Or. Admin. Code § 413-010-0746 - Notice of Central Office CPS Founded Disposition Review Decision

(1) Within 60 calendar days of the date Central Office receives the request for review from the local Child Welfare office, a CPS Program Coordinator or designee prepares and sends to the requestor by certified mail, restricted delivery, with a return receipt requested, a "Notice of Central Office CPS Founded Disposition Review Decision" (Form CF 315) that includes the following information:

(a) Whether there is reasonable cause to believe that abuse occurred;

(b) Whether there is reasonable cause to believe that the person requesting review was responsible for the abuse;

(c) The decisions resulting from the Central Office CPS Founded Disposition Review;

(d) If the CPS founded disposition is changed, whether the change will be to "unable to determine" or to "unfounded disposition;"

(e) If the Central Office CPS Founded Disposition Review results in a decision that the CPS founded disposition should be retained but the type of abuse for which the disposition was founded should be changed, the new type of abuse and the reason for this change;

(f) If the CPS founded disposition is retained but the type of abuse is changed, notice that the person requesting the review has the right to request a new Central Office CPS Founded Disposition Review based on the change;

(g) A summary of the information used as part of the Central Office CPS Founded Disposition Review and the reasoning for reaching the decision; and

(h) If a CPS founded disposition is changed to "unable to determine" or "unfounded," notice that the change will be made to the CPS assessment narrative.

(2) A "Notice of Central Office CPS Founded Disposition Review Decision" (Form CF 315) is sent to the person requesting review, the local Child Welfare office for filing in the child welfare case record, the CPS worker, and the supervisor involved in the initial CPS assessment and determination of disposition.

(3) The CPS Program Office maintains a comprehensive record of the reviews of CPS founded dispositions conducted by Central Office. The record includes the date of the review, case number, sequence number, a copy of the materials used in the review and the decision that resulted from the review for each review conducted by Central Office.

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Or. Admin. Code § 413-010-0746

SOSCF 18-2000, f. & cert. ef. 8-4-00; CWP 1-2003, f. & cert. ef. 1-7-03; CWP 45-2003, f. 12-31-03, cert. ef. 1-1-04; CWP 2-2005, f. & cert. ef. 2-1-05; CWP 26-2011(Temp), f. 10-5-11, cert. ef. 10-6-11 thru 4-3-12; CWP 2-2012, f. & cert. ef. 4-4-12; CWP 1-2021, amend filed 01/04/2021, effective 1/4/2021; CWP 7-2023, minor correction filed 05/16/2023, effective 5/16/2023

Forms referenced are available from the agency.

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 418.005 & ORS 409.050

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 418.005