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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
DIVISION 7
CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK AND FITNESS DETERMINATION RULES
330-007-0200
Statement of Purpose and Statutory Authority
(1) Purpose. These rules control the Department's acquisition of information about a subject individual's criminal history through criminal records checks or other means and its use of that information to determine whether the subject individual is fit to provide services to the Department as an employee, contractor or volunteer in a position covered by OAR 330-007-0220(2)(a)-(g). The fact that the Department approves a subject individual as fit does not guarantee the individual a position as a Department employee or volunteer.
(2) Authority. These rules are authorized under ORS 181.534 and 469.055.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 181.534, 469.055.
Stats. Implemented: ORS 181.534(9)
Hist.: DOE 5-2007, f. & cert. ef. 12-13-07
330-007-0210
Definitions
As used in OAR chapter 330, division 007, unless the context of the rule requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:
(1) "Approved" means that, pursuant to a preliminary fitness determination under OAR 330-007-0240 or a final fitness determination under 330-007-0260, an authorized designee has determined that the subject individual is fit to be an employee or volunteer in a position covered by 330-007-0220(2)(a)-(g).
(2) "Authorized Designee" means a Department employee authorized to obtain and review criminal offender information and other criminal records information about a subject individual through criminal records checks and other means, and to conduct a fitness determination in accordance with these rules.
(3) "Contact Person" means a person who is authorized by the Department to receive and process criminal records check request forms signed by subject individuals and is authorized to receive other criminal records information. The contact person is not allowed to make final fitness determinations. The contact person is allowed to make preliminary fitness determinations under the authority of the Department only if there is no indication of potentially disqualifying crimes or conditions.
(4) "Conviction" means that a court of law has entered a final judgment on a verdict or finding of guilty, a plea of guilty, or a plea of nolo contendere (no contest) against a subject individual in a criminal case, unless that judgment has been reversed or set aside by a subsequent court decision.
(5) "Criminal Offender Information" includes records and related data as to physical description and vital statistics, fingerprints received and compiled by the Oregon Department of State Police Bureau of Criminal Identification for purposes of identifying criminal offenders and alleged offenders, records of arrests and the nature and disposition of criminal charges, including sentencing, confinement, parole and release.
(6) "Crime Relevant to a Fitness Determination" means a crime listed or described in OAR 330-007-0270.
(7) "Criminal Records Check and Fitness Determination Rules" or "These Rules" means OAR chapter 330, division 007.
(8) "Criminal Records Check" or "CRC" means one of three processes undertaken to check the criminal history of a subject individual:
(a) A check of criminal offender information conducted through use of the Law Enforcement Data System (LEDS) maintained by the Oregon Department of State Police, in accordance with the rules adopted and procedures established by the Oregon Department of State Police (LEDS Criminal Records Check);
(b) A check of Oregon criminal offender information, including through fingerprint identification, conducted by the Oregon Department of State Police at the Department's request (Oregon Criminal Records Check); or
(c) A nationwide check of federal criminal offender information, including through fingerprint identification, conducted by the Oregon Department of State Police through the Federal Bureau of Investigation or otherwise at the Department's request (Nationwide Criminal Records Check).
(9) "Denied" means that, pursuant to a preliminary fitness determination under OAR 330-007-0240 or a final fitness determination under 330-007-0260, an authorized designee has determined that the subject individual is not fit to be an employee, contractor or volunteer in a position covered by 330-007-0220(2)(a)-(g).
(10) "Department" means the Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE) or any subdivision thereof.
(11) "False Statement" means that, in association with an activity governed by these rules, a subject individual either:
(a) Provided the Department with materially false information about his or her criminal history, such as, but not limited to, materially false information about his or her identity or conviction record, or
(b) Failed to provide to the Department information material to determining his or her criminal history.
(12) "Fitness Determination" means a determination made by an authorized designee pursuant to the process established in OAR 330-007-0240(preliminary fitness determination) or 330-007-0260(final fitness determination) that a subject individual is or is not fit to be a Department employee, contractor or volunteer in a position covered by OAR 330-007-0220(2)(a)-(g).
