Oregon Statutes 419A.059 – Designation of detention and shelter facilities
(1) The juvenile court of each county shall designate the place or places in which children, wards, youths or adjudicated youths are to be placed in shelter care, or in which youths or adjudicated youths are to be placed in detention, when taken into temporary custody.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 419A.059
- Court: means the juvenile court. See Oregon Statutes 419A.004
- Department: means the Department of Human Services. See Oregon Statutes 419A.004
- Shelter care: means a home or other facility suitable for the safekeeping of a child, ward, youth or adjudicated youth who is taken into temporary custody pending investigation and disposition. See Oregon Statutes 419A.004
(2) If the county is adjacent to another state, the court may designate a place or places in the adjoining state where children, wards, youths or adjudicated youths, pursuant to an agreement between such place or places and the juvenile department of the county, may be placed in shelter care when taken into custody.
(3) If the county is adjacent to another state, the court may designate a place or places in the adjoining state where youths or adjudicated youths, pursuant to an agreement between such place or places and the juvenile department of the county, may be placed in detention when taken into custody. A county juvenile department may not enter into an agreement with an out-of-state place for placement in detention as provided in this subsection, unless the place or places conform to standards of this state for such a place and unless the agreement includes a provision that the place be subject to inspection by officers of this state under ORS § 419A.061. [1993 c.33 § 12; 2003 c.396 § 13; 2019 c.382 § 5; 2021 c.489 § 41]