Section 441.745 – Penalties to Quality Care Fund.
All penalties recovered under ORS 441.710 to 441.740 shall be deposited in the Quality Care Fund established in ORS 443.001. [1975 c.328 §8; 2009 c.837 §22; 2017 c.679 §44] Note: See note under 441.705. Note: Sections 2 and 6, chapter 616, Oregon Laws 2021, provide: Sec. 2. (1) As used in this section: (a) “Emergency […]
Section 441.685 – Monitors; designation; duties; peer review of facilities.
(1) Upon receipt of a report under ORS 441.645 to 441.680 or upon receipt of a complaint by a resident or legal guardian of a resident, or other public or private official, as defined in ORS 441.630 by the Department of Human Services, the Director of Human Services may designate monitors who shall observe the […]
Section 441.750 – Suicide attempts by minors; referral; report; disclosure of information; limitation of liability.
(1) Any hospital which treats as a patient a person under 18 years of age because the person has attempted to commit suicide: (a) Shall cause that person to be provided with information and referral to inpatient or outpatient community resources, crisis intervention or other appropriate intervention by the patient’s attending physician, hospital social work […]
Section 441.690 – Complainant may accompany investigator.
Upon the request of any person filing a complaint to be investigated by the Department of Human Services against a long term care facility, as defined in ORS 442.015, or against a residential care facility, as defined in ORS 443.400, the complainant or a designee thereof, or both, shall be allowed to accompany an investigator […]
Section 441.695 – Conduct of investigation.
In investigating all complaints under ORS 441.690, the investigator shall: (1) Interview all available witnesses identified by any sources as having personal knowledge relevant to the complaint; (2) Make personal inspection of all physical circumstances that are relevant and material to the complaint and which are susceptible of objective observation; (3) Not decline to interview […]
Section 441.697 – Prescribed drug supply for unscheduled therapeutic leave from long term care facility; dispensing of drugs by registered nurse.
(1) When a resident of a long term care facility has the opportunity for an unscheduled therapeutic leave that would be precluded by the lack of an available pharmacist to dispense drugs prescribed by a licensed practitioner, a registered nurse designated by the facility who agrees to such designation may provide the resident or a […]
Section 441.700 – Access to facilities by persons providing services.
(1) Long term care facilities, as defined in ORS 442.015, and residential care facilities, as defined in ORS 443.400, subject to ORS 441.605 (11), shall permit individuals and representatives of community service organizations, including community legal services programs, whose purpose is rendering service without charge to residents, to have full and free access to the […]
Section 441.703 – Complaint file; summary; availability on request.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the Department of Human Services shall maintain a listing of all long term care facilities, as defined in ORS 442.015, by name and address and for each indicating: (a) The complaint file number. (b) The category of the complaint, whether staffing, food, patient care or […]
Section 441.705 – Definitions for ORS 441.705 to 441.745.
As used in ORS 441.705 to 441.745: (1) “Direct patient care or feeding” means any care provided directly to or for any patient related to that patient’s physical, medical and dietary well-being as defined by rules of: (a) The Department of Human Services when the facility is a long term care facility, as defined in […]
Section 441.710 – Civil penalties; when imposed.
(1)(a) In addition to any other liability or penalty provided by law, the Director of Human Services may impose a civil penalty on a person pursuant to ORS 441.731 for any of the following: (A) Violation of any of the terms or conditions of a license issued under ORS 441.015 to 441.087, 441.525 to 441.595, […]