(13) "Family Member" means a spouse, domestic partner, natural parent, foster parent, adoptive parent, stepparent, child, foster child, adopted child, stepchild, sibling, stepbrother, stepsister, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew or first cousin.
(14) "Subject Individual" means an individual identified in OAR 330-007-0220 as someone from whom the Department may require fingerprints for the purpose of conducting a criminal records check.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 181.534, 469.055.
Stats. Implemented: ORS 181.534
Hist.: DOE 5-2007, f. & cert. ef. 12-13-07
330-007-0220
Subject Individual
"Subject Individual" means a person from whom the Department may require fingerprints for the purpose of conducting a criminal records check because the person:
(1)(a) Its employed or applying for employment with the Department; or
(b) Provides services or seeks to provide services to the Department as a contractor or volunteer; and
(2) Is, or will be, working or providing services in a position:
(a) In the Hanford Nuclear Safety program;
(b) In which the person conducts energy audits in schools, colleges, universities or medical facilities;
(c) In the Budget and Finance section of the Department;
(d) That has personnel or human resource functions as one of the position's primary responsibilities;
(e) In which the person is providing information technology services and has control over, or access to, information technology systems that would allow the person to harm the information technology systems or the information contained in the systems;
(f) In which the person has access to personal information about employees or members of the public including Social Security numbers, dates of birth, driver license numbers or criminal background information; or
(g) In which the person has access to tax or financial information about individuals or business entities or processes tax credits.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 181.534, 469.055.
Stats. Implemented: ORS 181.534
Hist.: DOE 5-2007, f. & cert. ef. 12-13-07
330-007-0230
Criminal Records Check Process
(1) Disclosure of Information by Subject Individual.
(a) Preliminary to a criminal records check, a subject individual, if requested, shall complete and sign the ODOE Criminal Records Request form and, if requested by the Department, a fingerprint card. The Criminal Records Request Form shall require the following information: name, birth date, physical characteristics, driver's license or identification card number, current address, prior residences, and any other information deemed necessary by the authorized designee. The ODOE Criminal Records Request form may also require details concerning any circumstance listed in OAR 330-007-0240(3)(a)-(f).
(b) A subject individual shall complete and submit to the Department the ODOE Criminal Records Request form and, if requested, a fingerprint card within three business days of receiving the forms. An authorized designee may extend the deadline for good cause.
(c) The Department shall not request a fingerprint card from a subject individual under the age of 18 years unless the Department also requests the written consent of a parent or guardian. In such case, such parent or guardian and youth must be informed that they are not required to consent. Failure to consent, however, may be construed as a refusal to consent under OAR 330-007-0260(3)(d)(B).
(d) Within a reasonable period of time as established by an authorized designee, a subject individual shall disclose additional information as requested by the Department in order to resolve any issues hindering the completion of a criminal records check.
(2) When a Criminal Records Check is Conducted. An authorized designee may conduct, or request that the Oregon Department of State Police conduct, a criminal records check when:
(a) An individual meets the definition of "subject individual"; or
(b) Required by federal law or regulation, by state law or administrative rule, or by contract or written agreement with the Department.
(3) Which Criminal Records Check(s) Is Conducted. When an authorized designee determines under subsection (2) of this rule that a criminal records check is needed, the authorized designee may request or conduct a LEDS Criminal Records Check, an Oregon Criminal Records Check, a Nationwide Criminal Records Check, or any combination thereof.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 181.534, 469.055.
Stats. Implemented: ORS 181.534
Hist.: DOE 5-2007, f. & cert. ef. 12-13-07
330-007-0240
Preliminary Fitness Determination
(1) An authorized designee or contact person may conduct a preliminary fitness determination if the Department is interested in hiring or appointing a subject individual on a preliminary basis, pending a final fitness determination.
(2) If an authorized designee elects to make a preliminary fitness determination about a subject individual, pending a final fitness determination, the authorized designee or contact person shall make that preliminary fitness determination based on information disclosed by the subject individual under OAR 330-007-0230(1) and a LEDS criminal records check.
