OAR 851-048-0010: Statement of Purpose and Intent

(1) The Board recognizes that there are situations where an immediate family member, such as a father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, husband, wife, son, daughter, sister, brother, other person related by blood, by marriage, by domestic partnership, or through legal adoption may not be available to execute medical orders for another family member. (2) In such a situation, the Board believes that friend or neighbor who is chosen by the person requiring care will act in the best interest of that person in the execution of the medical order on their behalf. (3) These rules provide scope of practice standards for the registered nurse (RN) who teaches the person designated by, or on behalf of, the person requiring care, how to execute the medical order. (4) These rules apply to the Oregon RN license holder which includes the nurse practitioner, the clinical nurse specialist, and the certified registered nurse anesthetist. (5) These rules further interpret ORS 678.010 (8)(c) definition of practice of nursing which states that the practice of nursing does not include the execution of medical orders by a person designated by, or on behalf of a person requiring care, if the person executing the order is not licensed under ORS 678.010 to 678.410.