OAR 255-060-0011: Procedures for Predatory Sex Offender Designation for Offenders on Parole and Post-Prison Supervision

(1)(a) For purposes of this rule, a predatory sex offender is defined as a person who exhibits characteristics showing a tendency to victimize or injure others and has been convicted of one or more of the following offenses: Rape in any degree, Sodomy in any degree, Unlawful Sexual Penetration in any degree or Sexual Abuse in any degree, or has been convicted of attempting to commit one or has been found guilty except for insanity of one of these crimes. In determining whether an inmate or offender is a predatory sex offender under this rule, the Board shall use the Static-99R (Exhibit Q-1) and definitions (Exhibit Q-2), which have been approved by the Department of Corrections as required by ORS 181.585(2). The Board may also consider any other evidence that the offender exhibits characteristics showing a tendency to victimize or injure others. (b) All exhibits referenced in this rule are filed with the rule and are available at the Secretary of State’s office, the Board’s website, or on request from the Board. (2) Predatory sex offender designations made by the Board for inmates or offenders released from a Department of Corrections institution before November 14, 2012, are not included in this rule. Those designations are governed by the rules in effect when the designation was made. (3) Subject to the procedures set forth in this rule, the Board will make a finding that an offender is a candidate for predatory sex offender designation, if the offender scores six or more points on the Static-99R and has been convicted of a qualifying offense or has been found guilty except for insanity of a qualifying offense. (4) Offenders who score six or more points on the Static-99R, and have been identified as a candidate for predatory designation, must be told. They must be provided with a copy of the Static-99R, the Notice of Rights (Exhibit PSO-5) and the Notice of Rights to File Written Objections form (Exhibit Q-3). (a) The offender should submit any Written Objections (Exhibit Q-4) to the Static-99R score within three business days after signing the Notice of Rights (Exhibit Q-3). (b) Unless the offender waives the right to submit Written Objections, no sooner than three days after providing the Notice of Rights, the supervising officer will forward the Static-99R, Notice of Rights and Written Objections, if submitted, to the Board. The supervising officer must also include a written report explaining why the offender should be considered for predatory designation. Other materials that support the offender’s Static-99R score shall be included. (c) Upon receipt of the required documents, the Board will review them to verify the accuracy of the score, obtain supporting documentation if necessary, and determine if there is sufficient information to conduct an evidentiary hearing for purposes of determining whether the offender should be designated a predatory sex offender. The Board will prepare a file memo that verifies the index offense, qualifying conviction, and each point awarded on the Static-99R. The file memo will address offender’s written objections. If the Board determines there is sufficient information in the documents, it will forward them to its hearings officer, who will schedule an evidentiary hearing. (5)(a) The supervising officer or the Board’s hearings officer will provide the offender with: the documentation submitted by the supervising officer; the Static-99R; the memo prepared by the Board; and the Notice of Rights regarding an evidentiary hearing (Exhibit PSO-5). (b) Unless the offender waives their right to an evidentiary hearing, a hearing will be held. Refusal to participate in the notice of rights process will be considered a waiver. (c) The sole purpose of the evidentiary hearing will be to determine whether the offender exhibits characteristics showing a tendency to victimize or injure others. (6)(a) At the evidentiary hearing, the hearings officer will consider the written report submitted by the supervising officer, the Static-99R, and any additional evidence supporting the Static-99R score or otherwise indicating that the offender exhibits characteristics showing a tendency to victimize or injure others. (b) The offender may present evidence rebutting claims made in the supervising officer’s written report, challenge the Static-99R score, or rebut other evidence that the offender exhibits characteristics showing a tendency to victimize or injure others. (c) After consideration of all the evidence presented at the evidentiary hearing, the hearings officer will submit a report to the Board with a recommendation as to whether the offender is exhibiting characteristics showing a tendency to victimize or injure others. (7)(a) Upon receipt of the report and recommendation from the Board’s hearings officer, the Board will review the report and recommendation and determine whether the offender exhibits characteristics showing a tendency to victimize or injure others and is, therefore, a predatory sex offender. (b) A finding that an offender is a predatory sex offender must be made by at least two Board members. (c) The Board will issue an order of supervision containing the predatory designation. Upon receipt of the order, the offender’s supervising officer must present it to the offender and document that the offender received the order. (8) Pursuant to ORS 181.586, the community corrections agency supervising an offender found to be a predatory sex offender shall notify anyone whom the agency determines is appropriate that the person is a predatory sex offender. The agency shall make this determination as required by ORS 181.586. [ED. NOTE: Exhibits referenced are available from the agency.] [ED. NOTE: To view attachments referenced in rule text, click here to view rule.]