Chapter 418 — Chapter 418

ORS 418.525 [Formerly 419.260; 1967 c.454 §53; 1971 c.401 §40; repealed by 1989 c.41 §2]

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ORS 418.526 Program procedures; record keeping; notices following use of restraint or involuntary seclusion; reports; use of video recording equipment; rules. (1) A program shall establish procedures for the program to follow when a child in care is placed in a restraint or involuntary seclusion. The procedures must be consistent with the provisions of this section and ORS 418.521 and 418.523

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ORS 418.528 Quarterly reports; public access to reports; notices. (1) A program must prepare and submit to the Department of Human Services a quarterly report detailing the program’s use of restraint and involuntary seclusion for the preceding three-month period, including, at a minimum

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ORS 418.529 Training standards and certification; instructor qualifications; continuing education; rules. (1)(a) The Department of Human Services shall adopt by rule training standards and certification requirements regarding the placement of a child in care in a restraint or involuntary seclusion, consistent with this section

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ORS 418.530 [Formerly 419.262; repealed by 1989 c.41 §2]

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ORS 418.532 Notices to children in care. (1) Each child in care receiving services from a child-caring agency must be provided with information that

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ORS 418.555 [Formerly 419.302; repealed by 1989 c.41 §2]

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ORS 418.560 [Formerly 419.304; 1971 c.401 §41; repealed by 1989 c.41 §2]

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ORS 418.565 [Formerly 419.306; 1967 c.454 §54; 1969 c.597 §255; 1971 c.401 §42; repealed by 1989 c.41 §2]

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ORS 418.570 [Formerly 419.530 and then 419.308; repealed by 1963 c.451 §4]

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ORS 418.575 Definitions for ORS 418.575 to 418.598. As used in ORS 418.575 to 418.598

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ORS 418.578 Legislative findings. The Legislative Assembly finds that

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ORS 418.580 Strengthening, Preserving and Reunifying Families programs; implementation; contracts; services provided; rules; training; funding; annual report. (1) To the extent practicable using available resources, the Department of Human Services and county partners shall implement Strengthening, Preserving and Reunifying Families programs as described in this section. County partners are encouraged to form collaborations with programs to design, oversee and participate in program development and implementation as appropriate. The department shall be the lead agency in efforts undertaken pursuant to this section, but all officers, boards, commissions and other agencies of the State of Oregon shall cooperate with the department to accomplish the duties imposed on the department by ORS 418.575 to 418.598 and to allocate services provided by programs as described in this section

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ORS 418.585 Strengthening, Preserving and Reunifying Families Program Fund. (1) There is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund, the Strengthening, Preserving and Reunifying Families Program Fund. Interest earned by the Strengthening, Preserving and Reunifying Families Program Fund shall be credited to the fund. The fund consists of

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ORS 418.590 Waiver of federal requirements; plan for reinvesting savings and combining resources. (1) The Department of Human Services shall seek federal approval, renewal of an existing waiver of federal requirements or a new waiver of federal requirements as necessary to access federal savings that have accrued to the state as a result of a reduction in the cost of foster and substitute care for children in the legal custody of the department

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ORS 418.595 Placement and referral to program to be considered in reasonable or active efforts determination; written explanation. (1) In considering what constitutes reasonable or active efforts or whether reasonable or active efforts have been made under ORS 419B.185, 419B.337, 419B.340, 419B.470, 419B.476, 419B.498, 419B.645 or 419C.173, the Department of Human Services and the juvenile court shall consider whether placement of a child and referral of a child and the child’s family to a Strengthening, Preserving and Reunifying Families program is or was in the child’s best interests and the action most likely to prevent or eliminate the need for removal of the child from the child’s home or the action most likely to make it possible for the child to safely return home

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ORS 418.598 Rules. (1) The Department of Human Services shall adopt rules to implement the provisions of ORS 418.575 to 418.598

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ORS 418.605 [Formerly 419.352; repealed by 1971 c.401 §120]

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ORS 418.606 Definitions. As used in ORS 418.606 to 418.608

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ORS 418.607 Legislative intent. It is the intent of the Legislative Assembly that siblings who are foster children have certain essential rights, including but not limited to the following

