OAR 413-020-0160: Actions Not Authorized

(1) A Department employee may not consent to educational planning which is defined as the responsibility of a parent or surrogate parent (see OAR 581-015-2000). (2) A Department employee or agent may not exercise the Department’s authority to give consent to the purchase of, or ownership of, a motor vehicle by a child in legal custody of the Department. This prohibition does not prevent a child in the legal custody of the Department from exercising the right to purchase or own a motor vehicle on his or her own account. (3) A Department employee may not co-sign or counter-sign any purchase contract for a child or young adult in the Department’s custody. (4) A Department employee may not accept responsibility or serve as conservator of a child or young adult's property or estate. (5) A Department employee or agent may not consent to the sterilization of a child or young adult, except pursuant to ORS chapter 436, and to save the child or young adult's life.