Oregon Statutes - Chapter 657A - Child Care
- 657A.010 Child Care Division; Child Care Fund.
(1) There is established within the Employment Department a Child Care Division. The Child Care Division, as designated by the Governor, shall be responsible for...
- 657A.020 Duties of division.
(1) The Child Care Division staff shall provide technical assistance, linkage of local agencies, data collection and monitoring. (2) The Child Care Division shall continually...
- 657A.030 Criminal History Registry; establishment; enrollment; enrollment required for employment; rules.
(1) The Child Care Division of the Employment Department shall establish a Criminal History Registry. (2) All subject individuals shall be enrolled in the Criminal...
- 657A.050 [1993 c.733 §3; 1995 c.278 §1; repealed by 1997 c.431 §18 and 1997 c.753 §20]
- 657A.060 [1993 c.674 §12; 1995 c.278 §2; 1995 c.446 §11; repealed by 1997 c.753 §20]
- 657A.100 Definition for ORS 657A.100 to 657A.190.
As used in ORS 657A.100 to 657A.190 “resource and referral agencies” means agencies with programs that provide information to parents, including referrals and coordination of...
- 657A.110 Policy.
The Legislative Assembly believes that: (1) Child care resource and referral programs involving a statewide network of local resource and referral agencies coordinated centrally are...
- 657A.120 Services by resource and referral agencies.
Services offered by resource and referral agencies shall include but are not limited to assistance for: (1) Parents in locating available and appropriate child care,...
- 657A.130 Resource and referral agency requirements.
Each resource and referral agency shall establish a referral process, maintain a record file of existing child care facilities in the designated area, maintain documentation...
- 657A.140 Referrals to certified child care facilities; access requirements.
(1) Resource and referral agencies shall make referrals to certified child care facilities. Referrals shall be made to uncertified child care facilities only if there...
- 657A.150 Resource files; content.
(1) A resource file shall be maintained by resource and referral agencies to identify the full range of existing child care services through information provided...
- 657A.160 Documentation of requests for service.
(1) Resource and referral agencies shall maintain documentation of requests for service. The following documentation of requests shall be maintained by resource and referral agencies:...
- 657A.170 Technical assistance to providers of child care services.
(1) Resource and referral agencies shall provide technical assistance, with input from providers, to existing and potential providers of all types of child care services....
- 657A.180 Advisory committee; members; duties of committee and Child Care Division.
(1) There is created an advisory committee to advise the Child Care Division on the development and administration of child care resource and referral policies...
- 657A.190 Criteria for renewal of program; reallocation of funds.
(1) The criteria for the renewal of a resource and referral program shall include the following: (a) Current and continuous satisfactory performance as a resource...
- 657A.250 Definitions for ORS 657A.030 and 657A.250 to 657A.450.
As used in ORS 657A.030 and 657A.250 to 657A.450, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Babysitter” means a person who goes into the home of...
- 657A.260 Minimum standards for child care facilities; rules.
(1) After consultation with appropriate agencies and interested persons, the Child Care Division by rule shall establish minimum standards for child care facilities and the...
- 657A.263 Emergency plan for facilities; training; rules.
(1) As used in this section: (a) “Certified child care facility” means a child care facility that has been certified under ORS 657A.280 by the...
- 657A.270 Renewal procedure for certification or registration.
(1) A certification or registration authorized by ORS 657A.030 and 657A.250 to 657A.450 and issued to a child care facility may be renewed upon submission...
- 657A.275 Fees and charges.
(1) Subject to prior approval of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services and a report to the Legislative Assembly prior to adopting the fees and...
- 657A.280 When certification required; rules.
(1) A person may not operate a child care facility, except a facility subject to the registration requirements of ORS 657A.330, without a certification for...
- 657A.290 Qualifications of applicant for certification.
A person applying for a certification for a child care facility shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Child Care Division that: (1) The moral...
- 657A.300 Issuance of certification; temporary certification; division’s duties under federal programs.
(1) Upon receipt of an application for a certification, accompanied by the required fee, the Child Care Division shall issue a certification if the division...
- 657A.310 Application; fees; use; certification applies only to premises and applicant; expiration date.
(1) Application for a certification or for the annual renewal thereof shall be made to the Child Care Division on forms provided by the division...
- 657A.330 Registration requirements; fee; waiver; renewal; rules; work sheet; civil penalty.
(1) A provider operating a family child care home where care is provided in the family living quarters of the provider’s home that is not...
- 657A.350 Denial, revocation or suspension of certification or registration.
An initial application from a child care facility for certification or registration or a renewal application from a child care facility for certification or registration...
- 657A.360 Notice; hearing; decision; judicial review.
(1) Upon deciding to deny, revoke, suspend or not to renew a certification or registration, the Child Care Division of the Employment Department shall give...
