Oregon Jail Standards (OSSA), H-201 Sanitation Plan: Vermin Work Inside the Cleaning Plan

Citation

Oregon State Sheriffs’ Association (OSSA), Oregon Jail Standards: Best Practices and Guidelines for the Operation of Jails in the State of Oregon, Ninth Edition (Rev. 9.0, December 2022). Standards H-201 (Sanitation Plan) and H-108 (Vermin-Infested or Washable Biohazards). OSSA’s jail standards page: oregonsheriffs.org/jail-standards/. Read September 25, 2026.

What It Says (Recorded by Identifier)

The Oregon Jail Standards are copyrighted and marked not to be copied or reproduced without OSSA’s express permission. This page does not quote them. In summary:

• H-201, Sanitation Plan. Jail officials must adopt a cleaning and sanitation policy and plan. The plan’s listed tasks include treatment for vermin as needed, as determined by inspections. The standard’s compliance note cites ORS 169.076.
• H-108, Vermin-Infested or Washable Biohazards. Policies and procedures must address handling vermin-infested or contaminated clothing, bedding, and mattresses, so that vermin and biohazards are not transferred to clean supplies.

What It Means in Plain Language

OSSA puts vermin control inside the jail’s sanitation plan and ties treatment to inspection findings, rather than to a fixed spray schedule. That makes the inspection record the center of the file: what was inspected, what was found, and what treatment followed.

Who It Applies To

Oregon jails that follow the OSSA standards. Their relationship to the statutory standards in ORS 169.076 is stated by OSSA in its own materials and is not characterized here beyond the compliance note’s citation.

Documentation Evidence

• The jail’s written cleaning and sanitation policy and plan
• Inspection records showing when vermin treatment was found to be needed, and what treatment followed
• Procedures and logs for handling vermin-infested clothing and bedding

Confidence Notes

HIGH confidence on the identifiers and edition, read from OSSA’s posted Ninth Edition on September 25, 2026. The text is copyrighted and is summarized, not quoted.