Chapter 678 — Nurses;Nursing Home Administrators

 

2009 EDITION

 

 

NURSES;NURSING HOME ADMINISTRATORS

 

OCCUPATIONSAND PROFESSIONS

 

PROFESSIONALNURSES

 

(Generally)

 

678.010 Definitionsfor ORS 678.010 to 678.410

 

678.021 Licenserequired to practice nursing

 

678.031 Applicationof ORS 678.010 to 678.410

 

678.034 Hospitalsto notify board of nurses employed to meet temporary staffing shortage

 

678.036 Liabilityof nurse supervising nursing assistants; liability when duties delegated

 

(Licensing)

 

678.040 Qualificationsof applicants for license

 

678.050 Examiningapplicants; issuing license; license by indorsement; processing license byindorsement application; limited license; rules

 

678.080 Evidenceof licensure

 

678.101 Renewalof license; fee; certificate and privilege

 

(Disciplineof Nurses)

 

678.111 Causesfor denial, revocation or suspension of license or probation, reprimand orcensure of licensee

 

678.112 Impairedhealth professional program

 

678.113 Whenevaluation of mental or physical condition, demonstration of competency orevidence of continuing education may be required; rules

 

678.117 Procedurefor imposing civil penalty; amount; rules

 

678.123 Prohibitedacts

 

678.126 Confidentialityof information; duty to investigate complaints; immunity

 

678.128 Liabilityof complainants, witnesses, investigators, counsel and board members indisciplinary proceedings

 

678.135 Dutyto report violations

 

(StateBoard)

 

678.140 OregonState Board of Nursing

 

678.150 Powers,functions and duties of board, officers and executive director; rules; subpoenapowers

 

678.153 Interagencyagreement to share results of nationwide criminal records check

 

678.155 Restrictionson certain standards prescribed by board

 

678.157 Limitationon authority of board over nurse delegation of authority

 

678.158 Continuingauthority of board upon lapse, suspension, revocation or voluntary surrender oflicense or certificate

 

678.164 Enjoiningviolations or threatened violations

 

678.168 Dispositionof fines

 

678.170 Dispositionof receipts

 

(NurseAnesthetists)

 

678.245 Definitionsfor ORS 678.245 to 678.285

 

678.255 Provisionof nurse anesthetist services in ambulatory surgical centers

 

678.265 Ambulatorysurgical center oversight of nurse anesthetists

 

678.275 Provisionof nurse anesthetist services in hospitals

 

678.285 Boardregulation of nurse anesthetists; rules

 

(NursingEducation Programs)

 

678.340 Requirementsfor institutions desiring to establish nursing education programs

 

678.360 Surveyto evaluate facilities; ensuring compliance with requirements

 

(CirculatingNurses)

 

678.362 Circulatingnurses; duties

 

(RegisteredNurse First Assistants)

 

678.366 Registerednurse first assistants; rules

 

(ClinicalNurse Specialists)

 

678.370 Clinicalnurse specialists; certificates

 

678.372 Rulesfor clinical nurse specialists

 

(NursePractitioners)

 

678.375 Nursepractitioners; certificates; prohibitions; authority to sign deathcertificates; drug prescriptions

 

678.380 Rulesfor nurse practitioners; scope

 

(PrescriptiveAuthority)

 

678.390 Authorityof nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist to write prescriptions ordispense drugs; notice; requirements; revocation; rules

 

(Fees)

 

678.410 Fees;how determined

 

(Miscellaneous)

 

678.420 Declarationof nursing workforce and faculty shortage

 

678.425 Advisoryorganizations

 

(NursingAssistants)

 

678.440 Nursingassistants; training; effect of employing untrained assistant; civil penalties

 

678.442 Certificationof nursing assistants; rules

 

678.444 Standardsfor training programs for nursing assistants

 

678.445 Authorityof nursing assistants to administer noninjectable medication; authority ofnurse to report questions about continuation of medication

 

LICENSEDNURSING HOME ADMINISTRATORS

 

(Generally)

 

678.710 Definitionsfor ORS 678.710 to 678.820

 

