Or. Admin. Code § 414-320-0310 - [Effective 7/1/2025] Central Background Registry Enrollment

A certified ONB program must ensure that:

(1) The operator, all ONB program staff, and any person 18 years of age or older who may have unsupervised access to children, are enrolled in DELC's Central Background Registry (CBR) prior to the issuance of an initial or renewal certification.

(2) An individual who is the owner or the principal of an entity that is the owner of a certified ONB program is enrolled in the CBR if on the ONB program premises or present with children off-site during child care hours.

(3) The program has obtained written confirmation from DELC that staff 18 years of age or older are enrolled or conditionally enrolled in the CBR before the staff are on the child care premises or present with children off-site during child care hours.

(4) All caregivers and other individuals that are required to be enrolled in the CBR and are on the premises maintain current enrollment in the CBR at all times while the certified ONB program license is active.

(5) Individuals who are conditionally enrolled in the CBR may function in their staff position but shall not have unsupervised access to children until the certified ONB program has confirmed with DELC the individual is enrolled on a non-conditional basis.

(6) Any visitor to the certified ONB program or other adult who is not enrolled in the CBR does not have unsupervised access to children.

(7) Safeguards are in place to prevent a visitor's unsupervised access to children, including a sign-in and sign-out process that captures:

(a) The individual's name and relationship to the ONB program (e.g. volunteer, vendor, guest, etc.);

(b) Arrival and departure times, recorded at the times of arrival and departure; and

(c) Name of qualified staff responsible for monitoring the individual's presence and accompanying the individual while on the premises.

(8) Individuals whose CBR enrollment has been revoked, denied, or suspended are not on the premises during child care hours or have contact with children in care.

(9) Additional information needed to assess an individual's ability to care for children or to have access to children, such as references, an evaluation by a physician, counselor, or other qualified person, or other information, is provided to DELC upon DELC's request.

(10) Individuals 18 years of age and older that reside on the certified ONB program premises in living spaces, including but not limited to, homes, Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) or other alternative housing units, tiny homes, recreational vehicles (RVs), trailers, garage apartments, etc., are not required to enroll in the CBR if all of the following conditions are met:

(a) Those residing in or visiting the living space are not known by the certified ONB program to be suspended or to have been denied or removed for cause from the CBR;

(b) Those residing in or visiting the living space have no opportunity for access to child care children without the permission of the certified ONB program and presence of a caregiver employed in the certified ONB program. For the purposes of this rule, an individual has opportunity for access to child care children if they are able to be close enough to touch or have a conversation with a child care child inside or outside the home;

(c) Child care is never conducted in the living space and child care children do not have access to the living space; and

(d) The home or living space's indoor bathrooms are not used to meet the biological needs of child care children and the home or living space is not used for the certified ONB program's emergency shelter.

Notes

Or. Admin. Code § 414-320-0310

DELC 2-2025, adopt filed 03/26/2025, effective 7/1/2025

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 329A.260

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 329A.280