No person, agent, agency or institution of another state shall place a child in a child-caring agency or proctor foster home in this state without first having furnished the Department of Human Services such guarantee as the department may require against the child becoming a public charge within five years from the date of the […]
(1) No attorney employed by the State of Oregon shall represent prospective adoptive parents in the parents’ attempt to adopt a child being cared for under the provisions of ORS 412.001 to 412.161, 418.005 to 418.025, 418.205 to 418.327, 418.625 to 418.685 and 418.647. (2) No employee of the Department of Human Services shall recommend […]
A private individual, including midwives, physicians, naturopathic physicians, nurses, hospital officials and all officers and employees or representatives of unauthorized agencies, organizations or institutions, may not engage in child-placing work, except that relatives of the first and second degrees may thus provide for children of their own blood. [Formerly 419.136; 1983 c.510 §13; 2017 c.356 […]
For those children who have remained in voluntary placement for 18 months, an administrative review by the Department of Human Services shall be required. The department shall review the same information required in reports on children placed pursuant to court order. [1981 c.777 §3]
(1) The Department of Human Services may require any child-caring agency subject to ORS 418.205 to 418.327, 418.470, 418.475 or 418.950 to 418.970 to disclose to the department the location and circumstances of any child for whom the agency is providing care or services. (2) The child-caring agency shall permit immediate access to a child […]
A child-caring agency subject to ORS 418.205 to 418.327, 418.470, 418.475 or 418.950 to 418.970 that is providing care or services to a child may not deny a parent, guardian or sibling of the child the right to visit the child solely as a disciplinary measure against the child. [1993 c.785 §2; 2016 c.106 §21]
(1) A physician licensed by the Oregon Medical Board, a naturopathic physician licensed under ORS chapter 685, a dentist licensed by the Oregon Board of Dentistry or a hospital licensed by the Department of Human Services is authorized to treat a child who is ward of the court or is a dependent or delinquent child […]
ORS 418.205 to 418.327 and 418.992 to 418.998 apply to private agencies and institutions for the combined care of adults and children where the care for children includes day or residential treatment or care. [Formerly 419.140; 1983 c.510 §14; 2019 c.13 §46]
(1) The Department of Human Services may not require any parent or legal guardian to transfer legal custody of a child in order to have the child placed in a child-caring agency under ORS 418.205 to 418.327, 418.470, 418.475, 418.480 to 418.500, 418.950 to 418.970 and 418.992 to 418.998 in a foster home, group home […]
The Department of Human Services may, in its discretion, provide foster care and other services for any child who has been surrendered under ORS 418.270, as authorized by ORS 418.285, to the department for adoption or has been permanently committed to the department by order of court. [Formerly 419.142; 1969 c.45 §9; 1971 c.401 §26; […]
The Department of Human Services may engage and make reasonable payment for services of persons to make available, maintain and operate a child-caring agency, as defined in ORS 418.205, that is a qualified residential treatment program described in ORS 418.323 that provides residential care and treatment to a child, as defined in ORS 418.205, who, […]
For each federal fiscal year beginning on and after October 1, 1983, the Department of Human Services establishes as a goal that no more than 33 percent of the children receiving assistance in foster home or substitute care placements under Title 4E of the Social Security Act shall have been in such placement at any […]
(1) Subject to ORS 418.322, the Department of Human Services may place a child in an out-of-state child-caring agency only if: (a) The out-of-state child-caring agency is licensed to provide or engage in the provision of care or services by the department under ORS 418.205 to 418.327 and complies with the licensing requirements under ORS […]
(1) As used in this section: (a) “Congregate care residential setting” means any setting that cares for more than one child or ward and is not a setting described in ORS 418.205 (2)(b)(A), (D), (E) or (F) or (10). (b) “Sex trafficking” means the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, obtaining, patronizing or soliciting of a person […]
A program is a qualified residential treatment program if it: (1) Provides residential care and treatment to a child who, based on an independent assessment described in ORS 418.324, requires specialized, evidence-based, as defined by the Department of Human Services by rule, supports and services related to the effects of trauma or mental, emotional or […]
(1) The Department of Human Services shall ensure that an independent, qualified individual assesses the strengths and needs of each child or ward the department places in a qualified residential treatment program described in ORS 418.323. (2) The assessment described in this section may occur prior to the child’s or ward’s placement in the program, […]
(1) A child-caring agency that is subject to ORS 418.205 to 418.327, 418.470, 418.475 or 418.950 to 418.970 shall safeguard the health of each child, ward or other dependent or delinquent child to whom the agency provides care or services by providing for medical examinations of each child by a qualified physician or naturopathic physician […]
(1) Upon finding that the facilities and operation of a private residential boarding school meet the standards of the department for the physical health, care and safety of the children, the department shall issue a license to operate the school. The license shall be valid for a period of two years, unless sooner suspended or […]
