OAR 333-030-0015: Definitions

As used in these rules unless otherwise required by context: (1) "Administrator" means the Public Health Director of the Oregon Health Authority or designee. (2) "Ancillary activity" means an individual or group using the camp facilities in a manner unrelated to the camp's mission or programs. An example might include a wedding party or a business group using a Boy Scout Camp for a reception or meeting. Such activities may require the camp to maintain a food service or traveler's accommodation license in addition to the organization camp license. (3) "Approved" means approved in writing by the Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division. (4) "Cabin cooking" means food preparation in a facility usually equipped with residential grade cooking and cooling equipment, and usually done by campers for themselves. (5) "Camp" means an organizational camp as defined in section (24) of this rule. (6) "Camp commissary" means the central food storage and distribution facility when cabin or wilderness/primitive cooking are regularly practiced. (7) "Camp director" means the person on-site who has the overall responsibility for the programs and activities under the direction of the camp operator. (8) "Camp health director" is an adult, 18 years of age or older, who is responsible for routine and emergency health care services at the camp (see "program director" and "program supervisor"). (9) "Camp operator" means either the license holder or a contract or rental group the license holder has contracted with to use part or all of the camp facilities and, whichever has overall responsibility for the camp programs and activities. (10) "Camp staff" includes paid and unpaid staff and volunteer leaders working directly for the license holder or contract or rental group. (11) "Contract groups" or "rental groups" are organized groups that use the camp facilities under contracted arrangement with the license holder or camp owner. (12) "Day camp" means an organizational camp facility that campers attend for an established period of time, leaving at the end of the camping day. (13) "Delegated county" means a county delegated authority to administer the Organizational Camp Program under ORS 446.425. (See also "Local Public Health Authority"). (14) "Division" means the Public Health Division of the Oregon Health Authority. (15) "Family camp" means sessions operated or staffed by the license holder or contract group or rental group for parents and children as family groups. Parents and guardians are on-site and have frequent contact with and make decisions on behalf of their children. (16) "Health disclosure" means an up-to-date record of the camper's or staff's past and present health status. The health disclosure shall include, at a minimum, special health issues, activity limitations, allergies, medications, dietary restrictions and a record of recent immunizations. (17) "Health services" means the services provided to campers and staff including first aid, medication management, provision of prescribed medical treatment and health practices. (18) "Landlord" means a tourist facility owner holding a license issued under ORS 446.310 to 446.350. (19) "License holder" means the person to which the organizational camp license has been issued by the Division or local public health authority. (20) "Lifeguard" has the meaning given that term in OAR 333-060-0015 (Public Swimming Pools). (21) "Local Public Health Authority (LPHA)" has the meaning given that term in ORS 431.003. (22) "Off-site" means outside of the boundaries of the camp facility. (23) "On-site" means within the boundaries of the licensed camp facility. (24) "Organizational camp” has the meaning given that term in ORS 446.310. (25) "Outdoor cooking" means meals are prepared using primitive or outdoor cooking methods. (26) "Outdoor youth program" means a program that provides, in an outdoor living setting, treatment services to youth who are enrolled in the program because they have behavioral problems, mental health problems or problems with abuse of alcohol or drugs. (27) "Permanent sleeping unit" means cabins, platform tents, huts and other shelters that are used for sleeping and remain stationary for more than six nights in an organizational camp. (28) "Person" means individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as public entities such as schools, colleges, public or private educational corporations. (29) "Physician" as used in these rules means a person who holds a Doctor of Medicine degree (MD) or a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree (DO) and is licensed to practice in Oregon. (30) "Potentially hazardous food (time/temperature control for safety food)" has the meaning given that term in OAR 333-150-0000 1-201.10(B). (31) "Primitive camping" means a type of camping, during which the campers use non-permanent sleeping structures such as tents, tarps and ground cloths. (32) "Program assistants" means the staff required to operate a program area or activity, trained in their responsibilities and under the direct supervision of the program director or program supervisor. (33) "Program director" means an individual with appropriate training and experience in the program area or activity for which the individual has overall responsibility. (34) "Program supervisor" means an individual that supervises the operation of a program area or activity under the direction of a program director who has appropriate training and experience in the program area or activity he or she supervises. (35) "Public spa pool" has the meaning given that term in OAR 333-062-0015 and includes, but is not limited to, spa pools owned or operated by organizational camps. (36) "Public swimming pool" has the meaning given that term in OAR 333-060-0015 and includes, but is not limited to, swimming pools owned or operated by organizational camps. (37) "Public wading pool" has the meaning given that term in OAR 333-060-0015 and includes, but is not limited to, wading and spray pools owned or operated by an organizational camp. (38) "Recreation park" has the meaning given that term in OAR 333-031-0002. (39) "Resident camp" means an organizational camp facility where campers stay overnight for three consecutive nights or more. (40) "Short-term resident camp" means an organizational camp facility where campers stay overnight for two consecutive nights or less. (41) "Specialized program activity" means an activity where safe conduct requires supervision by persons with the specialized training and experience to make judgments concerning equipment, procedures and safety considerations. Examples of specialized activities include the use of ropes courses, archery or other target sports, gymnastics, bicycling, use of motorized vehicles or use of aquatic facilities. (42) "Tenant" means a person or public body defined in ORS 174.109 that: (a) Is not under the common ownership, management or control with the landlord; (b) Rents or leases all or part of a tourist facility from a landlord for the purpose of operating an organizational camp, conference or other private gathering on one or more days during the term of the rental or lease; and (c) For the term of the rental or lease enjoys exclusive occupancy of the rented or leased part of the tourist facility. (43) "These rules" means OAR 333-030-0005 through 333-030-0130. (44) "Tourist facility" means any travelers’ accommodation, hostel, picnic park, recreation park and organizational camp. (45) "Waterfront activities" means those activities, such as swimming or boating, occurring in or on bodies of water other than a licensed public swimming, public wading or public spa pools. (46) "Variance" means written permission from the Division for an organizational camp to be operated when it does not comply with all the applicable rules for Organizational Camps.