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Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 419 - OFFICE OF TRAINING, INVESTIGATIONS AND SAFETY › Division 440 - FOSTER CARE AGENCIES › Section 419-440-0140 - Foster Care Agencies: Documentation Required When a Foster Care Agency Changes a Placement

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Within seven working days after a child in care is moved out of
				a proctor foster home and placed in a different proctor foster home, a foster
				care agency must record all of the following information in the case
				record:
(1) The reason for the new
			 proctor foster home; and
(2) The
			 name and address of the new proctor foster home.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  409.050, ORS
				  418.005, ORS
				  418.248, OR
				  418.280 & ORS
				  418.240
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  418.205 -
				  418.325
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 419 - OFFICE OF TRAINING, INVESTIGATIONS AND SAFETY › Division 440 - FOSTER CARE AGENCIES › Section 419-440-0150 - Foster Care Agencies: Respite Care

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A foster care agency must comply with all of the following
				requirements:
(1) The foster care
			 agency must have and adhere to a respite care policy that addresses the need to
			 provide children in care with safe and adequate care when the proctor foster
			 home parents are not present.
(2)
			 The respite care policy of the foster care agency must include the following:
(a) The foster care agency is responsible for
			 identifying and selecting safe and responsible alternate caregivers for a child
			 in care placed in a proctor foster home:
(A)
			 Each alternate caregiver must be at least 21 years of age;
(B) The foster care agency must assure
			 completion of background checks (pursuant to OAR 407-007-0200  to 407-007-0370)
			 annually for the alternate caregiver and, if respite care will be provided in
			 the home of the alternate caregiver, all adults living in the home of the
			 alternate caregiver; and
(C) Prior
			 to determining that the alternate caregiver is safe and appropriate to provide
			 relief or respite care, the foster care agency must analyze information
			 relevant to paragraphs (A) and (B) of this subsection.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 419 - OFFICE OF TRAINING, INVESTIGATIONS AND SAFETY › Division 440 - FOSTER CARE AGENCIES › Section 419-440-0160 - Foster Care Agencies: Training of Foster Care Agency Staff

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In addition to the requirements in OAR 419-400-0120(4) and (5),
				a foster care agency must meet all of the following training requirements with
				respect to its employees:
(1) Staff of
			 the foster care agency must be provided with orientation training prior to or
			 within 30 days of hire. The orientation must include training on all of the
			 following:
(a) Discipline and behavior
			 management protocols including de-escalation skills training, crisis prevention
			 skills, positive behavior management, and disciplinary techniques that are
			 non-punitive in nature and are focused on helping children build positive
			 personal relationships and self-control.
(b) If restraint and involuntary seclusion
			 are utilized by the program, the approved techniques and monitoring procedures.
			 The policy and training provided by the foster care agency must be clear that
			 restraint or involuntary seclusion is used as an intervention of last
			 resort.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 419 - OFFICE OF TRAINING, INVESTIGATIONS AND SAFETY › Division 440 - FOSTER CARE AGENCIES › Section 419-440-0170 - Foster Care Agencies: Health Services

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A foster care agency must comply with all of the following
				requirements:
(1) The foster care
			 agency must obtain all private health record information referred to in this
			 rule in a manner that complies with federal and state law.
(2) Medical History. Within 30 days after the
			 foster care agency assumes physical custody of a child in care, the foster care
			 agency must obtain available medical history and other health-related
			 information on the child in care, including:
(a) Significant findings of the most current
			 physical examination;
(b) The child
			 in care's current immunizations, history of surgical procedures and significant
			 injuries, and past or present communicable diseases, to the extent such
			 information is available under ORS
			 192.553 to
			 192.573;
(c) Any known allergies;
(d) Dental, vision, hearing, and behavioral
			 health;
(e) Documentation that the
			 child in care has received age-appropriate instruction regarding pregnancy
			 prevention, nutrition, prevention of HIV and AIDS, and general information
			 about the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases;
			 and
(f) Physician's orders,
			 including those related to medications, if any.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 419 - OFFICE OF TRAINING, INVESTIGATIONS AND SAFETY › Division 440 - FOSTER CARE AGENCIES › Section 419-440-0180 - Foster Care Agencies: Medication

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A foster care agency must comply with all of the following
				requirements:
(1) Policy and
			 procedures. The foster care agency must have policies and procedures that cover
			 prescriptions, herbal remedies, and all non-prescription medications that
			 address all of the following:
(a) How the
			 medication will be administered.
(b) By whom the medication will be
			 administered.
(c) How the staff of
			 the foster care agency and the proctor foster home parents who administer
			 medication will be trained.
(d) How
			 the administration of medication will be documented.
(e) How the administration of medication will
			 be monitored.
(f) How unused
			 medication will be disposed of.
(g)
			 The process that ensures that each child in care's prescription and
			 non-prescription medications are reviewed, unless the medications are all
			 provided through a single pharmacy. As used in this rule, "non prescription
			 medication" means any medication that does not require a written prescription
			 for purchase or dispensing.
(h) How
			 the foster care agency and the proctor foster home will ensure compliance with
			 OAR 413-070-0470  if it serves children in Department custody.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 419 - OFFICE OF TRAINING, INVESTIGATIONS AND SAFETY › Division 440 - FOSTER CARE AGENCIES › Section 419-440-0190 - Foster Care Agencies: Referral and Initial Evaluation of Children in Care

