OAR 855-007-0020: Applicability

(1) These rules apply to all persons licensed or registered with the Board under OAR chapter 855 and to any persons acting under the authority of Oregon State Public Health Division or any other state agency, or any local or county health department or emergency manager, during a Declared Emergency or a Public Health Emergency, or to any such person acting in preparation for a Public Health Emergency. (2) These rules may apply to the whole state of Oregon or only to a county or area included in the declared emergency. They also apply to the activities of any licensee or registrant who is working during a declared emergency in the state or territory of any of the signatories of Pacific Northwest Emergency Management Arrangement or the Emergency Management Assistance Compact. (3) These rules apply to the dispensing and administration of drugs and vaccines to any person within an area subject to an emergency declaration or to any person who has been displaced from their place of residence even if the place to which they have been displaced has not been included in the emergency declaration. (4) Insofar as neither the Governor of Oregon nor the Board has the authority to waive any provisions of Federal Law, nothing in these rules that conflicts with the Federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA) or the implementing regulations in 21 CFR, shall apply to federal controlled substances as listed in division 80 of this chapter of rules, unless an agency of the US Government has waived the appropriate section of the CSA or the implementing regulations in 21 CFR.