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ORS 418.608 Oregon Foster Children’s Sibling Bill of Rights; rules. (1) The Department of Human Services shall adopt rules establishing the Oregon Foster Children’s Sibling Bill of Rights, specifying the rights of foster children who are siblings consistent with the provisions of ORS 418.607

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ORS 418.609 Applicability of Indian Child Welfare Act. Nothing in ORS 418.606 to 418.608 affects the application of the Indian Child Welfare Act (25 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.). [2017 c.36 §4]

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ORS 418.610 [Formerly 419.356; repealed by 1983 c.537 §7 and 1983 c.740 §142]

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ORS 418.625 Definitions for ORS 418.625 to 418.645. As used in ORS 418.625 to 418.645

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ORS 418.627 Placement consistent with the Indian Child Welfare Act. (1) A person providing a foster home to an American Indian child shall be eligible for payments under ORS 418.625 to 418.645 regardless of the relationship by blood or marriage that the person has to the child where the child’s placement in the foster home is pursuant to the Indian Child Welfare Act (25 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.)

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ORS 418.630 Foster home must be certified as approved. No person shall operate a foster home without a certificate of approval issued by the Department of Human Services. [Formerly 419.404; 1971 c.401 §45]

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ORS 418.635 Certificate of approval; revocation. Application for a certificate to operate a foster home shall be made to the Department of Human Services upon a form to be furnished by the department. Upon receipt of such application, the department shall cause an investigation of the qualifications of the foster home to be made to determine which type of certificate should be issued in accordance with the rules of the department pertinent to the certification of foster homes, and shall issue an appropriate certificate to any person maintaining a foster home which complies with ORS 418.625 to 418.645. Such certificate may be revoked by the department following notice and opportunity for hearing as provided in ORS chapter 183 because of violation of any of the provisions of ORS 418.625 to 418.645 or of the rules provided for in ORS 418.640. Such certificate shall apply only to the premises designated on the certificate at the time of issue and a change of residence shall automatically terminate the certificate. [Formerly 419.406; 1973 c.612 §17; 1975 c.267 §2; 2001 c.686 §5]

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ORS 418.640 Supervision of foster homes; foster and adoptive parent training; rules; law enforcement officer training. (1) The Department of Human Services shall adopt such rules, not inconsistent with ORS 418.625 to 418.645, as it deems necessary or advisable to protect the best interests of children in foster homes and to carry out the intent and purpose of ORS 418.625 to 418.645

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ORS 418.642 Confidentiality of information about person who maintains foster home; exceptions; rules. (1) Notwithstanding ORS 192.311 to 192.478, the name, address and other identifying information about a person who maintains a foster home are confidential and not accessible for public inspection

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ORS 418.643 Denial of visitation by foster home as disciplinary measure prohibited. A foster home shall not deny a parent or guardian of a child who is under the care of the foster home the right to visit the child solely as a disciplinary measure against the child. [1993 c.785 §4]

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ORS 418.644 Interference with disclosure of information; rules. (1) A foster home may not interfere with the good faith disclosure of information by an employee or volunteer concerning the abuse or mistreatment of a child in the care of the foster home, violations of licensing or certification requirements, criminal activity at the foster home, violations of state or federal laws or any practice that threatens the health and safety of a child in the care of the foster home to

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ORS 418.645 Appeal from decision of department. Any person affected by any decision or order of the Department of Human Services made pursuant to ORS 418.625 to 418.645 may appeal therefrom to the Court of Appeals as provided in ORS 183.480 for the review of orders in contested cases. [Formerly 419.410; 1969 c.597 §256; 1971 c.401 §47; 1973 c.612 §18]

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ORS 418.647 Foster care payments. (1) With respect to any period for which federal funds are made available to this state in aid of a state-administered program of aid to any child defined in and meeting the requirements of this section, the Department of Human Services may provide foster care payments in behalf of a child in the foster home of any individual or in a child-caring agency who

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ORS 418.648 Rights of foster parents. A foster parent has the right to

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ORS 418.650 [1987 c.326 §§1,2; 1991 c.581 §1; 2019 c.384 §1; renumbered 660.450 in 2025]

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ORS 418.653 [1987 c.326 §3; 1989 c.786 §6; 1991 c.581 §2; 1993 c.676 §43; 1999 c.71 §1; 2001 c.259 §2; 2015 c.366 §89; 2019 c.209 §1; 2021 c.674 §2; 2023 c.556 §2; renumbered 660.453 in 2025]