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A foster care agency must comply with all of the following
				requirements:
(1) Referral. The foster
			 care agency must have a policy that addresses the process by which children in
			 care are referred to the foster care agency. The policy must include all of the
			 following:
(a) From whom referrals are
			 accepted.
(b) On what basis
			 children in care are accepted by the foster care agency.
(c) How information necessary to provide for
			 the safety and care of children in care will be provided to proctor foster home
			 parents, and staff of the foster care agency.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 419 - OFFICE OF TRAINING, INVESTIGATIONS AND SAFETY › Division 440 - FOSTER CARE AGENCIES › Section 419-440-0200 - Foster Care Agencies: Consents, Disclosures, and Authorizations

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(1) Consents. For
			 each child in care taken into the physical custody of a foster care agency, the
			 foster care agency must ensure that a parent or legal guardian signs a consent
			 that authorizes under what circumstances the foster care agency may undertake
			 each of the following, as applicable:
(a) To
			 provide routine and emergency medical care. If a foster care agency relies on
			 prayer or spiritual means for healing in accordance with the creed or tenets of
			 a well-recognized religion or denomination, the foster care agency may not
			 require medical, psychological, or rehabilitative procedures. The foster care
			 agency must have policies and procedures for this practice, which are reviewed
			 and approved by the parent or legal guardian of the child in care.
(b) To use the discipline and behavior
			 management systems of the foster care agency, utilized by the foster care
			 agency.
(c) To use restraint or
			 involuntary seclusion in the management of the child in care. The consent must
			 specify the reasons such interventions are used by the foster care agency and
			 how the employees of the foster care agency and proctor foster home parents are
			 trained and supervised in the use of restraint or involuntary
			 seclusion.
(d) To restrict the
			 child in care's contact with persons outside the foster care agency and the
			 proctor foster home, including visits, telephone communication, electronic
			 mail, and postal mail, except that access to a child in care must be allowed as
			 provided in ORS 418.305 and OAR 419-400-0230  and
			 419-400-0101.
(e) To allow access
			 to a child in care as required in ORS
			 418.305 and OAR 413-215-0091  and
			 413-215-0240.
(f) To impose a dress
			 code.
(g) To apply the reasonable
			 and prudent parent standard to determine whether the child in care is allowed
			 to participate in age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate activities,
			 including extracurricular, enrichment, cultural, and social
			 activities.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 419 - OFFICE OF TRAINING, INVESTIGATIONS AND SAFETY › Division 440 - FOSTER CARE AGENCIES › Section 419-440-0210 - Foster Care Agencies: Information About Children in Care Placed in Physical Custody of the Foster Care Agency

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A
foster care agency
must comply with all of
				the following requirements:
(1) Case
			 files for children in care. For each
child in care
the
foster care agency
accepts for placement, the
foster
			 care agency
must maintain an individual record that includes a summary
			 sheet containing all of the following information:
(a) The name, gender, date of birth,
			 religious preference, and previous address of the
child in
			 care
.
(b) The name and
			 location of the child in care's previous school.
(c) The date of admission to the
program
.
(d) The
			 status of the child in care's legal custody, including the name of each person
			 responsible for consents and authorizations.
(e) The name, address, and telephone number
			 of:
(A) The parents of the
child in
			 care
.
(B) The legal
			 guardian of the
child in care
, if different than parents, and
			 their legal relationship to child.
(C) Other
family
members or
			 other persons identified by the child in care,
child in care's
			 family,
and parent or guardian as significant to the
child in
			 care
.
(D) Other
			 professionals to be involved in service planning, if applicable.
(f) Any required signed consents
			 and authorizations.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 419 - OFFICE OF TRAINING, INVESTIGATIONS AND SAFETY › Division 450 - HOMELESS, RUNAWAY, AND TRANSITIONAL LIVING SHELTERS › Section 419-450-0010 - Homeless, Runaway, and Transitional Living Shelters: What Law Applies

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(1) These rules,
			 OAR 419-450-0010  to 419-450-0120, regulate a child-caring agency that provides
			 residential services for homeless or runaway youth, pregnant or parenting
			 girls, or other children in care working towards independent living.
(2) A child-caring agency that provides
			 residential services for homeless or runaway youth pregnant or parenting girls,
			 or other children in care working towards independent living must also comply
			 with OAR 419-400-0005  to 419-400-0310.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  409.050, ORS
				  418.005, ORS
				  418.215 & ORS
				  418.240
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  418.205 -
				  418.310
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 419 - OFFICE OF TRAINING, INVESTIGATIONS AND SAFETY › Division 450 - HOMELESS, RUNAWAY, AND TRANSITIONAL LIVING SHELTERS › Section 419-450-0020 - Homeless, Runaway, and Transitional Living Shelters: Client Rights

