Or. Admin. Code § 413-200-0272 - Responsibilities for Assessment and Certification
(1) Except as provided in sections (2) and
(3) of this rule, the Department must conduct an assessment to
determine if the applicant and the home of the
applicant meet the standards in OAR
413-200-0301 to
413-200-0396 as follows:
(a) For the approval of a potential
adoptive resource or issuance of a Certificate of
Approval orChild-Specific Certificate of Approval,
the Department must conduct the activities described in OAR
413-200-0274. The
Certificate of Approval and Child-Specific Certificate
of Approval expire two years from the date of issuance unless OAR
413-200-0287(7)
or OAR 413-200-0296(6)
apply.
(b) For issuance of a
Temporary Certificate of Approval, the
Department must conduct the activities described in OAR
413-200-0275. A
Temporary Certificate of Approval expires 180 days from the
date of issuance unless an extension is granted.
(c) For issuance of a Certificate of
Approval or Child-Specific Certificate of Approval to
a certified resource family that has been issued a
Temporary Certificate of Approval, the
Department must conduct the activities described in OAR
413-200-0276. In this
circumstance, the Certificate of Approval or
Child-Specific Certificate of Approval expires two years from
the date of issuance of the Temporary Certificate of Approval,
unless OAR 413-200-0287(7)
applies.
(d) The Department may
share information in the home study when permitted or required by law,
consistent with ORS 418.642, OAR
413-200-0298 and, if the
application is for adoption, ORS
109.319, OAR
413-010-0035(8),
413-120-0016,
413-120-0220, and
413-120-0246. The Department is
required to share information about a child or young adult in the care or
custody of the Department with the parties to the child's or young adult's
juvenile court proceeding.
(2) An applicant may not be
denied to provide care for a child or young adult
under these rules:
(a) For the sole
reason that the individual received child welfare services as a
child oryoung adult;
(b) For the sole reason that the individual
is a person with a disability; or
(c) On the basis of race, religion, national
origin, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender expression or
disability.
(3) The
Department is not required to assess an
applicant and may deny the application if:
(a) The applicant has had a
previous application for certification denied or a prior certificate revoked
during the five years prior to the date on the application;
(b) The applicant is seeking
to care for a specific child or young adult
who is not in the care or custody of the Department;
(c) The applicant is seeking
to care for a specific child or young adult
in the care and custody of the Department and the
Department has determined that child or
young adult does not require placement change. This subsection
does not supersede placement priority with achild or
young adult's relatives; or
(d) The applicant is seeking
to care for a specific child or young adult
for whom the Department has not received a request for a
home study under the Interstate Compact for the Placement of
Children (ICPC).
(4) The
Department may terminate the assessment process at any time
and proceed to issue a proposed and final order denying certification for one
or more of the reasons in OAR
413-200-0296 or, if the
application is for approval to be a potential adoptive
resource, deny the application for the reasons in OAR
413-120-0225.
(5) Any certificate issued by the
Department under OAR
413-200-0270 to
413-200-0298 must include all
the following information:
(a) The certificate
type: Temporary Certificate, Child-Specific
Certificate of Approval, or Certificate of
Approval.
(b) The name of
each applicant approved as the certified resource
family.
(c) The address to
which the certificate applies.
(d)
The age range (birth to 20) of any child or young
adult the Department may place in the
certified resource family's home.
(e) The placement capacity of the
certified resource family.
(f) The provider number that the
Department has given the home.
(g) The effective and expiration dates of the
certificate.
(h) The signature of
the approving manager.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 418.005, ORS 418.640 & ORS 409.050
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 418.005, ORS 409.010, ORS 418.625, ORS 418.627, ORS 418.630, ORS 418.635, ORS 418.640, ORS 418.642, ORS 418.643, ORS 418.644, ORS 418.645, ORS 418.647 & ORS 418.648
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