ORS 426.140: Place of confinement; attendant.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) A person, other than a person incarcerated upon a criminal charge, who has been adjudged to be a person with mental illness or against whom commitment proceedings have been instituted may not be confined in any prison, jail or other enclosure where those charged with a crime or a violation of a municipal ordinance are incarcerated, unless the person represents an immediate and serious danger to staff or physical facilities of a hospital or other facility approved by the Oregon Health Authority for the care, custody and treatment of the person. (2) A person alleged to have a mental illness who has been taken into custody may not be confined, either before or after the commitment hearing, without an attendant in direct charge of the person. If the person is not confined in a community hospital, the sheriff or community mental health program director having the person in custody shall select an appropriate individual to act as attendant in quarters that are suitable for the comfortable, safe and humane confinement of the person and approved by the authority. [Amended by 1973 c.838 §23; 1975 c.690 §9; 1977 c.764 §1; 2009 c.595 §394; 2013 c.360 §32]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 309-008-0100: Purpose and Scope — implements
- 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
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Cited by
- ORS 426.155: Release of information about person held in custody pending commitment proceeding or while committed or recommitted.
- ORS 426.228: Custody; authority of peace officers and other individuals; transporting to facility; reports; examination of person.
- ORS 426.237: Prehearing detention; duties of community mental health program director; court proceedings.
- ORS 426.313: Payment of care, custody and treatment costs; denial of payment; rules.
- ORS 430.197: Mental Health Services Fund.
- OAR 309-008-0250: Required Certifications for Behavioral Health Treatment Services
- OAR 309-033-0230: Custody
- OAR 309-033-0250: Standards for Custody, Hospital and Nonhospital Holds, Emergency Commitment and Emergency Hospitalization of Persons Under Warrant of Detention
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors426.html