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(1) A child-caring
			 agency must ensure that children in care are actively involved in the design,
			 delivery, and ongoing planning of the services provided by the
			 program.
(2) A child-caring agency
			 must ensure that nutritional needs are met as appropriate for each child in
			 care.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  409.050, ORS
				  418.240 & ORS
				  418.005
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  418.205 -
				  418.310
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 419 - OFFICE OF TRAINING, INVESTIGATIONS AND SAFETY › Division 450 - HOMELESS, RUNAWAY, AND TRANSITIONAL LIVING SHELTERS › Section 419-450-0030 - Homeless, Runaway, and Transitional Living Shelters: Staffing Requirements

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(1)
			 A child-caring agency must have and follow written policies regarding minimum
			 staffing requirements, including a written staffing plan that indicates the
			 number of paid and volunteer staff in each job category.
(2) During each shift, there must be at least
			 one staff member who has been trained in a non-violent crisis intervention
			 strategy. A volunteer or intern may be used to meet this requirement only if
			 the volunteer or intern has met the training requirements for staff in OAR
			 419-450-0040
(3) A child-caring
			 agency must have a ratio of staff to children in care that is sufficient to
			 ensure that children in care receive adequate supervision and
			 services.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  409.050, ORS
				  418.240 OL 2016 & ORS
				  418.005
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  418.205 - 418.310 OL
				  2016
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 419 - OFFICE OF TRAINING, INVESTIGATIONS AND SAFETY › Division 450 - HOMELESS, RUNAWAY, AND TRANSITIONAL LIVING SHELTERS › Section 419-450-0040 - Homeless, Runaway, and Transitional Living Shelters: Staff Development and Training

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A child-caring agency must follow all of the following
				requirements:
(1) Initial training.
			 Before being alone with a child in care or being temporarily the only staff in
			 charge of one or more children in care, a staff member must receive the
			 following training or acquire the following knowledge or understanding, as
			 verified by the executive director or the executive director's designee:
(a) Successful completion of the agency's
			 orientation.
(b) Effective
			 understanding of the supervision structure at the shelters of the agency,
			 including the appropriate staff to contact when questions or problems
			 arise.
(c) Effective understanding
			 and knowledge of and compliance with the behavior management policies of the
			 agency.
(d) Recognition and
			 management of the presenting issues of the children in care served, including
			 mental health, behavioral, and substance abuse issues.
(e) Instruction in safety procedures and safe
			 use of equipment.
(f) Sanitation
			 procedures.
(g) First aid kit
			 contents and use.
(h) Report
			 writing, including documentation of medication dispensing and critical incident
			 reports.
(i) Certification to
			 provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid.
(j) Completion of training in crisis
			 intervention.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 419 - OFFICE OF TRAINING, INVESTIGATIONS AND SAFETY › Division 450 - HOMELESS, RUNAWAY, AND TRANSITIONAL LIVING SHELTERS › Section 419-450-0050 - Homeless, Runaway, and Transitional Living Shelters: Admissions and Assessments

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A child-caring agency must follow all of the following
				requirements, except with respect to a mass shelter:
(1) The child-caring agency must provide
			 services to children in care according to written policies that list the
			 specific criteria under which children in care are accepted for
			 placement.
(2) Assessment. To
			 determine the appropriateness of each child in care who has applied for
			 services provided by the agency, the agency must make reasonable efforts to
			 gather all of the following basic background information upon admission:
(a) Family history.
(b) Health history, including a history of
			 substance abuse as well as current use of prescription and over-the-counter
			 medication.
(c) Mental health
			 history, including diagnoses, a description of behavior problems, prior
			 evaluations, and treatment history.
(d) Who has legal custody of the child in
			 care.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 419 - OFFICE OF TRAINING, INVESTIGATIONS AND SAFETY › Division 450 - HOMELESS, RUNAWAY, AND TRANSITIONAL LIVING SHELTERS › Section 419-450-0060 - Homeless, Runaway, and Transitional Living Shelters: Service Planning

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A child-caring agency must follow all of the following
				requirements, except with respect to a mass shelter:
(1) The child-caring agency must make
			 services available that will meet the needs of each child in care in the
			 program.
(2) The child-caring
			 agency must serve each child in care according to a service plan developed
			 within 72 hours of admission that is based on the assessment.
(a) Whenever possible, the service plan must
			 include the child in care and his or her family, staff, and other involved
			 parties.
(b) The program must
			 provide individualized service planning for each child in care that includes at
			 least a monthly review of the service plan and changes as needed.
(c) The service plan must address, at a
			 minimum, the child in care's physical and medical needs, behavior management
			 issues, mental health treatment needs, education plans, and any other special
			 needs.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 419 - OFFICE OF TRAINING, INVESTIGATIONS AND SAFETY › Division 450 - HOMELESS, RUNAWAY, AND TRANSITIONAL LIVING SHELTERS › Section 419-450-0070 - Homeless, Runaway, and Transitional Living Shelters: Client Files

