OAR 416-020-0010: Definitions

(1) Emergency: Any condition or situation where there is a substantial risk of imminent abuse, or threat to life, health, or safety, or where time frame considerations necessitate an immediate response or remedial action. (2) Facility: Any youth correctional facility, camp or transitional facility including the staff offices and the grounds, operated by the Oregon Youth Authority. (3) Field supervisor: The manager of an OYA parole/probation office. (4) Grievance: A complaint about the substance or application of any rule, policy, or practice affecting a youth in custody; or any decision or action directed toward a youth in custody by OYA, its employees, or agents, including but not limited to matters of confinement, discipline, treatment, education, and privileges. (5) Representative: A person who is authorized, in writing, by a youth in custody to receive confidential information from OYA and to act on behalf of the youth in custody with respect to a grievance. A representative includes, but is not limited to an attorney, relative, friend or legal guardian, but does not include another youth in custody. (6) Youth in custody: A person in the legal and physical custody of OYA either in a Facility or placed in the community under supervision; and a person in the legal custody of the Department of Corrections and the physical custody of OYA in a Facility.