Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 3, March 1, 2024
(1) An individual described in OAR
413-120-0025(2) attending an adoption committee must inform the committee
facilitator at the beginning of the adoption committee whether the individual
intends to serve as an adoption committee member. These individuals may present
written or oral information regarding the needs of the child during the
adoption committee, whether or not they are serving as adoption committee
members.
(2) An individual invited
to attend the adoption committee under OAR 413-120-0035(5) to present
information about the child must:
(a) Present
written or oral information regarding the needs of the child during the
adoption committee; and
(b) Respond
to clarifying questions from adoption committee members and the ADS;
and
(c) Leave when excused from the
adoption committee, prior to the presentation of the potential adoptive
resources.
(3) The
adoption workers must present information on the knowledge, skills, and
abilities of the potential adoptive resource in relation to meeting the current
and lifelong needs of the child.
(4) After all presentations have been
completed:
(a) The following individuals must
remain at the adoption committee:
(A) The
adoption committee members;
(B)
Each adoption worker presenting information regarding a potential adoptive
resource; and
(C) The
ADS.
(b) The following
individuals may remain at the adoption committee, if they so choose:
(A) Department staff or supervisors as
described in OAR 413-120-0025(4).
(B) Individuals described in OAR
413-120-0025(2) attending an adoption committee who have elected not to serve
as committee members.
(5) The adoption committee members must:
(a) Consider all of the information,
deliberate, and make recommendations regarding the adoptive resource most
likely to permanently and fully integrate the child into the family and meet
the current and lifelong needs of each child for whom potential adoptive
resources are being considered.
(A) When
adoption committee members all agree, the adoption committee may make one or
more of the following recommendations:
(i) A
single potential adoptive resource is the most appropriate.
(ii) An order of preference of appropriate
adoptive resources.
(iii) A
potential adoptive resource is not appropriate and should not be
considered.
(B) When the
adoption committee cannot reach agreement, each adoption committee member makes
his or her respective recommendations known to the committee facilitator.
(b) At the conclusion of
the adoption committee, the committee facilitator must record the
recommendations on a form approved by the Department and submit the form to the
ADS.
(6) All confidential
written information provided for the purpose of adoption placement selection to
individuals who are not Department staff must be:
(a) Retained by the Department at the
conclusion of the adoption committee when the individual attended the
committee; and
(b) Returned to the
Department within seven business days when the individual did not attend the
committee.
Stat. Auth: ORS
418.005,
418.280,
418.285
Stats. Implemented: ORS
418.005,
418.280,
418.285
