ORS 342.458: Responsibility of school nurses; limited supervision by administrators; conferral authority.

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Administrator” has the meaning given that term in ORS 342.120. (b) “Practice of nursing” has the meaning given that term in ORS 678.010. (c) “School nurse” has the meaning given that term in ORS 342.455. (2) A school nurse, or a registered nurse whose responsibilities include the coordination of school nursing services provided to individual students pursuant to ORS 336.201, shall coordinate school nursing services to ensure care for individual students in a school to the extent that the care is within the practice of nursing. (3)(a) An administrator or other staff member who is not a nurse may supervise, evaluate or direct a school nurse or registered nurse described in subsection (2) of this section for purposes related to the nurse’s role as a school employee, including but not limited to assigning the nurse’s work hours, locations and workload and other matters addressed through a collective bargaining agreement. (b) An administrator or other staff member may not direct the school nurse or registered nurse in the practice of nursing. (4) Nothing in this section: (a) Requires a school nurse or registered nurse to be clinically supervised in a school setting; (b) Requires a school district that employs a school nurse or registered nurse to provide a clinical supervisor for the nurse; or (c) Prohibits another nurse, or an administrator or other staff member who is not a nurse, from conferring with the school nurse or registered nurse with respect to the practice of nursing or issues related to student safety. [2025 c.207 §1]