ORS 421.467: Transfer of local adults in custody to forest work camp; limitations and conditions.

(1) Subject to ORS 421.468, the governing body of a county or city in this state may transfer a local adult in custody to the temporary custody of the Department of Corrections solely for employment at a forest work camp established under ORS 421.455 to 421.480. The county or city transferring the local adult in custody shall pay the cost of transportation and other expenses incidental to the conveyance to the forest work camp of the adult in custody and the return of the local adult in custody to the county or city, including the expenses of law enforcement officers accompanying the local adult in custody, and is responsible for costs of any medical treatment of the local adult in custody while the local adult in custody is employed at the forest work camp not compensated under ORS 655.505 to 655.555. (2) Before a local adult in custody is sent to a forest work camp, the governing body of the county or city shall cause the local adult in custody to be given such inoculations as are necessary in the public interest, and must submit to the Department of Corrections a certificate, signed by a physician licensed under ORS chapter 677, physician associate licensed under ORS 677.505 to 677.525, naturopathic physician licensed under ORS chapter 685 or nurse practitioner licensed under ORS 678.375 to 678.390 that the local adult in custody is physically and mentally able to perform the work described in ORS 421.470, and is free from communicable disease. [1967 c.504 §3; 1987 c.320 §203; 2014 c.45 §45; 2017 c.356 §45; 2019 c.213 §93; 2024 c.73 §70]