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(1) General
			 requirements. Except with respect to children in care in a mass shelter service
			 plan operated by the child-caring agency, a child-caring agency must maintain
			 an individual file on each child in care admitted into the program.
(2) Child in care file requirements. A
			 child-caring agency must have a file on the premises for each child in care
			 currently receiving services from the agency. To the extent such information is
			 reasonably available to the agency, this file must be up to date and include
			 all of the following:
(a) Sufficient
			 information about the child in care's family or legal guardian to enable the
			 staff of the agency to contact them at any time.
(b) Custody status of the child in
			 care.
(c) An authorization for
			 medical treatment.
(d) A signed
			 consent for the child-caring agency to treat the child in care with the
			 interventions in use at the program.
(e) A signed acknowledgment that the child in
			 care is responsible for requesting their medication at the prescribed
			 times.
(f) The assessment described
			 in OAR 419-450-0050
(g) The service
			 plan required by OAR 419-450-0760.
(h) Documentation about the child in care's
			 illnesses and injuries, including the follow up that was provided by the
			 child-caring agency.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 419 - OFFICE OF TRAINING, INVESTIGATIONS AND SAFETY › Division 450 - HOMELESS, RUNAWAY, AND TRANSITIONAL LIVING SHELTERS › Section 419-450-0080 - Homeless, Runaway, and Transitional Living Shelters: Medication Storage and Dispensing

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(1) A
			 child-caring agency must have and follow written policies on the storage,
			 dispensing, and disposal of prescription and non prescription
			 medication.
(2) Medication storage.
			 All prescription and non-prescription medications must be contained in locked
			 storage in the facility and must be kept in a manner that makes them
			 inaccessible to child in care.
(3)
			 Medication dispensing.
(a) Children in care
			 are expected to administer their own medication after they have requested their
			 medication from the program staff at the prescribed times.
(b) Except in a mass shelter, medication,
			 including non-prescription drugs, may not be dispensed unless the medication
			 has been prescribed or authorized by a qualified professional.
(c) Program staff may not dispense medication
			 to a child in care in any of the following situations:
(A) In excess of the prescribed or authorized
			 amount.
(B) For disciplinary
			 purposes.
(C) For the convenience
			 of staff.
(D) As a substitute for
			 appropriate treatment services.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 419 - OFFICE OF TRAINING, INVESTIGATIONS AND SAFETY › Division 450 - HOMELESS, RUNAWAY, AND TRANSITIONAL LIVING SHELTERS › Section 419-450-0090 - Homeless, Runaway, and Transitional Living Shelters: Health and Hygiene

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(1) A child-caring
			 agency must have and follow policies that ensure the prompt and accurate
			 assessment and care of injuries, illness, and physical complaints of children
			 in care.
(2) A child-caring agency
			 must provide children in care with access to a bathroom and a shower.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  409.050, ORS
				  418.240 & ORS
				  418.005
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  418.205 -
				  418.310
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 419 - OFFICE OF TRAINING, INVESTIGATIONS AND SAFETY › Division 450 - HOMELESS, RUNAWAY, AND TRANSITIONAL LIVING SHELTERS › Section 419-450-0100 - Homeless, Runaway, and Transitional Living Shelters: Grouping

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(1) A child-caring
			 agency must have and follow written policies regarding the grouping of children
			 in care.
(2) Except as provided in
			 section (3) of this rule, an agency must place children in care in groups based
			 on the following factors:
(a) Age.
(b) Developmental level.
(c) Physical maturity.
(d) Social maturity.
(e) Behavioral functioning.
(f) Cognitive level.
(g) Medical concerns.
(h) Individual needs.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 419 - OFFICE OF TRAINING, INVESTIGATIONS AND SAFETY › Division 450 - HOMELESS, RUNAWAY, AND TRANSITIONAL LIVING SHELTERS › Section 419-450-0110 - Homeless, Runaway, and Transitional Living Shelters: Safety

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A child-caring agency must meet all of the following
				requirements related to safety:
(1)
			 Fire safety. Prior to licensure and every two years upon license renewal, the
			 program must be assessed and approved by the State Fire Marshall or designee
			 for the following fire safety areas:
(a) The
			 child-caring agency must provide fire safety equipment that meets the
			 requirements of applicable building codes and the Oregon Fire Code (see the
			 current version of OAR 837-040-0010  and 837-040-0020).
(b) The child-caring agency must comply with
			 existing state and local fire safety codes.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 419 - OFFICE OF TRAINING, INVESTIGATIONS AND SAFETY › Division 450 - HOMELESS, RUNAWAY, AND TRANSITIONAL LIVING SHELTERS › Section 419-450-0120 - Homeless, Runaway, and Transitional Living Shelters: Environmental Health

