Or. Admin. Code § 416-425-0010

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 12, December 1, 2024

Section 416-425-0010 - Definitions

For purposes of these rules:

(1) Close custody facility: Any of the secure facilities operated by the OYA, including, but not limited to, youth correctional facilities, work/study camps, and transition camps.

(2) Facility designated by the Oregon Health Authority (OHA): A hospital or secure non-hospital facility designated by OHA to provide evaluation and treatment services for offenders under the age of 18.

(3) Hearing Officer: An independent decision maker designated to conduct an administrative commitment hearing for an offender.

(4) Mentally Ill offender: An offender who, because of a mental disorder or a severe emotional disorder, is one or more of the following:

(a) Dangerous to self or others;

(b) Is unable to provide for basic personal needs and is not receiving such psychiatric care as is necessary for health or safety;

(c) An offender, who unless treated, will continue to a reasonable medical probability, to physically or mentally deteriorate so that the offender will become a person described under either or both subparagraph (a) or (b) above.

(5) Offender: A person placed in an OYA close custody facility, including inmates in the legal custody of the Department of Corrections (DOC).

(6) State Mental Hospital: As defined in ORS 426.010. Except as otherwise ordered by the OHA pursuant to ORS 179.325, the Oregon State Hospitals in Salem, Marion County, and Portland, Multnomah County, and the Blue Mountain Recovery Center in Pendleton, Umatilla County, will be used as state hospitals for the care and treatment of mentally ill offenders age 18 and over who are transferred by the OYA pursuant to these rules.

Or. Admin. Code § 416-425-0010

OYA 16-2005(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 7-14-05 thru 1-7-06; OYA 27-2005, f. & cert. ef. 11-22-05; OYA 8-2020, minor correction filed 05/01/2020, effective 5/1/2020

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 420A.025

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 179.471, 179.473, 179.478, 420.500, 520.505 & 420.525