Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 413 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, CHILD WELFARE PROGRAMS › Division 10 - CLIENT RIGHTS › Section 413-010-0745 - Central Office Review of CPS Founded Dispositions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Central Office must conduct a review and
			 issue a "Notice of Central Office CPS Founded Disposition Review Decision"
			 (Form CF 315) within 60 days from the date Central Office receives a request
			 for a review.
(2) The Central
			 Office CPS Founded Disposition Review must occur as follows:
(a) The CPS program office schedules a review
			 of the CPS founded disposition when a written request for review and case file
			 information is received from the local Child Welfare office.
(b) The review may not include
			 re-interviewing the victim; interviewing or meeting with the person requesting
			 a review, with others associated with the requestor, or with others mentioned
			 in the assessment; or conducting a field assessment of the allegation of
			 abuse.
(c) The review must be based
			 on current child welfare practice and definitions of abuse. Rules in place at
			 the time the CPS assessment was completed also must be considered.
(d) The following must be considered by the
			 Central Office CPS Founded Disposition Review Committee members and the Central
			 Office Safety Program Manager or designee:
(A) Relevant information and materials
			 contained in the Department's child welfare case file, including the CPS
			 assessment and disposition, screening information, assessment information and
			 narrative, related police reports, medical reports, and information provided by
			 the person requesting review;
(B)
			 Whether there is reasonable cause to believe that abuse occurred;
(C) Whether there is reasonable cause to
			 believe that the person requesting review is responsible for the abuse;
			 and
(D) Whether there is reasonable
			 cause to believe that the type of abuse is correctly identified in the
			 assessment.
(e) The
			 Central Office CPS Founded Disposition Review Committee must:
(A) Make recommendations as follows:
(i) Retain the founded disposition;
(ii) Change the disposition to unfounded or
			 unable to determine;
(iii) Change
			 the type of abuse (see OAR 413-015-1015  for a list of the types of abuse) for
			 which the CPS Disposition was founded.
(B) At the conclusion of the Review
			 Committee, each committee member makes their respective recommendation known to
			 the Central Office Safety Program Manager or designee.
(f) The Central Office Safety Program Manager
			 or designee must:
(A) Observe the Review
			 Committee;
(B) Ask questions of the
			 committee members as needed for clarification;
(C) Consider the committee's recommendation
			 or recommendations and the basis for the recommendation or recommendations;
			 and
(D) Make one of the following
			 decisions:
(i) Retain the founded
			 disposition.
(ii) Change the
			 disposition to unfounded or unable to determine.
(iii) Change the type of abuse (see OAR
			 413-015-1015  for a list of the types of abuse) for which the CPS Disposition
			 was founded.
(g) The decision and the basis for the
			 decision must be documented.