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A child-caring agency must meet all of the following
				requirements:
(1) The program of the
			 agency must maintain an environment that ensures safety for program staff and
			 children in care.
(2) Environmental
			 Health Specialist approval. Prior to licensure and every two years upon license
			 renewal, the program must be assessed and provide documentation of approval by
			 a registered environmental health specialist (see OAR 338-010-0025  to
			 338-010-0038) for the following safety areas:
(a) Food service risk assessment.
(b) Drinking water or waste water
			 assessment.
(c) Vector and pest
			 control, including the use of pesticides and other chemical agents.
(d) Hazardous material management, including
			 handling and storage.
(e)
			 Recreation assessments (such as playgrounds, swimming pools, and hot tubs) for
			 injury prevention and hazard mitigation.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 419 - OFFICE OF TRAINING, INVESTIGATIONS AND SAFETY › Division 460 - OUTDOOR YOUTH PROGRAMS › Section 419-460-0010 - Outdoor Youth Programs: Applicability and General Provisions

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(1) Required
			 compliance. These rules, OAR 419-460-0010  to 419-460-0260, regulate a child
			 caring agency licensed as an outdoor youth program. An outdoor youth program
			 must also comply with OAR 409-400-0005 to 419-400-0310.
(2) Stationary Outdoor Youth Program
			 additional license requirement. An outdoor youth program that operates as a
			 stationary outdoor youth program must secure an Organizational Camp License as
			 described in OAR 333-030-0005  to 333-030-0130  from the Oregon Health Authority,
			 Public Health Division.
(3) Bond
			 required. Each outdoor youth program applying for licensure must file with the
			 Department a Fiduciary Bond in the amount of $50,000 or 50 percent of the
			 program's yearly budget, whichever amount is less. The Bond must be issued by a
			 surety or insurer that is licensed to do business in the State of Oregon. The
			 Bond must be written and issued on the Surety Bond Form (DHS CF 1066), provided
			 to the outdoor youth program by the Department. The required Bond must be
			 continuous until canceled and must remain in full force at all times to comply
			 with this section. Any claims or potential impairment to the Bond must be
			 reported to the Department within 30 days of the incident or occurrence
			 involving the claim or potential impairment. In the event of impairment to the
			 Bond, the outdoor youth program will be required to obtain additional bonding
			 to satisfy the requirements of this section. The surety or insurer must give
			 the Department at least 30 days written notice before canceling or terminating
			 its liability under the Bond. An action on the Bond may be brought by any
			 person aggrieved by the misconduct of an outdoor youth program required to be
			 licensed under ORS 418.205 to
			 418.310. As evidence of the
			 Bond, the outdoor youth program must keep a certified copy of the Bond on file
			 with the Department at all times.
(4) Workers' Compensation. An outdoor youth
			 program must comply with all provisions of ORS
			 656.017 and provide the required
			 Workers' Compensation coverage, unless such employers are exempt under ORS
			 656.126. The outdoor youth
			 program must ensure that each of its subcontractors complies with these
			 requirements.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  409.050, ORS
				  418.005 & ORS
				  418.240
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  418.990 - 418.998 & ORS
				  418.205 -
				  418.325
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 419 - OFFICE OF TRAINING, INVESTIGATIONS AND SAFETY › Division 460 - OUTDOOR YOUTH PROGRAMS › Section 419-460-0020 - Outdoor Youth Programs: Administration

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(1) Base of operations. An outdoor youth
			 program providing outdoor youth program services in Oregon must have a base of
			 operation or field office in Oregon. The base of operation or field office at a
			 minimum must have the following information immediately available upon the
			 request of the Department licensing coordinator:
(a) Current list of the names of staff and
			 children in care in each field group;
(b) Master map of all outdoor youth program
			 activity areas used by the program in Oregon, copies of which must be made
			 available to the Department licensing coordinator, the land managing agency,
			 and local law enforcement and emergency services upon request;
(c) Copies of each group of children in
			 care's expeditionary route with its schedule and itinerary, copies of which
			 must be made available to the Department, the land managing agency and local
			 law enforcement and emergency services upon request;
(d) Current logs of communications with each
			 field group of children in care away from the base of operations; and
(e) Emergency response plan that is reviewed
			 annually (as described in OAR 419-460-0070(2)).
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 419 - OFFICE OF TRAINING, INVESTIGATIONS AND SAFETY › Division 460 - OUTDOOR YOUTH PROGRAMS › Section 419-460-0030 - Outdoor Youth Programs: Consents, Disclosures, and Authorizations

