OAR 419-490-0140: Therapeutic Boarding Schools: Separation of Children in Care

A therapeutic boarding school must meet all of the following requirements: (1) Combining children and adults. Children in care 18 years of age or older must be housed in separate bedrooms, unless: (a) A parent and child, when one or both is a child in care, share a bedroom; or (b) The therapeutic boarding school has obtained written approval from the parent or legal guardian and the Department licensing coordinator that two children in care, one over 18 and one under 18 years of age, may share a bedroom. (2) Co-ed facilities. Special care must be taken by a therapeutic boarding school to provide adequate supervision when the program serves both males and females concurrently. Bedrooms for children in care for males must be separated from bedrooms for children in care for females.