(3) The authorized designee or contact person shall approve a subject individual as fit on a preliminary basis if the authorized designee or contact person has no reason to believe that the subject individual has made a false statement and the information available to the authorized designee or contact person does not disclose that the subject individual:
(a) Has pled nolo contedere (or no contest) to, been convicted of, found guilty except for insanity (or comparable disposition) of, or has a pending indictment for a crime listed under OAR 330-007-0270;
(b) Has been arrested for or charged with a crime listed under OAR 330-007-0270;
(c) Is being investigated for, or has an outstanding warrant for a crime listed under OAR 330-007-0270;
(d) Is currently on probation, parole, or any form of post-prison supervision for a crime listed under OAR 330-007-0270;
(e) Has a deferred sentence or conditional discharge in connection with a crime listed under OAR 330-007-0270; or
(f) Has been adjudicated in a juvenile court and found to be within the court's jurisdiction for an offense that would have constituted a crime listed in OAR 330-007-0270 if committed by an adult.
(4) If the information available to the authorized designee discloses one or more of the circumstances identified in section (3), the authorized designee may nonetheless approve a subject individual as fit on a preliminary basis if the authorized designee concludes, after evaluating all available information, that hiring or appointing the subject individual on a preliminary basis does not pose a risk of harm to the Department, its client entities, the State, or members of the public.
(5) If a subject individual is either approved or denied on the basis of a preliminary fitness determination, an authorized designee thereafter shall conduct a fitness determination under OAR 330-007-0260.
(6) A subject individual may not appeal a preliminary fitness determination, under the process provided under OAR 330-007-0300 or otherwise.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 181.534, 469.055.
Stats. Implemented: ORS 181.534
Hist.: DOE 5-2007, f. & cert. ef. 12-13-07
330-007-0250
Hiring or Appointing on a Preliminary Basis
(1) The Department may hire or appoint a subject individual on a preliminary basis if an authorized designee or contact person has approved the subject individual on the basis of a preliminary fitness determination under OAR 330-007-0240.
(2) A subject individual hired or appointed on a preliminary basis under this rule may participate in training, orientation, or work activities as assigned by the Department.
(3) A subject individual hired or appointed on a preliminary basis is deemed to be on trial service and, if terminated prior to completion of a final fitness determination under OAR 330-007-0260, may not appeal the termination under the process provided under 330-007-0300.
(4) If a subject individual hired or appointed on a preliminary basis is denied upon completion of a final fitness determination, as provided under OAR 330-007-0260(3)(d), then the Department shall immediately terminate the subject individual's employment or appointment.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 181.534, 469.055.
Stats. Implemented: ORS 181.534
Hist.: DOE 5-2007, f. & cert. ef. 12-13-07
330-007-0260
Final Fitness Determination
(1) If the Department elects to conduct a criminal records check, an authorized designee shall make a fitness determination about a subject individual based on information provided by the subject individual under OAR 330-007-0230(1), the criminal records check(s) conducted, if any, and any false statements made by the subject individual.