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(1) 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
			 restraint must be limited to the requirements outlined in OAR
			 419-400-0180.
(d) If applicable, to
			 use time outs. The consent for the use of time outs must be limited to the
			 requirements outlined in OAR 419-400-0150(3)(c).
(e) To allow access to a child in care as
			 required in ORS 418.305 and OAR 419-400-0230 and
			 419-400-0240.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 419 - OFFICE OF TRAINING, INVESTIGATIONS AND SAFETY › Division 460 - OUTDOOR YOUTH PROGRAMS › Section 419-460-0040 - Outdoor Youth Programs: Participant Clothing, Equipment, and Supplies

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An outdoor youth program must comply with all of the following
				requirements:
(1) Participant
			 requirements. Each program participant must have appropriate clothing,
			 equipment, and supplies for each type of outdoor youth program activity and for
			 the weather conditions likely to be encountered.
(2) Clothing, equipment, and supply
			 requirements. Clothing, equipment, and supplies must include at a minimum the
			 applicable items in each of the following subsections:
(a) Sunscreen if appropriate for the
			 environmental conditions generally expected for the area and season.
(b) Insect repellent if appropriate for the
			 environmental conditions generally expected for the area and season.
(c) A commercial backpack or the materials to
			 construct a safe backpack or bedroll.
(d) Personal hygiene items necessary for
			 cleansing.
(e) Appropriate feminine
			 hygiene supplies.
(f) When the
			 average nighttime temperature is expected to be 40 degrees Fahrenheit or
			 higher:
(A) Wool blankets or an appropriate
			 sleeping bag; and
(B) A tarp or
			 poncho.
(g) Shelter from
			 precipitation, appropriate sleeping bag, and ground pad when the average
			 nighttime temperature is expected to be 39 degrees Fahrenheit or
			 lower.
(h) Clothing appropriate for
			 the temperature changes generally expected for the area.
(i) Each child in care must be provided a
			 clean change of undergarments and socks at least once a week or an opportunity
			 to wash his or her clothing at least once a week; and all other clothing must
			 be reasonably clean and in good repair.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 419 - OFFICE OF TRAINING, INVESTIGATIONS AND SAFETY › Division 460 - OUTDOOR YOUTH PROGRAMS › Section 419-460-0050 - Outdoor Youth Programs: Water Requirements

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An outdoor youth program must comply with all of the following
				requirements:
(1) Written policy. An
			 outdoor youth program must have and follow written policy and procedures on
			 water requirements.
(2) Water.
			 Children in care must have access to potable water while engaged in hiking.
			 Staff of the outdoor youth program must ensure that children in care drink a
			 sufficient amount of water to provide adequate hydration. Staff must encourage
			 children in care to consume at least three quarts of potable water a
			 day.
(3) Water caches. When water
			 caches are used, field staff must place each water cache and verify its
			 location in advance of a group's arrival.
(4) Water from a natural source. Water from a
			 natural source used for drinking or cooking must be treated for sanitation to
			 eliminate health hazards. Staff must document what methods were used to
			 sanitize the water.
(5)
			 Electrolytes. Each group must have and use when appropriate a supply of
			 electrolyte replacement, quantities to be determined by group size and
			 environment conditions.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  409.050, ORS
				  418.005 & ORS
				  418.240
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  418.990 - 418.998, ORS
				  409.010 & ORS
				  418.205 -
				  418.325
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 419 - OFFICE OF TRAINING, INVESTIGATIONS AND SAFETY › Division 460 - OUTDOOR YOUTH PROGRAMS › Section 419-460-0060 - Outdoor Youth Programs: Nutritional Requirements

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An outdoor youth program must comply with all of the following
				requirements:
(1) Written policy. An
			 outdoor youth program must have and follow written policy and procedures on
			 nutritional requirements.
(2) Menu.
			 There must be a written menu approved by a qualified dietitian or nutritionist
			 with knowledge of program activity levels, listing the food supplies for each
			 group.
(3) Calories. An outdoor
			 youth program must provide each child in care a level of nutrition which will
			 supply the child in care's individual caloric need; but no child in care may be
			 offered less than 3,000 calories a day. When heat is not available for cooking,
			 an outdoor youth program must provide sufficient food of sufficient caloric
			 value which does not require cooking.
(4) Hygiene procedures. The outdoor youth
			 program must have reasonable hygiene procedures to prevent infection which are
			 consistent with the particular program risk of infection.
(a) Cleansing of hands must occur after each
			 latrine use.
(b) Means of cleansing
			 the hands must be available to children in care prior to food preparation and
			 prior to food consumption.
(c) A
			 weekly opportunity for total body hygiene.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 419 - OFFICE OF TRAINING, INVESTIGATIONS AND SAFETY › Division 460 - OUTDOOR YOUTH PROGRAMS › Section 419-460-0070 - Outdoor Youth Programs: Safety

