OAR 413-200-0358: Requirements Regarding the Discipline and Treatment of a Child

(1) The resource parent must demonstrate a willingness to understand the meaning of the child's behaviors and have the ability to develop and use appropriate discipline strategies to address challenging behaviors. (2) The resource parent must not do any of the following to a child in the care or custody of the Department: (a) Use or threaten physical force. (b) Use threats or intimidation. (c) Withhold food or other items essential to protection, safety, or well-being. (d) Discipline all children in the household for the misbehavior of one child. (e) Use intentional infliction of physical force causing pain. (f) Make derogatory remarks, messages, or other communications to the child or the child's family regarding the child or the child’s family characteristics or traditions, physical traits, race, culture, ethnicity, language, immigration status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disabilities or spiritual beliefs. (g) Deny, or threaten to deny, visits, telephone contact, or other types of contact with an individual authorized in a visit and contact plan, including contacts and visits with siblings. (h) Assign extremely strenuous exercise or work. (i) Use or threaten the use of a restraint or restraining devices. Restraining devices do not include a vehicle safety restraint such as a seat belt or age and size-appropriate safety seat, when used in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. (j) Impose a sanction, penalty, consequence, or reprimand for bed-wetting, toileting accidents, or during toilet training. (k) Direct or permit a child to punish or discipline another child. (l) Threaten removal from the resource parent home. (m) Force or require a shower or bath as a consequence, or reprimand. (n) Impose extreme isolation that restricts the ability to talk with or associate with others. (o) Lock in a room or outside of the home. (p) Reprimand or discipline in any manner due to the child discussing their child welfare experience, including the child’s experience in the home of the resource parent. (3) A resource parent or relative resource parent may not subject any child to abuse, as described in ORS 419B.005, 418.257 and OAR 413-015-0115. (4) The resource parent may use devices such as a high chair, play pen, and crib within the manufacturer guidelines in accordance with the age and developmental level of the child in the care or custody of the Department. (5) The resource parent may use a time-out only for the purpose of giving the child in the care or custody of the Department placed in the home a short break from the situation. The resource parent must take into consideration the age and developmental level of the child in determining the length of a time-out and the child must be in a setting from which the child is not prevented from leaving by any means (6) The resource parent must notify and request assistance of the Department when the challenging behavior of a child in the care or custody of the Department placed in the home may be beyond the ability of the resource parent to discipline in a positive manner.