s legal guardians.(d)
Activity-specific authorizations must be pre-approved by the child in care’s legal guardians to allow children in care to participate in potentially hazardous activities, such as rock climbing, swimming, and horseback riding.(e)
All other required authorizations must be pre-approved by the child in care’s legal guardians.
Source:
Rule 413-215-0918 — Outdoor Youth Programs: Consents, Disclosures, and Authorizations, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=413-215-0918.