OAR 309-033-0230: Custody

(1) Custody by a Licensed Independent Practitioner (LIP) pursuant to ORS 426.231. A LIP taking a person into custody pursuant to ORS 426.231 at a hospital approved under OAR 309-033-0550 shall detain the person for no more than 12 hours. During the initial 12 hours, the LIP shall do one of the following: (a) Authorize the person for transportation to an approved hospital or nonhospital facility and provide transportation according to the agreement required under OAR 309-033-0550; (b) Release the person if the LIP no longer believes that the person is dangerous to self or others; or (c) If, after the 12-hour period of detention, the LIP believes the person remains a danger to self or others and is in need of emergency care or treatment for mental illness, the LIP may proceed with an emergency hold pursuant to ORS 426.232. (2) Custody by a peace officer or secure transport provider. A peace officer taking a person into custody shall remove the person to an approved hospital as directed by the director in the county where the person was taken into custody. The peace officer or approved secure transport provider shall only take a person into custody under the provisions of one of the following: (a) Custody on peace officer’s own initiative. A peace officer may take a person into custody pursuant to the provisions of ORS 426.228 when the peace officer has probable cause to believe that the person is dangerous to self or others, and is in need of immediate care, custody or treatment for a mental illness; (b) Custody on the director’s authority. The director may direct, pursuant to the provisions of ORS 426.233, a peace officer or an approved secure transport provider to take into custody a person who is dangerous to self or others and in need of immediate care, custody or treatment for mental illness; (c) Custody of a person under civil commitment on the director’s authority. The director may direct a peace officer or an approved secure transport provider to take into custody, pursuant to the provisions of ORS 426.233, a person under civil commitment who is on trial visit, outpatient commitment or conditional release in the community, who is dangerous to self or others or who is unable to provide for basic personal needs, who is not receiving the care that is necessary for health and safety, and who is in need of immediate care, custody or treatment for mental illness; (d) A peace officer may transfer a person in custody under this section to the custody of an approved secure transport provider. The peace officer may meet the approved secure transport provider at any location that is in accordance with ORS 426.140 to effect the transfer. When transferring a person in custody to an authorized person, the peace officer shall deliver the report required under subsection (3) of this section to the authorized person. (3) Peace officer’s written report. When taking a person into custody pursuant to ORS Chapter 426.228, by a peace officer’s own initiative, a peace officer shall prepare a written report which states: (a) The reason for custody; (b) The date, time and place the person was taken into custody; and (c) The name of the director in the county where the person is taken into custody and a telephone number where the director may be reached at all times. (4) Director’s written report. When a peace officer or approved secure transport provider takes a person into custody pursuant to ORS Chapter 426.228 at the direction of the director, a director shall prepare a written report which states: (a) The reason for custody; (b) The date, time and place the person was taken into custody; and (c) The name of the director in the county where the person is taken into custody and a telephone number where the director may be reached at all times. (5) Transportation to a hospital or nonhospital facility more than one hour away. If the peace officer determines that more than one hour is required to transport the person to a hospital or nonhospital facility approved by the Division, the peace officer or approved secure transport provider shall obtain a certificate, if possible, from a LIP prior to transporting the person. A LIP authorizing transport shall sign a certificate, on a form approved by the Division, only if the person’s condition, in the opinion of the LIP, meets all of the following requirements: (a) The travel will not be detrimental to the person’s physical health; (b) The person is dangerous to self or others; and (c) The person is in need of immediate care or treatment for mental illness. (6) The director directs peace officers or approved secure transport providers to appropriate facility. The director shall adopt written procedures for directing peace officers or approved secure transport providers to transport persons taken into custody, pursuant to ORS 426.228, to an approved hospital or nonhospital facility: (a) The written procedures shall include one of the following, whichever, in the opinion of the director, serves the best interests of persons with mental illness and the community: (A) A list of approved hospitals or nonhospital facilities where peace officers or approved secure transport providers are to transport persons; (B) A procedure for contacting the director 24 hours-a-day, seven days-a-week. (b) The director shall distribute copies of the written procedures to the sheriff and the chief of police of each municipality in the county and approved secure transport providers. The procedures shall be distributed as often as the procedure is amended; (c) The director may develop a written agreement with the law enforcement agencies in the county which designates a site or sites where the director can safely evaluate the person and determine which facility, in the director’s opinion, can best serve the person’s needs within the resources available. If such an agreement exists in a county, the director may direct a peace officer to transport a person in custody under ORS 426.228 to a site designated in the agreement. Once the director makes a determination, the peace officer shall transport and deliver the person to a hospital or nonhospital facility as directed by the director. The agreement shall: (A) Designate the site or sites where the director can safely evaluate the person’s needs for treatment; (B) Define the minimum response time for the director meeting the peace officer at the site; and (C) Be signed by all parties to the agreement.