Oregon Statutes - Chapter 678 - Nurses; Nursing Home Administrators

678.010 Definitions for ORS 678.010 to 678.410.
As used in ORS 678.010 to 678.410, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) �Board� means the Oregon State Board of Nursing. (2) �Clinical nurse specialist�...
678.015 [1957 c.316 §6; repealed by 1973 c.584 §24]
678.020 [Amended by 1953 c.254 §16; repealed by 1957 c.316 §3 (678.021 enacted in lieu of 678.020)]
678.021 License required to practice nursing.
It shall be unlawful for any person to practice nursing or offer to practice nursing in this state or to use any title or abbreviation,...
678.030 [Repealed by 1957 c.316 §7 (678.031 enacted in lieu of 678.030)]
678.031 Application of ORS 678.010 to 678.410.
ORS 678.010 to 678.410 do not apply to: (1) The employment of nurses in institutions or agencies of the federal government. (2) The practice of...
678.034 Hospitals to notify board of nurses employed to meet temporary staffing shortage.
(1) Hospitals and long term care facilities employing nurses under ORS 678.031 (7)(e) and (f) shall notify the Oregon State Board of Nursing in writing...
678.035 [1975 c.659 §4; 1977 c.309 §3; repealed by 1981 c.369 §16]
678.036 Liability of nurse supervising nursing assistants; liability when duties delegated.
(1) A nurse who is responsible for supervising nursing assistants shall not be considered to be supervising a nursing assistant who administers noninjectable medication while...
678.040 Qualifications of applicants for license.
Each applicant for a license under ORS 678.010 to 678.445 shall furnish satisfactory evidence that the applicant�s physical and mental health is such that it...
678.045 [Formerly 678.250; repealed by 1981 c.369 §16]
678.050 Examining applicants; issuing license; license by indorsement; processing license by indorsement application; limited license; rules.
(1) Examinations for the licensing of applicants under ORS 678.010 to 678.445 shall be held at least once a year, and at such times and...
678.060 [Amended by 1953 c.254 §16; repealed by 1957 c.316 §11 (678.061 enacted in lieu of 678.060)]
678.061 [1957 c.316 §12 (enacted in lieu of 678.060); 1963 c.50 §2; 1969 c.71 §2; repealed by 1973 c.584 §24]
678.070 [Repealed by 1953 c.254 §16]
678.080 Exhibiting license.
Any person to whom a license is issued under ORS 678.010 to 678.445, whenever requested to do so in relation to employment as a registered...
678.085 [1953 c.254 §14; 1957 c.316 §14; repealed by 1973 c.584 §24]
678.090 [Repealed by 1953 c.254 §16]
678.100 [Amended by 1953 c.254 §16; repealed by 1957 c.316 §15 (678.101 enacted in lieu of 678.100)]
678.101 Renewal of license; fee; certificate and privilege.
(1) Every person licensed to practice nursing shall apply for renewal of the license other than a limited license in every second year before 12:01...
678.110 [Repealed by 1957 c.316 §17 (678.111 enacted in lieu of 678.110)]
678.111 Causes for denial, revocation or suspension of license or probation, reprimand or censure of licensee.
In the manner prescribed in ORS chapter 183 for a contested case: (1) Issuance of the license to practice nursing, whether by examination or by...
678.112 Voluntary treatment for chemical dependency or emotional or physical problem; effect; rules.
(1) When a person licensed to practice nursing voluntarily seeks treatment for chemical dependency or an emotional or physical problem that otherwise may lead to...
678.113 When evaluation of mental or physical condition, demonstration of competency or evidence of continuing education may be required; rules.
(1) During the course of an investigation into the performance or conduct of an applicant, certificate holder or licensee, the Oregon State Board of Nursing...
678.115 [1957 c.316 §20 (enacted in lieu of 678.120); 1971 c.734 §121; repealed by 1973 c.584 §24]
678.117 Procedure for imposing civil penalty; amount; rules.
(1) The Oregon State Board of Nursing shall adopt by rule a schedule establishing the amount of civil penalty that may be imposed for any...
678.120 [Repealed by 1957 c.316 §19 (678.115 enacted in lieu of 678.120)]
678.121 [1957 c.316 §22; repealed by 1971 c.734 §21]
678.123 Prohibited acts.
It shall be unlawful for any person: (1) To sell or fraudulently obtain or furnish any diploma or license or record thereof for any person...
678.125 [1957 c.316 §24; repealed by 1973 c.584 §24]
678.126 Confidentiality of information; duty to investigate complaints; immunity.
(1) Any information that the Oregon State Board of Nursing obtains pursuant to ORS 678.021, 678.111, 678.113, 678.123, 678.135 or 678.442 is confidential as provided...
