Or. Admin. R. 413-040-0210

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 6, June 1, 2024

Section 413-040-0210 - Definitions for ICPC Rules

Unless the context indicates otherwise, these terms are defined for use in OAR 413-040-0200 to 0330:

(1) "AAICPC" means the Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, which is the national professional association of state administrators of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, housed at the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA).

(2) "Compact administrator" means the person for each party to the Compact responsible for carrying out the provisions of the Compact. In Oregon, it is the Assistant Director, Children, Adults and Families, Department of Human Services.

(3) "Department" means the Department of Human Services, Child Welfare.

(4) "Deputy compact administrator" means the person appointed by a compact administrator as the coordinator to assure compliance with the law.

(5) "ICPC approved family" means a family approved by the ICPC deputy compact administrator or designee after reviewing a home study.

(6) "Placement" means the arrangement for the care of a child in a foster home, relative foster home, non-paid relative home, or a child-caring agency or institution. It does not include the arrangement for care in an institute caring for the mentally ill, an institution primarily educational in character, or a hospital or other medical facility.

(7) "Receiving state" means the state to which a child is sent, brought, or caused to be sent or brought, whether by a public authority or a private person or agency, whether for placement with a state or local public authority or with a private agency or person.

(8) "Sending agency" means a party state or an officer or employee thereof; a subdivision of a party state or an officer or employee thereof; a court of a party state; or a person, corporation, association, charitable agency, or other entity that sends, brings, or causes to be sent or brought a child to another party state.

(9) "Sending state" means the state from which a proposed placement is made.

Or. Admin. R. 413-040-0210

SCF 6-1995, f. 12-22-95, cert. ef. 12-29-95; SOSCF 4-2002, f. 3-28-02, cert. ef. 4-1-02; CWP 46-2003, f. 12-31-03, cert. ef. 1-1-04; CWP 1-2013, f. & cert .ef. 1-15-13

Stat. Auth.: ORS 418.005

Stats. Implemented: ORS 417.200 - 417.260