(2) In making a fitness determination about a subject individual, an authorized designee shall consider the factors in subsections (a)-(f) in relation to information provided by the subject individual under OAR 330-007-0230(1), any LEDS report or criminal offender information obtained through a criminal records check, and any false statement made by the subject individual. To assist in considering these factors, the authorized designee may obtain any other information deemed relevant from the subject individual or any other source, including law enforcement and criminal justice agencies or courts within or outside of Oregon. To acquire other relevant information from the subject individual, an authorized designee may request to meet with the subject individual, to receive written materials from him or her, or both. The subject individual shall meet with the authorized designee if requested and provide additional information within a reasonable period of time, as established by the authorized designee. The authorized designee will use all collected information in considering:
(a) Whether the subject individual has been arrested, pled nolo contendere (or no contest) to, convicted of, found guilty except for insanity (or a comparable disposition) of, or has a pending indictment for a crime listed in OAR 330-007-0270;
(b) The nature of any crime identified under subsection (a);
(c) The facts that support the arrest, conviction, finding of guilty except for insanity, or pending indictment;
(d) The facts that indicate the subject individual made a false statement;
(e) The relevance, if any, of a crime identified under subsection (a) or of a false statement made by the subject individual to the specific requirements of the subject individual's present or proposed position, services or employment; and
(f) The following intervening circumstances, to the extent that they are relevant to the responsibilities and circumstances of the services or employment for which the fitness determination is being made, including, but not limited to, the following:
(A) The passage of time since the commission or alleged commission of a crime identified under subsection (a);
(B) The age of the subject individual at the time of the commission or alleged commission of a crime identified under subsection (a);
(C) The likelihood of a repetition of offenses or of the commission of another crime;
(D) The subsequent commission of another crime listed in OAR 330-007-0270;
(E) Whether a conviction identified under subsection (a) has been set aside or pardoned, and the legal effect of setting aside the conviction or of a pardon;
(F) A recommendation of an employer;
(3) Possible Outcomes of a Final Fitness Determination
(a) Automatic Approval. An authorized designee shall approve a subject individual if the information described in sections (1) and (2) shows none of the following:
(A) Evidence that the subject individual has pled nolo contendere (or no contest) to, been convicted of, or found guilty except for insanity (or comparable disposition) of a crime listed in OAR 330-007-0270;
(B) Evidence that the subject individual has a pending indictment for a crime listed in OAR 330-007-0270;
(C) Evidence that the subject individual has been arrested for any crime listed in OAR 330-007-0270;
(D) Evidence of the subject individual having made a false statement; or
(E) Any discrepancy between the criminal offender information and other information obtained from the subject individual.
(b) Evaluative Approval. If a fitness determination under this rule shows evidence of any of the factors identified in paragraphs (3)(a)(A)-(E) of this rule, an authorized designee may approve the subject individual only if, in evaluating the information described in sections (1) and (2), the authorized designee determines:
(A) That the evidence is not credible; or
(B) If the evidence is credible, that the subject individual acting in the position for which the fitness determination is being conducted would not pose a risk of harm to the Department, its client entities, the State, or members of the public.
(c) Restricted Approval.
(A) If an authorized designee approves a subject individual under subsection (3)(b) of this rule, the authorized designee may restrict the approval to specific activities or locations.
(B) An authorized designee shall complete a new criminal records check and fitness determination on the subject individual before removing a restriction.
(d) Denial:
(A) If a fitness determination under this rule shows credible evidence of any of the factors identified in paragraphs (3)(a)(A)-(E) of this rule and, after evaluating the information described in sections (1) and (2) of this rule, an authorized designee concludes that the subject individual acting in the position for which the fitness determination is being conducted would pose a risk of harm to the Department, its client entities, the State, or members of the public, the authorized designee shall deny the subject individual as not fit for the position.
(B) Refusal to Consent. If a subject individual refuses to submit or consent to a criminal records check including fingerprint identification, the authorized designee shall deny the employment of the individual, or revoke or deny any applicable position, authority to provide services, license, certification, registration, or permit. A person may not appeal any determination made based on a refusal to consent.
(C) If a subject individual is denied as not fit, the subject individual may not be employed by or provide services as a volunteer or contractor to the Department in a position covered by OAR 330-007-0220(2).
(4) Under no circumstances shall a subject individual be denied under these rules on the basis of the existence or contents of a juvenile record that has been expunged pursuant to ORS 419A.260 and 419A.262.
(5) Final Order. A completed final fitness determination is final unless the affected subject individual appeals by requesting either a contested case hearing as provided by OAR 330-007-0300(2)(a) or an alternative appeals process as provided by 330-007-0300(6).
Stat. Auth.: ORS 181.534, 469.055.
Stats. Implemented: ORS 181.534
Hist.: DOE 5-2007, f. & cert. ef. 12-13-07
330-007-0270
Crimes Relevant to a Fitness Determination
(1) Crimes Relevant to a Fitness Determination.
