ORS § 678.034

Current through 2024 Regular Session legislation effective April 17, 2024
Section 678.034 - Hospitals to notify board of nurses employed to meet temporary staffing shortage

(1) An entity that employs a nurse described under ORS 678.031 (7) shall notify the Oregon State Board of Nursing in writing of the number of nurses so employed and the time of employment and shall certify that there is no labor dispute affecting nurses at the entity. In addition, at the request of the board, the entity shall provide documentation that the nurses so employed are licensed and in good standing in another state or United States territory.
(2) Nurses employed in this state under ORS 678.031 (7), at the time of employment, shall apply for an Oregon license by indorsement or, if the nurse was previously licensed in this state, for reactivation of the nurse's Oregon license.

ORS 678.034

Amended by 2024 Ch. 39,§ 2, eff. 3/27/2024.
Amended by 2023 Ch. 276,§ 2, eff. 9/24/2023.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 38, § 13, eff. 3/23/2022.
1981 c.369 §1a; 2001 c.465 §3; 2001 c.568 §2