(1) The Department of Human Services shall maintain a staff of a minimum of five full-time equivalent employees who are responsible for the issuance, renewal, suspension or revocation of, or for the placing of conditions on, licenses, certifications or other authorizations issued under ORS § 418.240 and 418.248, and for the inspection and investigation of child-caring agencies licensed, certified or otherwise authorized by the department.

(2) The department shall adopt rules to develop workload models to measure the adequacy of staff to workload under subsection (1) of this section. [2016 c.106 § 7]