(a) All felonies;
(b) All misdemeanors;
(c) Any United States Military crime or international crime;
(d) Any crime of attempt, solicitation or conspiracy to commit a crime listed in this section (1) pursuant to ORS 161.405, 161.435, or 161.450;
(e) Any crime based on criminal liability for conduct of another pursuant to ORS 161.555, when the underlying crime is listed in this section (1);
(2) Evaluation Based on Oregon Laws. An authorized designee shall evaluate a crime on the basis of Oregon laws and, if applicable, federal laws or the laws of any other jurisdiction in which a criminal records check indicates a subject individual may have committed a crime, as those laws are in effect at the time of the fitness determination.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 181.534, 469.055.
Stats. Implemented: ORS 181.534
Hist.: DOE 5-2007, f. & cert. ef. 12-13-07
330-007-0280
Incomplete Fitness Determination
(1) The Department will close a preliminary or final fitness determination as incomplete when:
(a) Circumstances change so that a person no longer meets the definition of a "subject individual" under OAR 330-007-0220;
(b) The subject individual does not provide materials or information under OAR 330-007-0230(1) within the timeframes established under that rule;
(c) An authorized designee cannot locate or contact the subject individual;
(d) The subject individual fails or refuses to cooperate with an authorized designee's attempts to acquire other relevant information under OAR 330-007-0260(2);
(e) The Department determines that the subject individual is not eligible or not qualified for the position of employee, contractor, or volunteer) for a reason unrelated to the fitness determination process; or
(f) The position is no longer open.
(2) A subject individual does not have a right to a contested case hearing under OAR 330-007-0300 to challenge the closing of an incomplete fitness determination.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 181.534, 469.055.
Stats. Implemented: ORS 181.534
Hist.: DOE 5-2007, f. & cert. ef. 12-13-07
330-007-0290
Notice to Subject Individual of Fitness Determination
(1) An authorized designee shall provide written notice to a subject individual upon completion of a preliminary or final fitness determination, or upon the closing a fitness determination due to incompleteness.
(2) The authorized designee shall record on the notice the date on which the preliminary or final fitness determination was either closed as incomplete or completed. This shall include the mailing date.
(3) If the notice pertains to a completed final fitness determination, it shall meet the requirements of OAR 137-003-0505 and ORS 183.415.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 181.534, 469.055.
Stats. Implemented: ORS 181.534
Hist.: DOE 5-2007, f. & cert. ef. 12-13-07
330-007-0300
Appealing a Fitness Determination
(1) Purpose. This rule sets forth a contested case hearing process by which a subject individual may appeal a completed final fitness determination made under OAR 330-007-0260 that he or she is fit or not fit to hold a position with, or provide services to the Department as an employee, volunteer or contractor. Section (6) of the rule identifies an alternative appeal process available only to ODOE employees.
(2) Process:
(a) A subject individual may appeal a fitness determination by submitting a written request for a contested case hearing to the address specified in the notice provided under OAR 330-007-290(1)(b), within 14 calendar days of the mailing date appearing on the notice. The Department shall address a request received after expiration of the deadline as provided under 137-003-0528.
(b) When a timely request is received by the Department under subsection (a), a contested case hearing shall be conducted by an administrative law judge assigned by the Office of Administrative Hearings, pursuant to the Attorney General's Uniform and Model Rules, "Procedural Rules, Office of Administrative Hearings" OAR 137-003-0501 to 137-003-0700, as supplemented by the provisions of this rule.
(3) Discovery. The Department or the administrative law judge may protect information made confidential by ORS 181.534(15) or other applicable law as provided in OAR 137-003-0570(7) or (8).
(4) No Public Attendance. Contested case hearings on fitness determinations are closed to non-participants.
(5) Proposed and Final Order:
(a) Proposed Order. After a hearing, the administrative law judge shall issue a proposed order.
(b) Exceptions. The subject individual, the subject individual's legal counsel, or the Department's representative may file written exceptions with the Department within 14 calendar days after service of the proposed order. Exceptions will be considered as set forth in OAR 137-003-0650 and 137-003-0655.
