(1)(a) A community mental health and developmental disabilities program director operating under ORS 430.610 to 430.695 or a designee thereof, under authorization of a county governing body, may take one of the actions listed in paragraph (b) of this subsection when the community mental health and developmental disabilities program director or designee has probable cause to believe a person:
(A) Is dangerous to self or to any other person and is in need of immediate care, custody or treatment for mental illness; or
(B)(i) Is a mentally ill person placed on conditional release under ORS 426.125, outpatient commitment under ORS 426.127 or trial visit under ORS 426.273; and
(ii) Is dangerous to self or to any other person or is unable to provide for basic personal needs and is not receiving the care that is necessary for health and safety and is in need of immediate care, custody or treatment for mental illness.
(b) The community mental health and developmental disabilities program director or designee under the circumstances set out in paragraph (a) of this subsection may:
(A) Notify a peace officer to take the person into custody and direct the officer to remove the person to a hospital or nonhospital facility approved by the Department of Human Services;
(B) Authorize involuntary admission of, or, if already admitted, cause to be involuntarily retained in a nonhospital facility approved by the department, a person approved for care or treatment at a nonhospital facility by a physician under ORS 426.232;
(C) Notify a person authorized under subsection (3) of this section to take the person into custody and direct the authorized person to remove the person in custody to a hospital or nonhospital facility approved by the department;
(D) Direct a person authorized under subsection (3) of this section to transport a person in custody from a hospital or a nonhospital facility approved by the department to another hospital or nonhospital facility approved by the department as provided under ORS 426.235; or
(E) Direct a person authorized under subsection (3) of this section to transport a person in custody from a facility approved by the department to another facility approved by the department as provided under ORS 426.060.
(2) A designee under subsection (1) of this section must be recommended by the community mental health and developmental disabilities program director, meet the standards established by rule of the department and be approved by the county governing body before assuming the authority permitted under subsection (1) of this section.
(3) The county governing body may, upon recommendation by the community mental health and developmental disabilities program director, authorize any person to provide custody and secure transportation services for a person in custody under ORS 426.228. In authorizing a person under this subsection, the county governing body shall grant the person the authority to do the following:
(a) Accept custody from a peace officer of a person in custody under ORS 426.228;
(b) Take custody of a person upon notification by the community mental health and developmental disabilities program director under the provisions of this section;
(c) Remove a person in custody to an approved hospital or nonhospital facility as directed by the community mental health and developmental disabilities program director;
(d) Transfer a person in custody to another person authorized under this subsection or a peace officer;
(e) Transfer a person in custody from a hospital or nonhospital facility to another hospital facility or nonhospital facility when directed to do so by the community mental health and developmental disabilities program director; and
(f) Retain a person in custody at the approved hospital or nonhospital facility until a physician makes a determination under ORS 426.232.
(4) A person authorized under subsection (3) of this section must be recommended by the community mental health and developmental disabilities program director, meet the standards established by rule of the department and be approved by the governing body before assuming the authority granted under this section.
(5) The costs of transporting a person as authorized under ORS 426.060, 426.228 or 426.235 by a person authorized under subsection (3) of this section shall be the responsibility of the county whose peace officer or community mental health and developmental disabilities program director directs the authorized person to take custody of a person and to transport the person to a facility approved by the department, but the county shall not be responsible for costs that exceed the amount provided by the state for that transportation. A person authorized to act under subsection (3) of this section shall charge the cost of emergency medical transportation to, and collect that cost from, the person, third party payers or otherwise legally responsible persons or agencies in the same manner that costs for the transportation of other persons are charged and collected. [1993 c.484 §5; 1997 c.531 §5]
Note: See note under 426.228.
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