ORS 441.767: Staffing plans for psychiatric units.

(1) As used in this section, “psychiatric unit” includes: (a) Inpatient psychiatric units; (b) Psychiatric geriatric units; (c) Psychiatric pediatric units; (d) Emergency departments that provide psychiatric emergency service, as defined by the Oregon Health Authority by rule; and (e) The Oregon State Hospital. (2) A psychiatric unit shall create a multidisciplinary subcommittee of the hospital nurse staffing committee consisting of staff from the unit. The subcommittee shall adopt the staffing plan for the psychiatric unit and shall be considered a hospital nurse staffing committee for purposes of: (a) The adoption of a nurse staffing plan under ORS 441.762 and 441.763; and (b) Provisions of ORS 441.766 related to: (A) Dispute resolution through mandatory arbitration; and (B) Determining the circumstances when the nurse-to-patient ratios in ORS 441.765 will not apply. [2023 c.507 §7]