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2025 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 17 - Occupations
Chapter 678 - Nurses; Long Term Care Administrators
Section 678.039 - Registered nurse employed or contracted with long term care facility, in-home care agency.
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OR Rev Stat § 678.039 (2025)
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A registered nurse who is employed by or contracted with a long term care facility or an in-home care agency, as defined in ORS 443.305, may execute a medical order from a health care provider, as defined by the Oregon State Board of Nursing by rule, licensed to practice in another state or territory of the United States if:
(1) The order is related to the care or treatment of an individual who is a client, patient or resident of the long term care facility or in-home care agency that employs or contracts the registered nurse; and
(2) The individual described in subsection (1) of this section has been a client, patient or resident of the long term care facility or in-home care agency for not more than 90 days. [2023 c.275 §2; 2025 c.124 §5]
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