Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) Base of operations. An outdoor youth
program providing outdoor youth program services in Oregon must have a base of
operation or field office in Oregon. The base of operation or field office at a
minimum must have the following information immediately available upon the
request of the Department licensing coordinator:
(a) Current list of the names of staff and
children in care in each field group;
(b) Master map of all outdoor youth program
activity areas used by the program in Oregon, copies of which must be made
available to the Department licensing coordinator, the land managing agency,
and local law enforcement and emergency services upon request;
(c) Copies of each group of children in
care's expeditionary route with its schedule and itinerary, copies of which
must be made available to the Department, the land managing agency and local
law enforcement and emergency services upon request;
(d) Current logs of communications with each
field group of children in care away from the base of operations; and
(e) Emergency response plan that is reviewed
annually (as described in OAR 419-460-0070(2)).
(2) Child in care file requirements. The base
of operations for an outdoor youth program must have a file on each child in
care in the program, which includes:
(a)
Legal guardian identification, contact information, and custody status of child
in care;
(b) Emergency contact
information for the legal guardian or guardians of the child in care which
provides for contact with the parent or legal guardian at any time, 24 hours a
day, seven days a week;
(c)
Demographics including, but not limited to name, gender, date of birth, and
previous address;
(d) Eligibility
and exclusionary criteria, including the basis for admission of the child in
care into the program;
(e) Medical
forms;
(f) Authorization for
medical treatment; and
(g) Legal
guardian consent for the outdoor youth program to treat the child in care with
the specific interventions used by the program and to confiscate contraband
found in the child in care's possession.
(3) Proof of compliance. An outdoor youth
program which operates in Oregon must comply with the federal, state, local,
and land managing agency regulations in the operations area and must maintain
proof of compliance at the base of operations.
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
