OAR 291-024-0080: Execution Procedure

(1) The Assistant Superintendent of Security or his/her designee shall make a final inspection of all straps, and with the assistance of medically trained staff, make final inspection of the intravenous catheters, and the injection equipment. When it is determined all is in order, he/she shall so advise the Superintendent. (2) Upon receiving a signal from the Superintendent, the Assistant Superintendent of Security or his/her designee shall open the window coverings so that the witnesses can see the inmate in position on the gurney. (3) At 12:01 a.m. or as soon thereafter as possible, the Superintendent shall signal the executioner(s) to begin injection of lethal solutions by syringe(s) into the injection port of the intravenous catheters. As prescribed by ORS 137.473, the lethal solutions will include an ultra-short acting barbiturate in combination with a chemical paralytic agent and potassium chloride or other equally effective substances sufficient to cause death. (4) The executioner(s) shall signal the Superintendent when infusion of the lethal injection has been completed. Upon determining death of the inmate and time, the Superintendent will summon a medical professional to certify the inmate’s death. (5) Once the inmate has been pronounced dead, the witnesses will be escorted from the witness area. (6) The camera monitoring system will be turned off. (7) The Communications Manager will be notified of the time of the death and will inform the media assembled in the Media Center. Media witnesses will be escorted to the Media Center where they will share information as prearranged. (8) The Assistant Superintendent, Security, or his/her designee will remain with the body in the execution room and supervise the removal of the body.