- (1) Employees of the foster care agency are covered by the requirements to report suspected child abuse in ORS 419B.010 and, in addition to any other requirements of law, must refer a complaint of suspected child abuse to the Department for investigation.
(2) If the foster care agency receives information alleging a proctor foster home is not in compliance with the certification requirements of the foster care agency, including, but not limited to the rules in OAR 419-400-0005 to 419-400-0310 and OAR 419-440-0010 to 419-440-0210, the foster care agency must immediately initiate an on-site assessment of the home as soon as is appropriate, based on the nature of the complaint.
(a) As part of the assessment, the foster care agency must prepare a detailed written report that includes all of the following information:
- (A) The name of the foster care agency employee who received the complaint, date the complaint was received, name of complainant, and the allegations.
- (B) Dates and places of contacts, the names of persons interviewed or observed, and the names of the interviewers.
- (C) Findings, summary, and conclusions regarding compliance or noncompliance and recommendations regarding corrective action.
- (b) The foster care agency must complete the assessment within 30 days following the receipt of the complaint and must provide a copy of the written assessment to a Department licensing coordinator.
- (c) The foster care agency must provide the proctor foster parent with a copy of the report of the assessment once it is complete, and must inform the proctor foster parent in writing that they have a right to have their response included in an attachment to the report.
Statutory/Other Authority
ORS 409.050, ORS 418.005, ORS 418.248 & ORS 418.240
Statutes/Other Implemented
ORS 418.205 - 418.325
History
OTIS 45-2023, minor correction filed 06/06/2023, effective 06/06/2023
CWP 26-2022, renumbered from 413-215-0336, filed 11/28/2022, effective 12/01/2022
CWP 52-2019, amend filed 11/25/2019, effective 12/01/2019
CWP 22-2016, f. & cert. ef. 12-1-16
CWP 12-2016(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 7-1-16 thru 12-27-16
CWP 19-2015, f. & cert. ef. 10-1-15
CWP 31-2008, f. & cert. ef. 10-17-08