678.128 Liability of complainants, witnesses, investigators, counsel and board members in disciplinary proceedings.
(1) Members of the Oregon State Board of Nursing, members of its administrative and investigative staff and its attorneys acting as prosecutors or counsel shall...
678.130 [Amended by 1953 c.254 §16; 1957 c.316 §25; 1963 c.50 §3; repealed by 1969 c.71 §9]
678.135 Duty to report violations to board.
Any health care facility licensed as required by ORS 441.015, any person licensed by the Oregon State Board of Nursing, the Oregon Nurses Association or...
678.140 Oregon State Board of Nursing; term; appointment; qualifications; confirmation.
(1) There is created an Oregon State Board of Nursing composed of nine members, five of whom shall be registered nurses, two of whom shall...
678.150 Powers, functions and duties of board, officers and executive director; rules; subpoena powers.
(1) The Oregon State Board of Nursing shall elect annually from its number a president, a president-elect and a secretary, each of whom shall serve...
678.153 Interagency agreement to share results of nationwide criminal records check.
The Department of Human Services and the Oregon State Board of Nursing shall enter into an interagency agreement to share the results of nationwide criminal...
678.155 Restrictions on certain standards prescribed by board.
(1) In carrying out its duties under ORS 678.150 (6), (7) and (8), the Oregon State Board of Nursing shall not make changes in entry...
678.157 Limitation on authority of board over nurse delegation of authority.
Nothing in ORS 678.150 and this section affects the limitation on the authority of the board imposed by ORS 678.155 and 678.445 in carrying out...
678.158 Continuing authority of board upon lapse, suspension, revocation or voluntary surrender of license or certificate.
The lapse, suspension or revocation of a license or certificate by the operation of law or by order of the Oregon State Board of Nursing...
678.160 [Amended by 1953 c.254 §16; 1957 c.316 §31; 1967 c.559 §2; 1969 c.314 §79; repealed by 1973 c.584 §24]
678.162 [1953 c.254 §9; repealed by 1973 c.584 §24]
678.164 Enjoining violations or threatened violations.
(1) Upon suit by the Oregon State Board of Nursing for which no bond shall be required, the circuit courts have jurisdiction to restrain or...
678.166 [1953 c.254 §10; repealed by 1973 c.584 §24]
678.168 Disposition of fines.
All fines imposed and collected under ORS 678.990 (1) shall be paid into the treasury of the county in which such suits, actions or proceedings...
678.170 Disposition of receipts.
(1) All money received by the Oregon State Board of Nursing under ORS 678.010 to 678.445 shall be paid into the General Fund in the...
678.210 [Amended by 1959 c.49 §1; repealed by 1973 c.584 §24]
678.220 [Repealed by 1973 c.584 §24]
678.230 [Repealed by 1973 c.584 §24]
678.235 [1959 c.49 §3; 1967 c.559 §3; repealed by 1973 c.584 §24]
678.237 [1967 c.559 §5; repealed by 1973 c.584 §24]
678.240 [Amended by 1959 c.49 §5; repealed by 1973 c.584 §24]
678.245 Definitions for ORS 678.245 to 678.285.
As used in ORS 678.245 to 678.285: (1) �Anesthesiologist� means a physician who has completed a residency program in anesthesiology that meets or exceeds the...
678.250 [Amended by 1973 c.584 §17; renumbered 678.045]
678.255 Provision of nurse anesthetist services in ambulatory surgical centers.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, anesthesia care in an ambulatory surgical center shall be delivered by an anesthesiologist or by...
678.260 [Repealed by 1973 c.584 §24]
678.265 Ambulatory surgical center oversight of nurse anesthetists.
Ambulatory surgical center bylaws, rules and regulations may establish requirements for ready availability of an anesthesiologist for medical collaboration consistent with ORS 678.255 and provide...
678.270 [Repealed by 1973 c.584 §24]
678.275 Provision of nurse anesthetist services in hospitals.
(1) A certified registered nurse anesthetist may deliver the following services without medical collaboration in connection with a procedure performed in a hospital: (a) Assessment...
678.280 [Amended by 1969 c.71 §4; repealed by 1973 c.584 §24]
678.285 Board regulation of nurse anesthetists; rules.
Consistent with the provisions ORS 678.245 to 678.285, the Oregon State Board of Nursing shall adopt rules necessary to establish: (1) The scope of practice...
