Or. Admin. Code § 419-460-0180 - Outdoor Youth Programs: Referral and Initial Evaluation of Youth
(1) Affirmative
duty to gather sufficient information. An outdoor youth program has an
affirmative duty to make reasonable efforts to gather sufficient information to
determine the appropriateness of the child in care for the outdoor youth
program.
(2) Referral. An outdoor
youth program must have a policy that addresses the process by which children
in care are referred to the outdoor youth program. The policy must include all
of the following:
(a) From whom referrals are
accepted and whether the program has any type of relationship with the source
of referral, including payment for any services provided by the source of the
referral to the program.
(b) On
what basis children in care are accepted by the outdoor youth
program.
(c) How information
necessary to provide for the safety and care of children in care will be
provided to the appropriate care staff.
(3) Exclusionary policy.
(a) An outdoor youth program must have a
written policy that describes any exclusionary criteria for the
program.
(b) The outdoor youth
program must exclude or have a written policy and must document in the child in
care's service plan describing how the program will provide safe and effective
treatment specific to each of the following:
(A) Children in care with current risk of
fire setting behaviors.
(B)
Children in care with active psychosis.
(C) Children in care with current risk of
suicide.
(D) Children in care with
current risk of harm to self or others.
(E) Children in care with any significant
mental health diagnosis.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 409.050, ORS 418.005 & ORS 418.240
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 418.990 - 418.998, ORS 409.010 & ORS 418.205 - 418.325
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