Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 137 - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE › Division 83 - REGIONAL AND COMMUNITY CHILD ABUSE ASSESSMENT CENTERS › Section 137-083-0010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
As used in OAR chapter 137, division 083:
(1) "Multidisciplinary Child Abuse Team
			 (MDT)" means the interdisciplinary investigation team established in each
			 county by ORS 418.747.
(2) "Complex Case" means a case in which the
			 local Child Abuse Intervention Center (CAIC) or the local Multidisciplinary
			 Child Abuse Team (MDT) determines the need for assistance from a Regional
			 Service Center or Community Assessment Center, in order to perform or complete
			 a child abuse medical assessment or to evaluate, diagnose or treat a victim of
			 child abuse.
(3) "Consultation"
			 means discussions between or among persons associated with a Regional Service
			 Center or Community Assessment Center and persons associated with county
			 Multidisciplinary Teams to be served by the Center regarding individual cases
			 involving child abuse or possible child abuse, child abuse medical assessments,
			 and related topics.
(4) "Education"
			 means the provision of specialized information to individuals regarding the
			 detection, evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of child abuse or possible child
			 abuse.
(5) "Referral Services"
			 means the recommendation of specialized services related to child abuse medical
			 assessments or to the detection, evaluation, diagnosis or treatment of child
			 abuse. It may include consultation or directing or redirecting a child abuse
			 victim or possible victim to an appropriate specialist for more definitive
			 evaluation, diagnosis or treatment.
(6) "Technical Assistance" means assistance
			 of a practical, specialized or scientific nature, including but not limited to
			 practical advice, specialized advice, advanced laboratory testing or forensic
			 testing.
(7) "Training" means the
			 provision of teaching or instruction to professionals regarding the detection,
			 evaluation, diagnosis or treatment of child abuse or possible child
			 abuse.
(8) "Community Assessment
			 Service" means a neutral, child sensitive community-based center or service
			 provider to which a child from the community may be referred to receive a
			 thorough child abuse medical assessment for the purpose of determining whether
			 the child has been abused or neglected. These services may be provided by
			 assessment, advocacy, or intervention centers.
(9) "Regional Assessment Center" means a
			 community based Child Abuse Intervention Center (CAIC) that is also providing
			 training, education, consultation, referral, technical assistance, and may with
			 the approval of the Department of Justice be providing specialized assessment
			 services for children in multiple counties. For the purposes of these rules the
			 Regional Assessment Center will be referred to as the Regional Service
			 Providers (RSP) and may be referred to as RSP or Regional Service Provider
			 throughout the rest of this document.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  418.782 -
				  418.793
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  418.780 -
				  418.796