678.290 [Amended by 1957 c.293 §2; 1959 c.49 §6; 1969 c.71 §5; repealed by 1973 c.584 §24]
678.300 [Repealed by 1973 c.584 §24]
678.310 [Amended by 1971 c.734 §122; repealed by 1973 c.584 §24]
678.320 [Repealed by 1971 c.734 §21]
678.325 [1985 c.208 §1; repealed by 1993 c.18 §147]
678.330 [Amended by 1959 c.49 §7; 1967 c.559 §6; 1969 c.314 §80; repealed by 1973 c.584 §24]
678.335 [1967 c.559 §8; repealed by 1973 c.584 §24]
678.340 Requirements for institutions desiring to establish nursing education programs.
(1) Any institution desiring to establish a nursing education program leading to licensing or a continuing education program that may be recognized or required by...
678.350 [Repealed by 1973 c.584 §24]
678.360 Survey to evaluate facilities; ensuring compliance with requirements.
(1) From time to time as considered necessary by the Oregon State Board of Nursing, it shall cause a survey of the institutions accredited to...
678.362 Circulating nurses; duties.
(1) As used in this section: (a) �Circulating nurse� means a registered nurse who is responsible for coordinating the nursing care and safety needs of...
678.366 Registered nurse first assistants; rules.
The Oregon State Board of Nursing shall adopt rules establishing procedures for the recognition of registered nurses who become registered nurse first assistants by receiving...
678.370 Clinical nurse specialists; certificates.
(1) The Oregon State Board of Nursing shall issue a certification to act as a clinical nurse specialist to any nurse who meets the requirements...
678.372 Rules for clinical nurse specialists.
The Oregon State Board of Nursing shall adopt rules to implement ORS 678.370, including but not limited to rules establishing: (1) Procedures and requirements for...
678.375 Nurse practitioners; certificates; prohibitions; authority to sign death certificates; drug prescriptions.
(1) The Oregon State Board of Nursing is authorized to issue certificates of special competency to licensed registered nurses to practice as nurse practitioners if...
678.380 Rules for nurse practitioners; scope.
The Oregon State Board of Nursing may adopt rules applicable to nurse practitioners: (1) Which establish their education, training and qualifications necessary for certification. (2)...
678.385 Prescription formulary; rules.
The Oregon State Board of Nursing by rule shall determine the drugs and medicines to be included in the formulary that may be prescribed by...
678.390 Authority of nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist to write prescriptions or dispense drugs; notice; requirements; revocation; rules.
(1) The Oregon State Board of Nursing may grant to a certified nurse practitioner or certified clinical nurse specialist the privilege of writing prescriptions described...
678.395 [1995 c.627 §3; repealed by 1996 c.21 §1]
678.410 Fees; how determined.
(1) The Oregon State Board of Nursing may impose fees for the following: (a) License renewal. (b) Examination. (c) License by indorsement. (d) Limited license....
678.420 Declaration of nursing workforce and faculty shortage.
There is declared a nursing workforce and nursing faculty shortage in Oregon. The declaration of the nursing workforce shortage shall remain in effect until the...
678.425 Advisory organizations.
The Oregon Center for Nursing and the Oregon Healthcare Workforce Institute may serve in advisory capacities to the State Workforce Investment Board, the Joint Boards...
678.440 Nursing assistants; training; effect of employing untrained assistant.
(1) It is the intent of the Legislative Assembly to require that nursing assistants be adequately trained. (2) The Oregon State Board of Nursing shall...
678.442 Certification of nursing assistants; rules.
(1) The Oregon State Board of Nursing shall establish standards for certifying and shall certify as a nursing assistant any person who applies therefor, shows...
678.444 Standards for training programs for nursing assistants.
The Oregon State Board of Nursing shall establish standards for training programs for nursing assistants. Upon application therefor, the board shall review and approve programs...
678.445 Authority of nursing assistants to administer noninjectable medication; authority of nurse to report questions about continuation of medication.
(1) It is the intent of the Legislative Assembly that the Oregon State Board of Nursing not adopt any standard the practical effect of which...
