OAR 291-203-0070: Notice of Ability to Pay

The department shall provide actual notice to the adult in custody and any authorized representative, where known, of the adult in custody’s ability to pay. (1) The notice shall include the adult in custody’s full liability, a description of the person’s appeal rights under a contested case hearing, the date those rights terminate, and the address where a request for hearing may be mailed or delivered. (2) If the adult in custody has an authorized representative, the original Ability to Pay Order shall be delivered to the representative, and a copy shall be delivered to the adult in custody. Any Ability to Pay Order delivered to an authorized representative shall include an explanation of the department’s right to demand payment of the charges assessed by the order, and the consequences to the authorized representative of failing to comply, as provided by ORS 179.653(3).