OAR 416-530-0110: Certification Standards for Private Child-caring Agencies: Definitions

(1) Adjudicated youth proctor home: A home in the community that is maintained and lived in by a proctor parent who provides care, supervision, food, and lodging on a 24-hour basis for an adjudicated youth in that home certified by OYA and the Private Child-caring Agency, as defined by OAR chapter 416, divisions 335, 530, 550 and 800. (2) Child-caring Agency: An agency or organization providing residential care including, but not limited to, foster care or residential treatment for children; outdoor youth programs, or other similar services for children, as defined in OAR chapter 410, division 170. (3) Private Child-caring Agency: A Child-caring Agency that is not owned, operated, or administered by any governmental agency or unit. (4) Private Child-caring Agency employee: An individual applying for a position with a Private Child-caring Agency or having a position and being considered for an assignment within a Private Child-caring Agency. (5) Proctor parent: A person co-certified by OYA and a Private Child-caring Agency in accordance with the provisions of OAR 416-530-0100 through 416-530-0170 and employed by the Private Child-caring Agency.