As used in ORS 418.950 to 418.970, unless the context requires otherwise:\n(1) 'Agency' means any person or organization providing substitute residential care for an average daily population of eight or fewer children. 'Agency' includes but is not limited to:\n(a) Child-caring agencies licensed, certified or otherwise authorized by the Department of Human Services under ORS 418.205 to 418.327;\n(b) Foster homes as defined in ORS 418.625 providing care for more than four children; and\n(c) Youth care centers as defined in ORS 420.855.\n(2) 'Average daily population' means the sum of days in residence of all children residing in a child-caring facility during a certain period divided by the number of days in the period.\n(3) 'Child-caring facility' means a residence or building used by an agency to provide substitute residential care for children. [1979 c.597 §2; 1987 c.94 §133; 2016 c.106 §29]
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