OAR 413-120-0225: Conditions that Require Additional Approval or Termination of the Department's Adoption Application Process

(1) Prior to proceeding with an application for approval to be a potential adoptive resource submitted by an individual who has lost permanent custody of a child, there must be an approval by the Child Permanency Program Manager or designee, at the request of the District Manager or designee. (2) The Department may terminate the application process and deny an application for approval to be a potential adoptive resource at any time or remove a completed adoption home study from consideration, when one or more of the following subsections applies: (a) Information regarding the applicant or relative applicant is sufficient to determine the applicant or relative applicant cannot meet adoption home standards described in OAR 413-120-0246. (b) An applicant or relative applicant has or had a license or certificate to provide services to children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities and the license or certificate has previously been or is currently being denied, revoked, or suspended. (c) The applicant or relative applicant falsifies or omits information. (d) The applicant or relative applicant does not respond to the inquiries and requests for information within the timelines established by the Department. (e) The applicant or relative applicant does not submit the required application information under OAR 413-120-0220. (f) The applicant or relative applicant is selected by another adoption agency to adopt a child. (3) When the Department terminates the adoption application process, the caseworker must: (a) Send written notification of the termination to the applicant or relative applicant; and (b) Document the termination and notification in the Department's information system.