2011 Oregon Revised Statutes
ORS Volume 10, Chapters 366 - 430
ORS Chapter 427
427.300 Assignment to appropriate facility; notice of transfer or discharge; appeal; hearing.

(1) The Department of Human Services may, at its discretion, direct any person with an intellectual disability who has been committed under ORS 427.290 to the facility best able to treat and train the person. The authority of the department on such matters shall be final.

(2) At any time, for good cause and in the best interest of the person, the department may decide to transfer a resident from one facility to another or discharge a resident as no longer in need of residential care, treatment or training in a state training center. Fifteen days prior to department action, the department shall notify the resident and the parent, guardian or person entitled to custody of the resident by certified mail of its decision. The notice shall indicate the right of the aforementioned parties to appeal this decision to the State Training Center Review Board in writing within 10 days after receipt of notice. Within 30 days from the date the appeal is received by the department, the State Training Center Review Board shall hold a hearing at which the department and the person having filed the appeal shall present their case and shall communicate its recommendation to the Director of Human Services pursuant to ORS 427.205 (4)(b); and the director shall communicate the decision of the director by certified mail to the appealing party.

(3) The department, pursuant to its rules, may delegate to a community developmental disabilities program director the responsibility for assignment of persons with intellectual disabilities to suitable facilities or transfer between such facilities under conditions which the department may define. Any voluntary client or resident shall be released from the treating or training facility within 15 business days of the request of the client or resident for release, unless commitment procedures are initiated under ORS 427.235. [1979 c.683 25; 2009 c.595 447; 2011 c.658 23]