ORS 426.010: State hospitals for persons with mental illness; minimum age for treatment.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) Except as otherwise ordered by the Oregon Health Authority pursuant to ORS 179.325, the Oregon State Hospital campuses in Salem, Marion County, and in Junction City, Lane County, shall be used as state hospitals for the inpatient care and treatment of persons with mental illness who are assigned to the care of the institutions by the authority or who have previously been committed to the institutions. (2) The state hospitals described in this section may not provide care or treatment to individuals under 18 years of age. [Amended by 1955 c.651 §3; 1965 c.339 §23; 1965 c.595 §2; 1983 c.505 §1; 1999 c.983 §6; 2007 c.14 §1; 2009 c.269 §2; 2009 c.595 §382; 2013 c.360 §16; 2015 c.318 §14; 2025 c.175 §1]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 309-033-0200: Statement of Purpose and Statutory Authority — implements
- OAR 309-033-0200: Statement of Purpose and Statutory Authority — authority
- OAR 309-033-0210: Definitions — implements
- OAR 309-033-0220: General Standards — implements
- OAR 309-033-0222: Need for Treatment Considerations — implements
- OAR 309-033-0225: Variances — implements
- OAR 309-033-0230: Custody — implements
- OAR 309-033-0240: Initiation of the Civil Commitment Process — implements
- OAR 309-033-0250: Standards for Custody, Hospital and Nonhospital Holds, Emergency Commitment and Emergency Hospitalization of Persons Under Warrant of Detention — implements
- OAR 309-033-0270: Provision of Care, Custody and Treatment of Persons under Civil Commitment — implements
- OAR 309-033-0280: Procedures for Persons under Civil Commitment and on Outpatient Commitment or Trial Visit — implements
- OAR 309-033-0282: Establishing and Monitoring Conditions of Placement — implements
- OAR 309-033-0290: Placement of Persons under Civil Commitment — implements
- OAR 309-033-0300: Transfers Between Classes of Facilities — implements
- OAR 309-033-0310: Recertification for Continued Civil Commitment. — implements
- OAR 309-033-0320: Revocation of Conditional Release, Outpatient Commitment or Trial Visit — implements
- OAR 309-033-0330: Discharge of Civil Commitment for Persons under Civil Commitment and Placed in the Community — implements
- OAR 309-033-0400: Statement of Purpose and Statutory Authority — implements
- OAR 309-033-0420: Transportation and Transfer of Persons in Custody or On Diversion — implements
- OAR 309-033-0425: Provider Requirements for the Transportation and Transfer of Minors in Custody or by Consent of Legal Guardian — implements
- OAR 309-033-0430: Transportation of a Person under Civil Commitment to a State Hospital, Community Hospital or Nonhospital Facility — implements
- OAR 309-033-0432: Standards for the Approval of a Secure Transport Provider to Transport a Person in Custody or On Diversion to an Approved Holding Hospital or Nonhospital Facility — implements
- OAR 309-033-0435: Client Rights with Regards to a Secure Transport Provider — implements
- OAR 309-033-0437: Mechanical Restraint by a Secure Transport Provider — implements
- OAR 309-033-0500: Statement of Purpose and Statutory Authority — implements
- OAR 309-033-0520: Classes of Facility that Provide Care, Custody or Treatment to Persons under Civil Commitment or to Persons in Custody or on Diversion. — implements
- OAR 309-033-0530: Approval of Hospitals and Nonhospital Facilities to Provide Services to Persons under Civil Commitment and to Person in Custody and on Diversion — implements
- OAR 309-033-0540: Administrative Requirements for Hospitals and Nonhospital Facilities Approved to Provide Services to Persons in Custody. — implements
- OAR 309-033-0550: Standards for the Approval of Hospitals Detaining Persons in Custody Pending Transport to an Approved Holding Hospital or Nonhospital Facility. — implements
- OAR 309-033-0600: Statement of Purpose and Statutory Authority — implements
- OAR 309-033-0620: Obtaining Informed Consent to Treatment from a Person and the Administration of Significant Procedures Without the Informed Consent of a Person under Civil Commitment. — implements
- OAR 309-033-0625: Administration of Medication and Treatment without the Informed Consent of a Person in Custody — implements
- OAR 309-033-0630: Administration of Significant Procedures in Emergencies Without the Informed Consent of a Person under Civil Commitment — implements
- OAR 309-033-0640: Involuntary Administration of Significant Procedures to a Person under Civil Commitment with Good Cause — implements
- OAR 309-033-0700: Purpose and Scope — implements
- OAR 309-033-0720: Application, Training and Minimum Staffing Requirements — implements
- OAR 309-033-0725: Medical Services — implements
- OAR 309-033-0727: Structural and Physical Requirements — implements
- OAR 309-033-0730: Seclusion and Restraint Procedures — implements
- OAR 309-033-0732: Time Limits — implements
- OAR 309-033-0733: Documentation — implements
- OAR 309-033-0735: Quarterly Reports — implements
- OAR 309-033-0811: Declaration for Mental Health Treatment (DMHT) Standards and Processes — implements
- OAR 309-033-0815: Diversion from Commitment — implements
- OAR 309-033-0900: Statement of Purpose and Statutory Authority — implements
- OAR 309-033-0920: Certification of Mental Health Investigators — implements
- OAR 309-033-0930: Investigation of Persons Alleged to Have a Mental Illness — implements
- OAR 309-033-0940: The Investigation Report — implements
- OAR 309-033-0950: Certification of Mental Health Examiners — implements
- OAR 309-033-0960: Mental Health Examiner’s Report to the Court — implements
- OAR 309-091-0050: Other Forensic Discharges — implements
- OAR 309-116-0200: Oregon State Hospital Patients Privacy Rights — implements
This rule cites
- ORS 179.325 — resolved
Cited by
- ORS 179.473: Transfers between institutions; rules.
- ORS 426.020: Superintendent; chief medical officer.
- ORS 426.180: Emergency commitment of individuals in Indian country.
- ORS 426.385: Rights of committed persons.
- ORS 428.210: Definitions for ORS 428.210 to 428.270.
- ORS 430.768: Claims of self-defense addressed in certain reports of abuse; review teams; rules.
- OAR 291-047-0005: Authority, Purpose and Policy
- OAR 291-047-0010: Definitions
- OAR 291-047-0021: Administrative Transfers (Mentally Ill Inmates)
- OAR 291-047-0061: Hearings Process
- OAR 291-047-0070: Notice of Hearing
- OAR 291-047-0095: Findings
- OAR 309-033-0250: Standards for Custody, Hospital and Nonhospital Holds, Emergency Commitment and Emergency Hospitalization of Persons Under Warrant of Detention
- OAR 309-120-0075: Definitions
- OAR 309-120-0080: Procedures for Transfer
- OAR 309-120-0200: Purpose
- OAR 309-120-0205: Definitions
- OAR 309-120-0210: Administrative Transfers (Mentally Ill Adults in Custody)
- OAR 309-120-0215: Hearings Process
- OAR 309-120-0225: Notice of Hearing
- OAR 309-120-0250: Findings
- OAR 410-173-0035: Home and Community Based Services and Setting Qualities
- OAR 411-004-0020: Home and Community-Based Services and Settings
- OAR 411-450-0065: Exceptions for Community Living Supports
- OAR 416-425-0010: Definitions
- OAR 416-425-0020: Procedures for Transfer
- OAR 419-100-0010: Definitions
- OAR 419-110-0010: Definitions
- OAR 419-110-0080: Abuse Investigation Report
- OAR 419-120-0010: Definitions
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors426.html