OAR 413-017-0045: Purpose of a Critical Incident Review Team

(1) The purpose of assigning a CIRT is to increase child safety by: (a) Rapidly drawing lessons from a critical incident to improve systems administered by the Department; (b) Increasing the Department’s accountability to the public; (c) Evaluating and learning from cases designated as critical incidents ; (d) Ensuring timely responses by the Department with respect to a critical incident and recommendations that result from the critical incident reviews; (e) Increasing the Department’s ability to address and recommend necessary changes to systems. (2) Reviews conducted as provided in these rules are in addition to and separate from reviews conducted by a county Multi-Disciplinary Team pursuant to ORS 418.747, a State Fatality Review Team pursuant to ORS 418.748 , or activities related to documented Department processes for notification and review of child fatalities.