Current through 2024 Regular Session legislation
Section 441.767 - Staffing plans for psychiatric units(1) As used in this section, "psychiatric unit" includes: (a) Inpatient psychiatric units;(b) Psychiatric geriatric units;(c) Psychiatric pediatric units;(d) Emergency departments that provide psychiatric emergency service, as defined by the Oregon Health Authority by rule; and(e) The Oregon State Hospital.(2) A psychiatric unit shall create a multidisciplinary subcommittee of the hospital nurse staffing committee consisting of staff from the unit. The subcommittee shall adopt the staffing plan for the psychiatric unit and shall be considered a hospital nurse staffing committee for purposes of: (a) The adoption of a nurse staffing plan under ORS 441.762 and 441.763; and(b) Provisions of ORS 441.766 related to: (A) Dispute resolution through mandatory arbitration; and(B) Determining the circumstances when the nurse-to-patient ratios in ORS 441.765 will not apply.Added by 2023 Ch. 507, § 7