(c) Default. A completed final fitness determination made under OAR 330-007-0260 becomes final:
(A) Unless the subject individual makes a timely request for a hearing; or
(B) When a party withdraws a hearing request, notifies the agency or the ALJ that the party will not appear, or fails to appear at the hearing.
(6) Alternative Process. A subject individual currently employed by ODOE may choose to appeal a fitness determination either under the process made available by this rule or through the process made available by applicable personnel rules, policies and collective bargaining provisions. A subject individual's decision to appeal a fitness determination through applicable personnel rules, policies, and collective bargaining provisions is an election of remedies as to the rights of the individual with respect to the fitness determination and is a waiver of the contested case process made available by this rule.
(7) Remedy. The only remedy that may be awarded is a determination that the subject individual is fit, or fit with restrictions pursuant to OAR 330-007-0260(3)(c), and that, at the request of the subject individual, the subject individual's employment application will be kept on file. Under no circumstances shall the Department be required to place a subject individual in any position, nor shall the Department be required to accept services or enter into a contractual agreement with a subject individual.
(8) Challenging Criminal Offender Information. A subject individual may not use the appeals process established by this rule to challenge the accuracy or completeness of information provided by the Oregon Department of State Police, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or agencies reporting information to the Oregon Department of State Police or the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(a) To challenge information identified in this section (8), a subject individual may use any process made available by the agency that provided the information.
(b) If the subject individual successfully challenges the accuracy or completeness of information provided by the Oregon Department of State Police, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or an agency reporting information to the Oregon Department of State Police or the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the subject individual may request that the Department conduct a new criminal records check and re-evaluate the original fitness determination made under OAR 330-007-0260 by submitting a new ODOE Criminal Records Request form.
(9) Appealing a fitness determination under section (2) or section (6) of this rule, challenging criminal offender information with the agency that provided the information, or requesting a new criminal records check and re-evaluation of the original fitness determination under section (8) of this rule, will not delay or postpone the Department's hiring process or employment decisions except when the authorized designee, in consultation with the Human Resources Section, decides that a delay or postponement should occur.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 181.534, 469.055.
Stats. Implemented: ORS 181.534
Hist.: DOE 5-2007, f. & cert. ef. 12-13-07
330-007-0310
Recordkeeping and Confidentiality
(1) An authorized designee or contact person shall document a preliminary or final fitness determination, or the closing of a fitness determination due to incompleteness, in writing.
(2) Records Received from the Oregon Department of State Police.
(a) Records the Department receives from the Oregon Department of State Police resulting from a criminal records check, including but not limited to LEDS reports and state or federal criminal offender information originating with the Oregon Department of State Police or the Federal Bureau of Investigation, are confidential pursuant to ORS 181.534(15) and federal laws and regulations.
(b) Only the Department's authorized designees and the contact person shall have access to records the Department receives from the Oregon Department of State Police resulting from a criminal records check.
(c) An authorized designee and contact person shall have access to records received from the Oregon Department of State Police in response to a criminal records check only if the authorized designee or contact person has a demonstrated and legitimate need to know the information contained in the records.
(d) Authorized designees and the contact person shall maintain and disclose records received from the Oregon Department of State Police resulting from a criminal records check in accordance with applicable requirements and restrictions in ORS Chapter 181 and other applicable federal and state laws, rules adopted by the Oregon Department of State Police pursuant thereto (see OAR chapter 257, division 15), these rules, and any written agreement between the Department and the Oregon Department of State Police.
(e) If a fingerprint-based criminal records check was conducted with regard to a subject individual, the Department shall permit that subject individual to inspect his or her own state and federal criminal offender information, unless prohibited by federal law.
(f) If a subject individual with a right to inspect criminal offender information under subsection (e) requests, the Department shall provide the subject individual with a copy of the individual's own state and federal criminal offender information, unless prohibited by federal law. The Department shall require sufficient identification from the subject individual to determine his or her identity before providing this criminal offender information to him or her. The Department shall require that the subject individual sign a receipt confirming his or her receipt of the criminal offender information.