678.720 Prohibitedacts relating to administration of nursing homes

 

678.725 Reportingunlawful or unsatisfactory nursing home conditions and prohibited conduct;confidentiality of information; limitation of liability

 

(Licensing)

 

678.730 Licensingqualifications of administrator; rules

 

678.740 Examinationfor license

 

678.750 Applicabilityof licensing requirements to administrators of organizations that rely onspiritual care and treatment

 

678.760 License;application; renewal; reactivation; provisional licenses; rules

 

678.770 Licensingreciprocity

 

678.775 Fees;disposition of moneys

 

(Disciplineof Administrators)

 

678.780 Groundsfor discipline

 

678.790 Procedure;review of orders

 

(Board)

 

678.800 NursingHome Administrators Board

 

678.810 Boardmeetings; officers

 

678.820 Dutiesand powers of board and Oregon Health Licensing Agency; rules

 

PENALTIES

 

678.990 Penalties

 

PROFESSIONALNURSES

 

(Generally)

 

678.010Definitions 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” means a licensed registered nurse who has beencertified by the board as qualified to practice the expanded clinical specialtynursing role.

(3)“Diagnosing” in the context of the practice of nursing means identification ofand discrimination between physical and psychosocial signs and symptomsessential to effective execution and management of the nursing care.

(4)“Human responses” means those signs, symptoms and processes which denote theperson’s interaction with an actual or potential health problem.

(5)“Long term care facility” means a licensed skilled nursing facility orintermediate care facility as those terms are used in ORS 442.015, an adultfoster home as defined in ORS 443.705 that has residents over 60 years of age,a residential care facility as defined in ORS 443.400 or an assisted livingfacility.

(6)“Nurse practitioner” means a registered nurse who has been certified by theboard as qualified to practice in an expanded specialty role within thepractice of nursing.

(7)“Physician” means a person licensed to practice under ORS chapter 677.

(8)“Practice of nursing” means diagnosing and treating human responses to actualor potential health problems through such services as identification thereof,health teaching, health counseling and providing care supportive to orrestorative of life and well-being and including the performance of suchadditional services requiring education and training which are recognized bythe nursing profession as proper to be performed by nurses licensed under ORS678.010 to 678.410 and which are recognized by rules of the board. “Practice ofnursing” includes executing medical orders as prescribed by a physician ordentist but does not include such execution by a member of the immediate familyfor another member or execution by a person designated by or on behalf of aperson requiring care as provided by board rule where the person executing thecare is not licensed under ORS 678.010 to 678.410. The practice of nursingincludes providing supervision of nursing assistants.

(9)“Practice of practical nursing” means the application of knowledge drawn frombasic education in the social and physical sciences in planning and givingnursing care and in assisting persons toward achieving of health andwell-being.

(10)“Practice of registered nursing” means the application of knowledge drawn frombroad in-depth education in the social and physical sciences in assessing,planning, ordering, giving, delegating, teaching and supervising care whichpromotes the person’s optimum health and independence.

(11)“Treating” means selection and performance of those therapeutic measuresessential to the effective execution and management of the nursing care andexecution of the prescribed medical orders. [Amended by 1957 c.316 §2; 1973c.584 §1; 1975 c.205 §1; 1975 c.659 §1; 1995 c.763 §3; 1997 c.204 §1; 1999c.498 §4; 2001 c.465 §1]

 

678.015 [1957 c.316 §6;repealed by 1973 c.584 §24]

 

678.020 [Amended by1953 c.254 §16; repealed by 1957 c.316 §3 (678.021 enacted in lieu of 678.020)]

 

678.021License required to practice nursing. It shall be unlawful for any person topractice nursing or offer to practice nursing in this state or to use any titleor abbreviation, sign, card or device to indicate the person is practicingeither practical or registered nursing unless the person is licensed under ORS678.010 to 678.410 at the level for which the indication of practice is madeand the license is valid and in effect. [1957 c.316 §4 (enacted in lieu of678.020); 1973 c.584 §2; 2003 c.14 §431]

 

678.030 [Repealed by1957 c.316 §7 (678.031 enacted in lieu of 678.030)]

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