678.505 [1977 c.635 §2; 1981 c.469 §2; renumbered 342.455]
678.510 [1955 c.489 §1(1),(3),(4),(5); 1957 c.579 §1; repealed by 1971 c.663 §17]
678.515 [1977 c.635 §§3,4; 1981 c.469 §3; renumbered 342.475]
678.520 [1955 c.489 §11; 1957 c.579 §2; repealed by 1971 c.663 §17]
678.525 [1977 c.635 §5; 1981 c.469 §4; renumbered 342.465]
678.530 [1955 c.489 §1(2); 1957 c.579 §3; repealed by 1971 c.663 §17]
678.540 [1955 c.489 §5; 1957 c.579 §4; 1961 c.371 §1; repealed by 1971 c.663 §17]
678.550 [1955 c.489 §6; 1957 c.579 §5; 1967 c.487 §1; repealed by 1971 c.663 §17]
678.560 [1955 c.489 §§7,8; 1957 c.579 §6; repealed by 1971 c.663 §17]
678.570 [1955 c.489 §4; 1957 c.579 §7; repealed by 1971 c.663 §17]
678.575 [1957 c.579 §17; repealed by 1971 c.663 §17]
678.580 [1955 c.489 §9; repealed by 1957 c.579 §8 (678.581 enacted in lieu of 678.580)]
678.581 [1957 c.579 §9 (678.581 enacted in lieu of 678.580); repealed by 1971 c.663 §17]
678.590 [1955 c.489 §10; repealed by 1957 c.579 §10 (678.591 enacted in lieu of 678.590)]
678.591 [1957 c.579 §11 (678.591 enacted in lieu of 678.590); repealed by 1971 c.663 §17 and 1971 c.734 §21]
678.593 [1957 c.579 §13; repealed by 1971 c.663 §17 and 1971 c.734 §21]
678.596 [1957 c.579 §15; repealed by 1971 c.663 §17]
678.600 [1955 c.489 §2; 1957 c.579 §18; repealed by 1971 c.663 §17]
678.610 [1955 c.489 §3; 1957 c.579 §19; 1969 c.314 §81; repealed by 1971 c.663 §17]
678.620 [1955 c.489 §13; repealed by 1971 c.663 §17]
678.710 Definitions for ORS 678.710 to 678.840.
As used in ORS 678.710 to 678.840, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) �Board� means the Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators of the...
678.720 Prohibited acts relating to administration of nursing homes.
(1) On and after July 1, 1971, unless an individual holds a valid license issued under the provisions of ORS 678.710 to 678.780, 678.800 to...
678.725 Reporting unlawful or unsatisfactory nursing home conditions; confidentiality of information; limitation of liability.
(1) Any health care facility licensed under ORS 441.015, any licensee licensed by the Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators of the State of...
678.730 Licensing qualifications of administrator.
(1) Any individual is qualified for licensure as a nursing home administrator who: (a) Meets the training or experience and other standards established by rules...
678.740 Examination for license.
(1) Examinations for licensure as a nursing home administrator shall be conducted at such times and places as the Board of Examiners of Nursing Home...
678.750 Applicability of licensing requirements to administrators of organizations that rely on spiritual care and treatment.
(1) Nothing in ORS 678.710 to 678.780, 678.800 to 678.840 and 678.990 (2) or the rules adopted thereunder shall be construed to require an individual,...
678.760 License; application; renewal; provisional licenses; rules.
(1) Upon compliance with the requirements of ORS 678.730 and the payment of a fee as determined by the Board of Examiners of Nursing Home...
678.770 Licensing reciprocity.
(1) The Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators of the State of Oregon may license by indorsement, without examination, any individual who applies therefor,...
678.775 Fees; prior approval required; limits; report.
The fees and charges determined by the Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators of the State of Oregon under ORS 678.740, 678.760 and 678.770...
678.780 Grounds for discipline; confidentiality of information; authorized sanctions; hearings.
(1) The sanctions authorized by subsection (2) of this section may be imposed upon the following grounds: (a) The employment of fraud or deception in...
678.790 Procedure; review of orders.
(1) Where the Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators proposes to refuse to issue or renew a license, or proposes to revoke or suspend...
678.800 Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators; members; terms; qualifications; confirmation.
(1) There is hereby created a Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators in the Department of Human Services. (2) The board shall be composed...
678.810 Board meetings; officers.
(1) The Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators shall hold at least two meetings each year. At any meeting a majority of the members...
678.820 Duties and powers of board; rules.
It shall be the function of the Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators to: (1) Develop, impose and enforce standards which shall be met...
678.825 Investigations; employment of investigator; coordination with Department of Human Services.
(1) Subject to availability of funds therefor, the Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators may employ an investigator to investigate complaints and to conduct...
678.830 Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators Account; dispositions of moneys.
(1) The Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators Account is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. All moneys...
678.840 Prevention of violations of ORS 678.710 to 678.840.
Notwithstanding the existence and pursuit of any other remedy, the Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators may maintain an action in the name of...
678.990 Penalties.
(1) Violation of any provision of ORS 678.010 to 678.410 is a Class C misdemeanor. (2) It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to:...

Last modified: August 7, 2008