Oregon Statutes - Chapter 401 - Emergency Services and Communications - Section 401.667 - Agency of emergency health care providers and emergency health care facilities for purposes of ORS 30.260 to 30.300; rules.

(1) Emergency health care providers registered under ORS 401.654 and other health care providers who volunteer to perform health care services without compensation under ORS 401.651 to 401.670 are agents of the state under ORS 30.260 to 30.300 for the purposes of any claims arising out of those services.

(2) Health care facilities and other persons operating emergency health care centers designated under ORS 401.657 are agents of the state under ORS 30.260 to 30.300 for the purposes of any claims arising out of services provided without compensation through those centers or facilities under ORS 401.651 to 401.670.

(3) An emergency health care provider registered under ORS 401.654 participating in training authorized by the Department of Human Services under ORS 401.651 to 401.670 is an agent of the state under ORS 30.260 to 30.300 for the purposes of any claims arising out of that training.

(4) The provisions of subsections (1) and (2) of this section apply only to emergency health care centers or health care facilities that have adopted emergency operations plans and credentialing plans that govern the use of emergency health care providers registered under ORS 401.654 and other health care providers who volunteer to perform health care services under ORS 401.651 to 401.670. An emergency operations plan and a credentialing plan must comply with rules governing those plans adopted by the Department of Human Services. [2003 c.298 §7]

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