OR Rev Stat § 418.325 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services|Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services|Section 418.325 - Medical examinations required; frequency; child’s health record; other health care; explanation to adoptive parents.

(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 at the following intervals: (a) Three examinations during the first year of the child’s life; (b) One examination during the second year of the child’s life; (c) One examination at the age of four; (d) One examination at the age of six; (e) One examination at the age of nine; and (f) One examination at the age of 14. (2) If an examination under subsection (1) of this section has not occurred within six months prior to the transfer for adoption of the custody of a child by a child-caring agency to the prospective adoptive parents of such child, a child-caring agency shall provide for a medical examination of such child within six months prior to such transfer. (3) Any testing that occurs at intervals other than those specified in subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall not be considered to be in lieu of the required examinations. However, nothing in subsections (1) and (2) of this section is intended to limit more frequent examinations that are dictated by the general state of the child’s health or by any particular condition. (4) Within 90 days of obtaining custody of a child under six years of age, a child-caring agency shall provide for the child to be: (a) Inoculated as determined appropriate by the local public health authority; and (b) Tested for: (A) Phenylketonuria pursuant to ORS 433.285; (B) Visual and aural acuity consistent with the child’s age; (C) Sickle-cell anemia; (D) Effects of rubella, if any; (E) Effects of parental sexually transmitted infections, if any; and (F) The hereditary or congenital effects of parental use of drugs or controlled substances. (5) Within six months prior to the transfer for adoption of the custody of a child by a child-caring agency to the prospective adoptive parents of such child, the child-caring agency shall provide for such child to have a complete physical examination by a physician or naturopathic physician, including but not limited to inspection for evidence of child abuse in accordance with rules of the Department of Human Services, and be tested for visual and aural acuity consistent with the child’s age. (6) A child-caring agency shall record the results of tests provided a child pursuant to subsections (1) to (5) of this section in the child’s health record. The child’s health record shall be kept as a part of the agency’s total records of that child. The child’s health record shall be made available to both natural parents and to both prospective foster or adoptive parents of that child. A qualified member of a child-caring agency under the supervision of a qualified physician or naturopathic physician shall explain to adoptive parents the medical factors possible as a result of a child’s birth history, hereditary or congenital defects, or disease, infection or disability experience. [1973 c.545 §2; 1979 c.492 §5; 1979 c.744 §20; 2003 c.14 §221; 2011 c.278 §3; 2015 c.736 §62; 2016 c.106 §23; 2017 c.356 §39; 2019 c.280 §10; 2019 c.456 §2]