- 657A.370 Injunction.
Without the necessity of prior administrative proceedings or hearing and entry of an order or at any time during such proceedings if they have been...
- 657A.390 Inspection; right to enter premises and to inspect records; investigation.
(1) Whenever an authorized representative of the Child Care Division is advised or has reason to believe that child care that is subject to regulation...
- 657A.400 Duties of Department of Human Services; inspection.
(1) An authorized representative of the Department of Human Services may inspect the premises of a child care facility certified under ORS 657A.280 to determine...
- 657A.410 When search warrant required; procedure.
(1) In the event that any authorized representative of the Child Care Division, Department of Human Services or other agency is denied access to any...
- 657A.420 Cooperative agreements to inspect premises.
The Child Care Division may enter into cooperative arrangements with the Department of Human Services, the State Fire Marshal and other public agencies for the...
- 657A.430 Rights of family child care providers to join labor organizations; state as employer for collective bargaining purposes.
(1) As used in this section: (a) “Certified family child care provider” means an individual who operates a family child care home that is certified...
- 657A.440 Application of zoning ordinances to registered or certified family child care homes.
(1) A registered or certified family child care home shall be considered a residential use of property for zoning purposes. The registered or certified family...
- 657A.450 Assistance to staff of facility.
The Child Care Division may consult with, advise or train the staffs of child care facilities or other interested persons concerning child care programs. [Formerly...
- 657A.460 Separate sleeping quarters not required for certain persons providing child care or babysitting services; exemption from age group segregation requirements.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, children of any person providing babysitting or child care services within the person’s own home shall not be required...
- 657A.490 Child care provider training program; fees; rules.
If the Department of Education is able to find adequate funding under ORS 657A.493, the department, in partnership with organizations including, but not limited to,...
- 657A.493 Funds for training program.
The Department of Education shall seek funds from public and private sources to implement and operate the child care provider training program established under ORS...
- 657A.500 [Formerly 418.900; repealed by 2001 c.295 §17]
- 657A.510 [Formerly 418.905; 1995 c.278 §23; repealed by 2001 c.295 §17]
- 657A.520 [Formerly 418.910; 1995 c.278 §24; repealed by 2001 c.295 §17]
- 657A.530 [Formerly 418.915; repealed by 2001 c.295 §17]
- 657A.600 Commission for Child Care; report.
(1) The Commission for Child Care is created within the Employment Department to address the issues, problems and alternative solutions that are critical to the...
- 657A.610 Members; terms; officers; duties.
(1) The Commission for Child Care shall be comprised of 18 members, to include three representatives from the Legislative Assembly, one appointed by the President...
- 657A.620 Expenses; legislator compensation and expenses.
(1) Members of the Commission for Child Care who are not members of the Legislative Assembly shall receive no compensation for their services, but subject...
- 657A.630 Committees.
(1) The commission may establish ad hoc committees to study specific areas and make periodic reports to the commission. (2) The chairpersons of such ad...
- 657A.640 Commission for Child Care Account.
There is created within the General Fund, the Commission for Child Care Account, to which shall be credited Miscellaneous Receipts collected or received by the...
- 657A.700 Definitions for ORS 657A.700 to 657A.718.
As used in ORS 657A.700 to 657A.718: (1) “Child care provider” means a provider, for compensation, of care, supervision or guidance to a child on...
- 657A.703 Program established; purposes.
(1) The Child Care Division of the Employment Department, in collaboration with an advisory committee established by the Child Care Division, shall establish a program...
- 657A.706 Program implementation; community agency applications; tax credit certificates; rules.
(1) For the purpose of implementing the program established under ORS 657A.703, the Child Care Division of the Employment Department, in collaboration with an advisory...
- 657A.709 Community agency selection.
(1) In selecting a community agency under ORS 657A.706, the Child Care Division of the Employment Department shall consider: (a) A prospective agency’s financial soundness,...
- 657A.712 Revenue distribution to community agencies; disbursement to child care providers; rules.
(1) The Child Care Division of the Employment Department shall distribute revenues in the Child Care Fund that are derived from contributions, minus the amounts...
- 657A.715 Community agency duties; disbursement of moneys to child care providers.
(1) Each community agency selected under ORS 657A.706 shall disburse moneys to child care providers, pursuant to ORS 657A.712 and rules adopted thereunder. (2) A...
- 657A.718 Child care provider requirements; selection.
(1) Each selected community agency shall select participating child care providers that meet the following requirements: (a) If a home-based business, the provider must enter...
- 657A.990 Criminal penalty.
A person who violates ORS 657A.280 commits a Class A misdemeanor. Each day of violation is a separate offense. [Formerly part of 418.990] _______________
Last modified: August 7, 2008