In addition to the requirements in OAR 419-400-0200(1), an outdoor youth program must have and adhere to a written policy on transportation that includes all of the following:
- (1) The method of transportation that will be used.
- (2) The circumstances when transportation is provided.
- (3) How the safety and integrity of the child in care shall be maintained while being transported.
- (4) That vehicles used to transport a child in care must be equipped with a red triangle reflector device for use in emergency.
- (5) That all reasonable steps will be taken to assure the safety of children in care and adults traveling in off-road vehicles.
- (6) Children in care must be accompanied by at least one person who has been trained in nonviolent crisis intervention and de-escalation, physical restraints (if applicable), and First Aid/CPR.
(7) Children in care may not be blindfolded or otherwise have their vision obstructed and may not be handcuffed or shackled while being transported by the program or a subcontractor of the program.
- (a) If a program recommends to parents or legal guardians a transport company to bring the child in care to the program, this information shall be noted by the program in the child in care's record.
- (b) The program shall inquire of each child in care brought to the program by a transport company whether he or she was blindfolded or shackled during transport to the program and not this in the child in care's record.
Statutory/Other Authority
ORS 418.005
Statutes/Other Implemented
ORS 418.990 - 418.998 & ORS 418.205 - 418.325
History
OTIS 57-2023, minor correction filed 06/08/2023, effective 06/08/2023
CWP 26-2022, renumbered from 413-215-0956, filed 11/28/2022, effective 12/01/2022
CWP 126-2018, amend filed 12/26/2018, effective 01/01/2019
CWP 22-2016, f. & cert. ef. 12-1-16
CWP 12-2016(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 7-1-16 thru 12-27-16
Renumbered from 413-210-0846, CWP 28-2008, f. & cert. ef. 10-17-08
SOSCF 9-2002, f. & cert. ef. 5-29-02