Child Welfare Services

ORS 418.215
Child-caring agency to be licensed, certified or authorized


(1)

A child-caring agency may not provide or engage in any care or services described in ORS 418.205 (Definitions for ORS 418) to 418.327 (Licensing of private residential boarding schools), 418.470 (Authority to pay for shelter-care homes), 418.475 (Independent residence facilities) or 418.950 (Definitions for ORS 418) to 418.970 (ORS 418) unless the agency is licensed, certified or otherwise authorized to provide or engage in the provision of care or services to a child by the Department of Human Services under ORS 418.205 (Definitions for ORS 418) to 418.327 (Licensing of private residential boarding schools), 418.470 (Authority to pay for shelter-care homes), 418.475 (Independent residence facilities) or 418.950 (Definitions for ORS 418) to 418.970 (ORS 418).

(2)

A child-caring agency that provides care or services to a child may not be licensed, certified or authorized under ORS 418.205 (Definitions for ORS 418) to 418.327 (Licensing of private residential boarding schools), 418.470 (Authority to pay for shelter-care homes), 418.475 (Independent residence facilities) or 418.950 (Definitions for ORS 418) to 418.970 (ORS 418) unless the agency:

(a)

Is duly incorporated under the corporation laws of any state; or

(b)

Is a county program. [Formerly 419.106; 1975 c.310 §3; 1977 c.717 §16; 1983 c.510 §3; 1987 c.94 §131; 2011 c.597 §192; 2016 c.106 §3; 2019 c.619 §13a]

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May 30, 2023