(1) The Legislative Assembly recognizes that: (a) Protection of the child is of primary importance. (b) A serious need exists for a coordinated multidisciplinary approach to the prevention and investigation of child abuse, for intervention and for the treatment of children who are victims of child abuse in a manner that is sensitive to the […]
As used in ORS 418.746 to 418.796: (1) “Child abuse” means “abuse” as defined by ORS 419B.005. (2) “Child abuse assessment” means services provided by a children’s advocacy center for the purpose of determining whether or not a child has been abused and identifying the appropriate treatment or referral for follow-up for the child. “Child […]
(1) The Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Program is established in the Department of Justice. The purpose of the program is to: (a) Establish and maintain a coordinated multidisciplinary community-based system for responding to allegations of child abuse that is sensitive to the needs of children; (b) Ensure the safety and health of children who are […]
(1) There is created the Advisory Council on Child Abuse Assessment, consisting of at least nine members appointed by the Attorney General. The Attorney General shall serve as an ex officio member of the council. The council shall direct the administrator of the Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Program on the administration of funds to establish […]
(1) Each county child abuse multidisciplinary team shall establish a child fatality review team to conduct child fatality reviews. The purpose of the review process is to help prevent severe and fatal child abuse and neglect by: (a) Identifying local and state issues related to preventable child fatalities; and (b) Promoting implementation of recommendations at […]
To accomplish the purpose described in ORS 418.780, with the assistance of the Advisory Council on Child Abuse Assessment, the administrator of the Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Program shall develop and administer a grant program to establish and maintain children’s advocacy centers and regional children’s advocacy centers, to support training and technical assistance efforts for […]
(1) Subject to the availability of funds under the provisions of ORS 418.796, the administrator of the Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Program shall make grants for the establishment and maintenance of children’s advocacy centers or regional children’s advocacy centers. (2)(a) A public or private agency may apply to the administrator for a grant to: (A) […]
Each application for funds to establish or maintain a regional children’s advocacy center or to provide training and technical assistance to children’s advocacy centers or county child abuse multidisciplinary teams shall include information required by the rules of the Department of Justice and any other information requested by the department. [1991 c.898 §§6,8; 1993 c.33 […]
Each application for funds to establish and maintain a children’s advocacy center shall include: (1) Evidence indicating that the applicant has at least one medical practitioner trained in the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of child abuse and neglect. (2) A commitment by the medical practitioner: (a) To attend annual continuing education courses regarding evaluation and […]
Once each year, each recipient of a grant from the Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Program shall submit a report to the program describing how the grant recipient has met the purposes of ORS 418.746 to 418.796. The program may prescribe by rule a form for the report. [2001 c.624 §12; 2005 c.562 §15; 2019 c.141 […]
Video recordings produced pursuant to ORS 418.746 to 418.796 shall remain in the custody of the children’s advocacy center or the regional children’s advocacy center and shall remain confidential and not subject to public disclosure except under a lawfully issued subpoena and protective order. [1991 c.898 §9; 1993 c.33 §336; 2005 c.562 §16; 2019 c.141 […]
(1) All information and records acquired by a county child abuse multidisciplinary team established under ORS 418.747 or a child fatality review team established under ORS 418.785 in the exercise of its duties are confidential and may be disclosed only when necessary to carry out the purposes of the child abuse investigation or the child […]
The Advisory Council on Child Abuse Assessment may solicit and accept contributions of funds and assistance from the United States, its agencies or from other sources, public or private, and agree to conditions not inconsistent with the purposes of ORS 418.746 to 418.796. All funds received are to aid in financing the functions of the […]
(1) If, in a case of alleged child sexual abuse as described in ORS 419B.005 (1)(a)(C), (D) or (E) by a parent, guardian or caregiver living in the child’s home, the Department of Human Services asks the parent, guardian or caregiver to move from the family home during the investigation and the parent, guardian or […]
