OAR 419-460-0180: Outdoor Youth Programs: Referral and Initial Evaluation of Youth

(1) Affirmative duty to gather sufficient information. An outdoor youth program has an affirmative duty to make reasonable efforts to gather sufficient information to determine the appropriateness of the child in care for the outdoor youth program. (2) Referral. An outdoor youth program must have a policy that addresses the process by which children in care are referred to the outdoor youth program. The policy must include all of the following: (a) From whom referrals are accepted and whether the program has any type of relationship with the source of referral, including payment for any services provided by the source of the referral to the program. (b) On what basis children in care are accepted by the outdoor youth program. (c) How information necessary to provide for the safety and care of children in care will be provided to the appropriate care staff. (3) Exclusionary policy. (a) An outdoor youth program must have a written policy that describes any exclusionary criteria for the program. (b) The outdoor youth program must exclude or have a written policy and must document in the child in care's service plan describing how the program will provide safe and effective treatment specific to each of the following: (A) Children in care with current risk of fire setting behaviors. (B) Children in care with active psychosis. (C) Children in care with current risk of suicide. (D) Children in care with current risk of harm to self or others. (E) Children in care with any significant mental health diagnosis.