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(1) Written policies and procedures. An
			 outdoor youth program must have and follow written policies and procedures on
			 all of the following:
(a) Equipment Safety
			 Procedures, including appropriate instruction and maintenance of
			 equipment.
(b) Environmental
			 Hazards.
(c) Risk Management
			 Procedures.
(d) Health, nutrition,
			 hydration, and physical stress management.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 419 - OFFICE OF TRAINING, INVESTIGATIONS AND SAFETY › Division 460 - OUTDOOR YOUTH PROGRAMS › Section 419-460-0080 - Outdoor Youth Programs: Potential Weapons

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(1) Written policy. An outdoor youth program
			 must have and follow written policy and procedures on management of weapons and
			 potential weapons.
(2) Inventory
			 required. Staff of an outdoor youth program must inventory knives, hatchets,
			 other edged tools, or any item which might reasonably pose a danger to self or
			 others and complete a daily count of these items against the
			 inventory.
(3) Supervision
			 required. Staff of an outdoor youth program must have line of sight supervision
			 of a child in care who is in possession of and using knives, hatchets, other
			 edged tools, or any item which might pose a danger to self or others.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  409.050, ORS
				  418.005 & ORS
				  418.240 OL 2016
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  418.990 - 418.998 OL 2016, ORS
				  409.010 & ORS
				  418.205 -
				  418.325
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 419 - OFFICE OF TRAINING, INVESTIGATIONS AND SAFETY › Division 460 - OUTDOOR YOUTH PROGRAMS › Section 419-460-0090 - Outdoor Youth Programs: Contraband

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(1) Written policy. An outdoor youth program
			 must have and follow written policy and procedures on contraband.
(2) Confiscation. Staff must confiscate
			 contraband found in the possession of children in care in an outdoor youth
			 program and, if stored, secure it in a location inaccessible to children in
			 care.
(3) Disposal. It is the
			 responsibility of the outdoor youth program to store or dispose of all
			 contraband not confiscated by or turned over to law enforcement, in accordance
			 with the contraband policy.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  409.050, ORS
				  418.005 & ORS
				  418.240
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  418.990 - 418.998, ORS
				  409.010 & ORS
				  418.205 -
				  418.325
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 419 - OFFICE OF TRAINING, INVESTIGATIONS AND SAFETY › Division 460 - OUTDOOR YOUTH PROGRAMS › Section 419-460-0100 - Outdoor Youth Programs: Transportation

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In addition to the requirements in OAR 419-400-0200(1), an
				outdoor youth program must have and adhere to a written policy on
				transportation that includes all of the following:
(1) The method of transportation that will be
			 used.
(2) The circumstances when
			 transportation is provided.
(3) How
			 the safety and integrity of the child in care shall be maintained while being
			 transported.
(4) That vehicles used
			 to transport a child in care must be equipped with a red triangle reflector
			 device for use in emergency.
(5)
			 That all reasonable steps will be taken to assure the safety of children in
			 care and adults traveling in off-road vehicles.
(6) Children in care must be accompanied by
			 at least one person who has been trained in nonviolent crisis intervention and
			 de-escalation, physical restraints (if applicable), and First
			 Aid/CPR.
(7) Children in care may
			 not be blindfolded or otherwise have their vision obstructed and may not be
			 handcuffed or shackled while being transported by the program or a
			 subcontractor of the program.
(a) If a program
			 recommends to parents or legal guardians a transport company to bring the child
			 in care to the program, this information shall be noted by the program in the
			 child in care's record.
(b) The
			 program shall inquire of each child in care brought to the program by a
			 transport company whether he or she was blindfolded or shackled during
			 transport to the program and not this in the child in care's record.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 419 - OFFICE OF TRAINING, INVESTIGATIONS AND SAFETY › Division 460 - OUTDOOR YOUTH PROGRAMS › Section 419-460-0110 - Outdoor Youth Programs: Health Services

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(1) Required physical examination. Prior to a
			 child in care engaging in an outdoor youth program activity, an outdoor youth
			 program must review and place in the file a physical examination report for the
			 child in care. This information must be shared with the field staff prior to
			 any outdoor youth program activity. The child in care's health history must be
			 provided by a physician prior to admission, and this history plus a new
			 physical examination must be recorded on a form provided by the program, which
			 clearly documents the type and extent of outdoor youth program activity in
			 which the child in care will be engaged. The examination must cover areas
			 required by the Department and, after the appropriate consents are obtained
			 from the child in care or child in care's legal guardian, must be completed by
			 a licensed physician, physician's assistant or nurse practitioner, who signs
			 the form.
(a) In addition to any other areas
			 required by the Department, the examination must include a physical assessment
			 based on the climate, temperature, and altitude the child in care will be
			 participating in given the child in care 's age, weight, sex, physical
			 condition, and recent use of drugs or alcohol, if any. The physician must state
			 in the examination report any restrictions on the child in care engaging in
			 strenuous exercise based on these or any other factors;
(b) If a child in care is currently taking or
			 has been receiving prescribed medication within the past six months, a specific
			 notation must be made on the physical examination form, by the clearing medical
			 professional, which must include clearance for participation in an outdoor,
			 high impact environment and a description of any possible special needs due to
			 use of the medication in the field environment; and
(c) If a child in care is in a risk group for
			 strenuous exercise or extreme conditions due to medical issues, written
			 clearance must be noted on the physical examination form, stating that the
			 child in care may participate in an outdoor youth program activity, which may:
(A) Occur in altitudes over 5,000
			 feet;
(B) Include strenuous
			 exercise; and
(C) Expose child in
			 care to cold or hot temperatures.
(d) Children in care may not participate in
			 an outdoor youth program activity until all blood work and other laboratory
			 work has been received and reviewed by the physician, and the physician has
			 found that the child in care is qualified to start the program.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 419 - OFFICE OF TRAINING, INVESTIGATIONS AND SAFETY › Division 460 - OUTDOOR YOUTH PROGRAMS › Section 419-460-0120 - Outdoor Youth Programs: Staff Qualifications and Requirements

