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2025 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 17 - Occupations
Chapter 678 - Nurses; Long Term Care Administrators
Section 678.445 - Administration of noninjectable medication by nursing assistant; nurse duty to report regarding certain medications; rules.
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OR Rev Stat § 678.445 (2025)
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(1) It is the intent of the Legislative Assembly that the Oregon State Board of Nursing adopt by rule standards that allow a nursing assistant in a long term care facility to administer noninjectable medication under the direct supervision of or as assigned by a nurse.
(2) If a nurse employed in a long term care facility questions the efficacy, need or safety of continuation of medications dispensed by the nurse or by another employee of the long term care facility to a patient, the nurse shall report that question to the health care provider, as defined by the board by rule, who ordered or authorized the medication and shall seek further instructions concerning the continuation of the medication. [1979 c.770 §18; 2017 c.129 §1; 2025 c.124 §25]
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