Or. Admin. Code § 416-530-0010 - Definitions
The following definitions apply to terms used in OAR chapter 416, division 530.
(1) Adjudicated
youth : A person who has been found to be within the jurisdiction of the
juvenile court under ORS 419C.005 for an act committed when the person was
under 18 years of age.
(2)
Adjudicated Youth Foster Home Certificate : A certificate of approval, issued by
OYA, granting approval to operate and maintain an adjudicated youth foster home
or provide respite care .
(3)
Adjudicated youth foster home : A home in the community that is maintained and
lived in by an OYA-certified foster parent who provides care, supervision,
food, and lodging on a 24-hour basis for an adjudicated youth in that
home.
(4) Applicant : A person who
applies for an adjudicated youth foster home certification to operate and
maintain a foster home for adjudicated youth .
(5) Case plan : A formal plan with prescribed
interventions and documentation requirements and a tool to assist staff in
managing cases, setting goals, and reviewing adjudicated youth interventions
and progress.
(6) Certification
process : The process of initial application or recertification to operate and
maintain an adjudicated youth foster home .
(7) Computerized criminal records check : The
access and use of automated or manual files, or associated systems available to
OYA as a criminal justice agency through the Law Enforcement Data Systems
(LEDS) including online information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's
(FBI) National Crime Information Center (NCIC), the Oregon Department of Human
Services Child Welfare Information System (OR-Kids), and the National Law
Enforcement Telecommunications System (NLETS).
(8) Contraband : Any article or thing which an
adjudicated youth is prohibited by statute, rule, policy, Juvenile
Parole/Probation Agreement, or order, from obtaining, possessing, or which the
adjudicated youth is not specifically authorized to obtain or possess, or which
the adjudicated youth alters without authorization.
(9) Criminal records check : The process used
by OYA to conduct criminal records background checks on persons pursuant to
these rules and OAR chapter 416, division 800, including computerized and
fingerprint-based processes.
(10)
Deadly weapon : Any instrument, article or substance specifically designed for,
and presently capable of, causing death or serious physical injury.
(11) Denial : An action by OYA to deny an
adjudicated youth foster home certification or re-certification.
(12) Discipline : A process by which foster
parents and OYA sanction adjudicated youth for non-compliance with established
rules of the foster home and conditions of probation or parole. Such sanctions
assist adjudicated youth in developing the self-control and self-direction
necessary to assume responsibilities, make appropriate daily living decisions,
and learn to live in conformity with accepted levels of social
behavior.
(13) Domestic animals :
Any of various animals domesticated so as to live and breed in a tame condition
as household pets. Examples of domestic animals include but are not limited to
dogs, cats, and horses.
(14) Foster
Home Agreement : A written agreement between OYA and the foster parent stating
mutual expectations of the parties.
(15) Foster care certifier (Certifier) : The
OYA staff member responsible for the recruitment, training, certification,
support, and supervision of OYA foster homes.
(16) Foster parent : A person certified by OYA
who demonstrates special competence to supervise adjudicated youth with serious
social or behavioral maladaptive characteristics in an adjudicated youth foster
home setting.
(17) Frequent
visitor : A person who regularly visits a foster home more than five hours a
week when adjudicated youth placed in the foster home are present.
(18) Home study : An assessment, conducted
prior to issuance of an Adjudicated Youth Foster Home Certificate , to determine
an applicant 's ability and suitability to provide foster care services to
adjudicated youth .
(19) Inactive
referral status : A temporary change in the terms of the adjudicated youth
foster home certification that precludes new referrals of adjudicated youth to
the home.
(20) Information
required : All information requested by OYA, including information used to
conduct criminal records checks.
(21) Inhalant delivery system : A device used
to deliver nicotine or cannabinoids in the form of a vapor or aerosol to a
person inhaling from the device. Does not include any product that has been
approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for sale as a
tobacco cessation product or for any other therapeutic purpose if the product
is marketed and sold solely for the approved purpose.
(22) Juvenile parole/probation officer
(JPPO) : The OYA case manager who works with the adjudicated youth and the
adjudicated youth 's family and the community while the adjudicated youth is in
OYA custody.
(23) Mechanical
restraint : Any apparatus, device, or contraption applied or affixed to an
adjudicated youth to limit movement.
(24) Member of the household : Any person,
other than an adjudicated youth , who lives in the adjudicated youth foster
home , on the property where the adjudicated youth foster home is located, is a
frequent visitor to the foster home, or who assists in the care provided to an
adjudicated youth in the foster home.
(25) Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) : A group of
persons including, but not limited to, OYA staff, the adjudicated youth 's
biological and foster family, and service providers responsible for developing,
reviewing, and revising comprehensive case plans for adjudicated
youth .
(26) OYA Reporting Line : The
phone number managed by the OYA Professional Standards Office used to report
abuse or file a complaint related to OYA youth, staff, volunteers, contractors,
or foster parents.
(27)
Psychotropic medications : Medication prescribed with the intent to affect or
alter thought processes, mood, or behavior, including but not limited to,
anti-psychotic, antidepressant, and anxiolytic medication and behavior
medications. The classification of a medication depends upon its stated,
intended effect when prescribed because it may have many different
effects.
(28) Records : Any
information in written or electronic form, pictures, photographs, charts,
graphs, recordings, or documents pertaining to an adjudicated youth 's
case.
(29) Relative foster parent :
An OYA foster parent that is related to the adjudicated youth by blood or
marriage, excluding the adjudicated youth 's biological or adoptive
parents.
(30) Respite care : A
temporary arrangement between a foster parent and an OYA-certified respite
provider to allow the foster parent (s) time away from an adjudicated
youth .
(31) Respite provider : An
individual, at least 21 years of age and certified as an OYA foster parent , who temporarily assists with supervision of one or more adjudicated youth when
the full-time foster parent is not available or is spending time away from an
adjudicated youth .
(32) Revocation :
An action taken by OYA to rescind an Adjudicated Youth Foster Home Certificate
based on non-compliance with statute, administrative rule, or the Adjudicated
Youth Foster Home Agreement.
(33)
Second-hand smoke or vapor : Smoke or vapor that is exhaled by a smoker or
inhalant delivery system user, or originates from a product that a person is
using to which a second person is exposed, and includes smoke or vapor from a
cigarette, cigar, pipe, inhalant delivery system , or other material.
(34) Sex trafficking : The recruitment,
harboring, transportation, provision, obtaining, patronizing, or soliciting of
a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act.
(35) Structured supervision : Supervision and
knowledge of the approved whereabouts of an adjudicated youth by a certified
foster parent while the adjudicated youth engages in daily living activities or
recreation.
(36) Suspension : A
temporary withdrawal of an adjudicated youth foster home certification by OYA
pending determination of the foster parent 's non-compliance with statute,
administrative rule, or the Adjudicated Youth Foster Home Agreement.
(37) Termination : An action taken by OYA or
the foster parent to terminate the Adjudicated Youth Foster Home
Agreement.
(38) Volunteer : Any
person who is not a foster parent or member of the household and who assists
adjudicated youth in the home with activities for no compensation and under
foster parent supervision.
(39)
Vulnerable person : Includes but is not limited to a child, elderly person,
person with a disability or person residing in a long-term care facility as
defined in ORS 442.015, a residential facility as defined in ORS 443.400,
including but not limited to an assisted living facility, or an adult foster
home as defined in ORS 443.705.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 420A.025
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 420.888 - 420.892
State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare.
No prior version found.