(3) Other Records.
(a) The Department shall treat all records received or created under these rules that concern the criminal history of a subject individual, other than records covered under section (2) of this rule, including ODOE Criminal Records Request forms and fingerprint cards, as confidential pursuant to ORS 181.534(15).
(b) Within the Department, only authorized designees and the contact person shall have access to the records identified under subsection (a).
(c) An authorized designee and contact person shall have access to records identified under subsection (a) only if the authorized designee or contact person has a demonstrated and legitimate need to know the information contained in the records.
(d) A subject individual shall have access to records identified under subsection (a) pursuant to and only to the extent required by the terms of the Public Records Law.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 181.534, 469.055.
Stats. Implemented: ORS 181.534
Hist.: DOE 5-2007, f. & cert. ef. 12-13-07
330-007-0320
Contact Person and Authorized Designees
(1) Appointment.
(a) The Department Director or the Director's designee shall designate the positions that include the responsibilities of an authorized designee or contact person.
(b) Appointment to one of the designated positions shall be contingent upon an individual being approved under the Department's criminal records check and fitness determination process.
(c) Appointments shall be made by the Department Director or the Director's designee at his or her sole discretion.
(2) The Department Director or Appointing Authority may also serve as an authorized designee or contact person, contingent on being approved under the Department's criminal records check and fitness determination process.
(3) Conflict of Interests. An authorized designee and the contact person shall not participate in a fitness determination or review any information associated with a fitness determination for a subject individual if either of the following is true:
(a) The authorized designee or contact person is a family member of the subject individual; or
(b) The authorized designee or the contact person has a financial or close personal relationship with the subject individual. If an authorized designee is uncertain of whether a relationship with a subject individual qualifies as a financial or close personal relationship under this subsection (b), the authorized designee or contact person shall consult with his or her supervisor before taking any action that would violate this rule if such a relationship were determined to exist.
(4) Termination of Authorized Designee or Contact Person Status.
(a) When an authorized designee's or contact person's employment in a designated position ends, his or her status as an authorized designee or contact person is automatically terminated.
(b) The Department shall suspend or terminate a Department employee's appointment to a designated position, and thereby suspend or terminate his or her status as an authorized designee or contact person, if the employee fails to comply with OAR 330-007-0200 through 330-007-0310 in conducting criminal records checks and fitness determinations.
(c) An authorized designee or contact person shall immediately report to his or her supervisor if he or she is arrested for or charged with, is being investigated for, or has an outstanding warrant or pending indictment for a crime listed in OAR 330-007-0270. Failure to make the required report is grounds for termination of the individual's appointment to a designated position, and thereby termination of his or her status as an authorized designee or contact person.
(d) The Department will review and update an authorized designee's or contact person's eligibility for service in a designated position, during which a new criminal records check and fitness determination may be required:
(A) At any time the Department has reason to believe that the authorized designee or contact person has violated these rules or no longer is eligible to serve in his or her current position.
(5) A denial under OAR 330-007-0260(3) related to a designated position is subject to the appeal rights provided under 330-007-0300.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 181.534, 469.055.
Stats. Implemented: ORS 181.534
Hist.: DOE 5-2007, f. & cert. ef. 12-13-07
330-007-0330
Fees
(1) The Department may charge a fee for acquiring criminal offender information for use in making a fitness determination. In any particular instance, the fee shall not exceed the fee(s) charged the Department by the Oregon Department of State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to obtain criminal offender information on the subject individual.
(2) The Department may charge the fee to the subject individual on whom criminal offender information is sought, or, if the subject individual is an employee of a Department contractor and is undergoing a fitness determination in that capacity, the Department may charge the fee to the subject individual's employer.
(3) The Department shall not charge a fee if the subject individual is a Department employee, a Department volunteer, or an applicant for employment or a volunteer position with the Department.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 181.534, 469.055.
Stats. Implemented: ORS 181.534
Hist.: DOE 5-2007, f. & cert. ef. 12-13-07
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