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(1) Staff written
			 policy requirements. An outdoor youth program must have written policy
			 regarding minimum staff requirements.
(2) Verification. An outdoor youth program
			 must verify qualifications of staff through documentation of minimum
			 requirements for work experience, education, and classroom
			 instruction.
(3) Required staff
			 positions.
(a) An outdoor youth program which
			 provides outdoor youth programming as its primary function must have an
			 executive director. The executive director may also function as the field
			 director if the executive director meets those qualifications. In addition to
			 meeting the requirements in OAR 419-400-0040(3)-(4), the executive director
			 must comply with all of the following:
(A) Be
			 at least 25 years of age.
(B) Have
			 one of the following qualifications at time of hire:
(i) Five years of paid full time experience
			 in the social services or wilderness field with at least one year in a paid
			 administrative capacity.
(ii) A
			 Bachelor's degree and four years of paid full time experience in the social
			 services or wilderness field with at least one year in a paid administrative
			 capacity.
(iii) A Master's degree
			 and three years of paid full time experience in the social services or
			 wilderness field with at least one year in a paid administrative
			 capacity.
(C) Have
			 knowledge and experience demonstrating competence in the performance or
			 oversight of the following essential job functions: program planning and
			 budgeting, fiscal management, supervision of staff, personnel management,
			 employee performance assessment, data collection, reporting, program
			 evaluation, quality assurance, and developing and maintaining community
			 resources.
(D) Demonstrate by his
			 or her conduct the competencies required by this rule and compliance with the
			 program policies and procedures implementing these rules.
(E) Have completed the field training as
			 required by OAR 419-460-0150(3).
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 419 - OFFICE OF TRAINING, INVESTIGATIONS AND SAFETY › Division 460 - OUTDOOR YOUTH PROGRAMS › Section 419-460-0130 - Outdoor Youth Programs: Staff Health Requirements

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An outdoor youth program must comply with all of the following
				requirements:
(1) Staff health
			 requirements. The outdoor youth program staff members having responsibility for
			 children in care must be free of infectious diseases and must be capable of
			 competently fulfilling all responsibilities reasonably associated with their
			 employment.
(2) Health history
			 questionnaire. As part of orientation, and annually thereafter, staff must
			 complete a health history questionnaire similar to that completed by the
			 children in care entering the program. It must include injuries or ailments
			 that might affect the ability to function well in the field, or put other field
			 staff or children in care at risk of injury or infection.
(3) Health history questionnaire content. The
			 health history questionnaire must include, but not be limited to, the following
			 content areas:
(a) Standard physical health
			 questions, including history of infectious diseases;
(b) History of physical injuries;
			 and
(c) History of drug or alcohol
			 abuse or dependence that required residential or outpatient treatment, or that
			 might currently interfere with employment responsibilities.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 419 - OFFICE OF TRAINING, INVESTIGATIONS AND SAFETY › Division 460 - OUTDOOR YOUTH PROGRAMS › Section 419-460-0140 - Outdoor Youth Programs: Physical Activity Limits and Requirements

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An outdoor youth program must comply with all of the following
				requirements:
(1) Physical capability.
			 Physical activity may not exceed the physical capability of a child in care.
			 Field staff must monitor the physical capability and condition of each child in
			 care to ensure that the outdoor youth program activity does not exceed the
			 child in care's capability.
(a) The program
			 may not assign extremely strenuous exercise at any time.
(b) A child in care when hiking may not carry
			 a backpack and other equipment which exceeds their physical
			 abilities.
(c) Staff shall assist
			 children in care in ensuring that backpacks are packed in a manner that allows
			 them to be comfortably worn.
(d)
			 Children in care shall have breaks prior to becoming weary to avoid risk of
			 injury. Breaks shall be frequent and long enough to recover and return to the
			 outdoor youth program activity.
(e)
			 All children in care in a group shall hike at the speed at which the slowest
			 child in care is capable.