(a) "Agent" means a person who:

(A) Acts as an agent for an education provider in a manner that requires the person to have direct, unsupervised contact with children; and

(B) Interacts with a child because of the person’s status as an agent for an education provider.

(b) "Contractor" means a person who:

(A) Provides services to an education provider under a contract in a manner that requires the person to have direct, unsupervised contact with children; and

(B) Interacts with a child because of the person’s status as a contractor for an education provider.

(c) "Education provider" has the meaning given that term in ORS 339.370.

(d) "School employee" means a person who:

(A) Is an employee of an education provider; and

(B) Interacts with a child because of the person’s status as an employee of an education provider.

(e) "Volunteer" means a person who:

(A) Acts as a volunteer for an education provider in a manner that requires the person to have direct, unsupervised contact with children; and

(B) Interacts with a child because of the person’s status as a volunteer of an education provider.

(2) A law enforcement agency or the Department of Human Services must conduct an investigation as provided by ORS 419B.020 if the law enforcement agency or department receives a report of abuse that involves a child and a person who is a school employee, contractor, agent or volunteer.

(3) A law enforcement agency shall notify the department as provided by ORS 419B.015 if the law enforcement agency receives a report described in subsection (2) of this section. The department shall notify a law enforcement agency as provided by ORS 419B.015 if the department receives a report described in subsection (2) of this section. The department shall ensure that an investigation related to the report is conducted if the report is not investigated by a law enforcement agency.

(4)(a) Within three business days of receiving a report or notification of a report described in subsection (2) of this section, the department shall notify:

(A) The Teacher Standards and Practices Commission, if the department believes the school employee, contractor, agent or volunteer is licensed or registered by the commission; or

(B) The Department of Education, if the Department of Human Services believes the report of suspected abuse:

(i) Occurred in a school or was related to a school-sponsored activity; or

(ii) Involves a child and a person who is a school employee, contractor, agent or volunteer.

(b) For the purpose of notification made under this subsection, the Department of Human Services may not disclose the name and address of, and other identifying information about, the person who made the report, but the department shall make available any information necessary to ensure the safety of the child, including the name of the school and the name of the person who may have conducted the suspected abuse. Any person or entity to whom notification is made under this subsection may not release any information not authorized by this subsection.

(c) When the Department of Education receives notification under this subsection, the department shall immediately notify the appropriate education providers to ensure the safety of the child.

(5) The Department of Human Services may adopt any rules necessary for the administration of this section. [2019 c.618 §14]

Note: 419B.019 was added to and made a part of 419B.005 to 419B.050 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.