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ORS 418.657 [1987 c.326 §§5,6; 1989 c.786 §7; 1991 c.581 §3; 1993 c.676 §44; 1999 c.71 §2; 2003 c.43 §1; 2003 c.794 §278a; 2013 c.747 §161; 2015 c.366 §90; 2019 c.209 §2; 2021 c.100 §14; 2023 c.556 §3; renumbered 660.457 in 2025]

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ORS 418.658 [1989 c.786 §9; 1991 c.581 §4; 1993 c.676 §45; 1995 c.343 §46; 1997 c.249 §131; 1999 c.59 §114; 1999 c.71 §3; 2001 c.259 §1; 2001 c.684 §27; 2003 c.43 §2; 2011 c.637 §269; 2012 c.104 §43; 2013 c.747 §160; 2015 c.366 §91; 2017 c.66 §23; 2017 c.185 §11; 2017 c.297 §32; 2019 c.209 §3; 2021 c.674 §3; 2023 c.556 §4; renumbered 660.458 in 2025]

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ORS 418.660 [1987 c.326 §§7,8; 1989 c.786 §8; 1991 c.581 §5; 1993 c.676 §46; 1999 c.71 §4; 2003 c.43 §3; 2015 c.366 §92; 2019 c.209 §4; 2023 c.556 §5; renumbered 660.460 in 2025]

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ORS 418.663 [1987 c.326 §9; 1991 c.581 §6; 1999 c.71 §5; 2019 c.209 §8; renumbered 660.463 in 2025]

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ORS 418.675 Powers and duties of trustees of A. R. Burbank Trust Fund. The Governor, Secretary of State and State Treasurer constitute the Board of Trustees of the A. R. Burbank Trust Fund and may receive or reject on behalf of the state all moneys and property, real and personal, given, devised or bequeathed to the State of Oregon in trust for the use and benefit of an orphans’ home located at Salem or Portland; make, on behalf of the state, all deeds of conveyance conveying real property owned by the state as trustee; receive and satisfy mortgages in that behalf and execute all other contracts or instruments necessary to be executed on behalf of the state for the above-named purposes. Such board of trustees shall have full control and management of said trust funds and may loan and invest the same on good securities, in the same manner that funds of the Common School Fund are loaned. The same laws governing the school fund shall apply to loans made from this fund as far as practicable. All lawful expenses necessarily incurred in loaning said money or in the management of said fund may be paid out of the interest. No part of the principal shall ever be used toward the support of such home. [Formerly 419.452]

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ORS 418.680 Annual report of trustees. On October 1 of each year the Board of Trustees of the A. R. Burbank Trust Fund shall make and file with the Secretary of State a full report of the condition of the trust fund, showing the amount thereof, moneys outstanding and any other data necessary to a full understanding of its condition. [Formerly 419.454; 1975 c.605 §20]

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ORS 418.685 Certain agencies declared to be orphans’ homes. For the purposes of ORS 418.675, the Boys’ and Girls’ Aid Society and the Baby Home at Portland hereby are declared to be orphans’ homes. [Formerly 419.456]

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ORS 418.687 [1973 c.629 §1; 1981 c.230 §1; repealed by 1989 c.786 §13; amended by 1989 c.904 §64; amendment treated as reenactment, see 418.688]

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ORS 418.688 Policy. The Legislative Assembly recognizes that it is in the public interest to provide employment for young people within the existing administrative and financial capabilities of the Department of Transportation, the State Fish and Wildlife Commission, the State Forestry Department, the State Parks and Recreation Department and the Department of State Lands. [1989 c.904 §64 amending 418.687 treated as reenactment of 418.687 repealed by 1989 c.786 §13]

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ORS 418.690 [1973 c.629 §2; repealed by 1989 c.786 §13]

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ORS 418.691 Definitions for ORS 418.691 to 418.701. As used in ORS 418.691 to 418.701

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ORS 418.693 [1973 c.629 §3; repealed by 1989 c.786 §13]

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ORS 418.695 [1973 c.629 §4; repealed by 1989 c.786 §13]

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ORS 418.696 Youth sports providers encouraged to perform certain activities related to qualifications of coaches or supervisors. Every youth sports provider is encouraged to

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