OAR 419-410-0120: Academic Boarding Schools: Minimum Staffing Requirements

(1) The academic boarding school must provide adequate supervision and protection for children. The supervision must be adequate for the type of program, location of program, the time of day or night, the age and type of children in care served, physical plant design, location, and ability of the supervisor to respond, electronic backup systems, and other means available to ensure supervision and protection. (2) Additional staffing requirements for emergency response. (a) When there is only one employee of the academic boarding school on duty in a facility, there must be additional staff immediately available in the event of an emergency, with a maximum response time of 30 minutes. (b) One employee who is age 18 or over, has a current certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid, and is capable of taking appropriate action in an emergency must be on site at all times when one or more children in care are present on the premises of the academic boarding school.