OAR 419-120-0000: Purpose and Scope

(1) The purpose of these rules, OAR chapter 419, division 120, is to establish the procedures for reporting, investigating and resolving allegations of patient abuse in the Oregon State Hospitals. (2) The Department’s Office of Training, Investigations and Safety (OTIS) has the duties, functions and powers of ensuring investigations of alleged patient abuse at the state hospitals are conducted in a uniform, objective and thorough manner. (3) OTIS shall: (a) Receive all mandatory reports of alleged patient abuse by state hospital staff or visitors; (b) Coordinate the assessment for protective services with the state hospital; and (c) Conduct thorough and unbiased the investigations to make abuse findings as required by ORS 430.735 to 430.768 and these rules.