Or. Admin. Code § 419-460-0210 - Outdoor Youth Programs: Field Activities

An outdoor youth program must comply with all of the following requirements:

(1) Written description. There must be a written description of each field outdoor youth program activity and a schedule, including a detailed itinerary.

(2) Staff briefing. The executive director, field director, or designee must brief staff entering the field. The briefing at a minimum must include:

(a) The planned route, terrain, time schedule, weather forecast, and any potential hazards;

(b) Any procedures unique to that field experience; and

(c) The background of the child in care and any potential problems.

(3) Itinerary. Field staff must carry map routes, anticipated schedules, and times when a group is in the field.

(4) Supervision. The field director or designee must conduct and document supervisory evaluation of each child in care and staff in a field group at least every seven days, either in person or through Department approved procedures. If the planned itinerary is longer in duration than three weeks, the field director or designee must make onsite visits at minimum increments of three weeks.

(5) Staff debriefing. The field director or designee must debrief staff after they return from the field.

(a) An outdoor youth program must document the debriefing of staff (whether individual or group) received by each staff member in his or her personnel file.

(b) For each debriefing session, the documentation must include the name and qualifications of the person providing the debriefing, the date of the debriefing, any performance issues, and the length of time of the session.

(6) Child in care debriefing. The field director or designee must debrief a child in care after returning from the field. The debriefing must at a minimum:

(a) Include a written summary of the child in care's participation and progress achieved;

(b) Be provided in written form to the child in care's parents or guardian; and

(c) Legal guardians and child in care must be given the opportunity and encouraged to submit a written evaluation of the outdoor youth experience, to be maintained by the outdoor youth program.

(7) Documentation. An outdoor youth program must document results of the evaluation of the conditions of the child in care, interactions of child in care and staff, briefings, debriefings, and compliance with program policies and procedures, and include them in the child in care's record and discharge summary.

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Or. Admin. Code § 419-460-0210

SOSCF 9-2002, f. & cert. ef. 5-29-02; Renumbered from 413-210-0833, CWP 28-2008, f. & cert. ef. 10-17-08; CWP 7-2013, f. & cert. ef. 10-1-13; CWP 12-2016(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 7-1-16 thru 12-27-16; CWP 22-2016, f. & cert. ef. 12-1-16; CWP 84-2020, minor correction filed 01/15/2020, effective 01/15/2020; Renumbered from 413-215-1006 by CWP 26-2022, filed 11/28/2022, effective 12/1/2022

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 418.005

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 418.990 - 418.998 & ORS 418.205 - 418.325