Section 441.176
[2001 c.609 §11; renumbered 441.183 in 2015]
Section 441.177 – Posting of audit reports and civil penalties.
The Oregon Health Authority shall post on a website maintained by the authority: (1) Reports of audits described in ORS 441.157; (2) Any report made pursuant to an investigation of whether a hospital is in compliance with ORS 441.152 to 441.177; (3) Any order requiring a hospital to implement a plan to correct a violation […]
Section 441.178
[2001 c.609 §12; 2001 c.609 §12a; renumbered 441.184 in 2015]
Section 441.179 – Definitions for ORS 441.179 to 441.186.
As used in ORS 441.179 to 441.186: (1) “Affiliated hospital” means a hospital that has a business relationship with another hospital. (2) “Hospital” means: (a) An acute inpatient care facility, as defined in ORS 442.470; or (b) A hospital as described in ORS 442.015. (3) “Manager” means a person who: (a) Has authority to direct […]
Section 441.180
[2001 c.609 §13; 2009 c.595 §736; 2015 c.669 §15; renumbered 441.185 in 2015]
Section 441.181 – Retaliation prohibited.
(1) A hospital may not take retaliatory action against a nursing staff because the nursing staff: (a) Discloses or intends to disclose to a manager, a private accreditation organization or a public body an activity, policy or practice of the hospital or of a hospital that the nursing staff reasonably believes is in violation of […]
Section 441.182
[2001 c.609 §14; renumbered 441.186 in 2015]
Section 441.183 – Remedies for retaliation.
(1) A nursing staff aggrieved by an act prohibited by ORS 441.181 may bring an action in circuit court of the county in which the hospital is located. All remedies available in a common law tort action are available to a nursing staff if the nursing staff prevails in an action brought under this subsection […]
Section 441.184 – Unlawful employment practices; civil action for retaliation.
(1) A hospital that takes any retaliatory action described in ORS 441.181 against a nursing staff commits an unlawful employment practice. (2) A nursing staff claiming to be aggrieved by an alleged violation of ORS 441.181 may file a complaint with the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries in the manner provided by […]
Section 441.185 – Hospital posting of notice.
(1) A hospital shall post a notice summarizing the provisions of ORS 441.181, 441.183, 441.184 and 441.192 in a conspicuous place on the premises of the hospital. The notice must be posted where notices to employees and applicants for employment are customarily displayed. (2) Any hospital that willfully violates this section is subject to a […]
Section 441.186 – Rights, privileges or remedies of nursing staff.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, nothing in ORS 441.183 and 441.184 shall be deemed to diminish any rights, privileges or remedies of a nursing staff under federal or state law or regulation or under any collective bargaining agreement or employment contract. (2) ORS 441.183 and 441.184 provide the only remedies […]
Section 441.192 – Notice of employment outside of hospital.
(1) A hospital, as defined in ORS 441.179, may require a registered nurse who is receiving full employment benefits from the hospital to provide notice of any outside employment that may reasonably impede the ability of the nurse to fulfill the nurse’s obligation to the hospital in providing nursing services to patients under the hospital’s […]
Section 441.195
[1957 s.s. c.13 §1; renumbered 440.305]
Section 441.196
[2015 c.466 §2; renumbered 441.054 in 2019]
Section 441.198
[2015 c.263 §2; renumbered 441.051 in 2019]
Section 441.200
[1957 s.s. c.13 §2; renumbered 440.310]
Section 441.205
[Amended by 1969 c.343 §1; renumbered 440.315]
Section 441.210
[Amended by 1969 c.343 §2; 1971 c.727 §114; renumbered 440.320]