ORS 678.440: Nursing assistants; training; effect of employing untrained assistant; civil penalties.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) As used in ORS 678.440 to 678.448: (a) “Medication aide” means a nursing assistant who has additional training and qualifications, as determined by the Oregon State Board of Nursing. (b) “Nursing assistant” means an individual who assists licensed nursing personnel in the provision of nursing care. (2) It is the intent of the Legislative Assembly to require that nursing assistants be adequately trained. (3) The board shall prepare curricula and standards for training programs for nursing assistants. The curricula and standards must provide for additional training for nursing assistants to have the authority to administer noninjectable medications. (4) The Department of Human Services may impose civil penalties or revoke the license of any long term care facility that employs an untrained nursing assistant for a period of more than eight weeks without providing for the training prescribed by the board. Any license that is revoked shall be revoked as provided in ORS 441.030. (5) The Oregon Health Authority may impose civil penalties or revoke the license of a health care facility that employs any untrained nursing assistant for a period of more than eight weeks without providing for the training prescribed by the board. Any license that is revoked shall be revoked as provided in ORS 441.030. [1977 c.309 §1; 2009 c.595 §1060; 2015 c.346 §1; 2015 c.347 §1; 2025 c.124 §22]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 851-031-0035: Temporary License for Spouses and Domestic Partners of Active-Duty Armed Forces of the United States Stationed in Oregon — implements
- OAR 851-031-0035: Temporary License for Spouses and Domestic Partners of Active-Duty Armed Forces of the United States Stationed in Oregon — authority
- OAR 851-061-0010: Purpose of Standards — implements
- OAR 851-061-0010: Purpose of Standards — authority
- OAR 851-061-0030: Approval of New Nursing Assistant or Medication Aide Education Program — authority
- OAR 851-061-0035: Periodic Evaluation of Nursing Assistant or Medication Aide Education Programs — authority
- OAR 851-061-0040: Inactive Status or Closure of a Program — implements
- OAR 851-061-0040: Inactive Status or Closure of a Program — authority
- OAR 851-061-0050: Denial or Withdrawal of Program Approval — authority
- OAR 851-061-0070: Reports and Approvals — implements
- OAR 851-061-0070: Reports and Approvals — authority
- OAR 851-061-0075: Standards for Approval: Organization and Administration — implements
- OAR 851-061-0075: Standards for Approval: Organization and Administration — authority
- OAR 851-061-0080: Standards for Program Approval: Faculty Qualifications and Responsibilities — implements
- OAR 851-061-0080: Standards for Program Approval: Faculty Qualifications and Responsibilities — authority
- OAR 851-061-0090: Standards for Program Approval: Curricula — implements
- OAR 851-061-0090: Standards for Program Approval: Curricula — authority
- OAR 851-061-0100: Standards for Program Approval: Responsibility to Students — authority
- OAR 851-061-0120: Standards for Approval: Facilities and Services — authority
- OAR 851-061-0123: Standards for Program Approval: Records — authority
- OAR 851-061-0126: Standards for Approval: Evaluation — authority
- OAR 851-061-0130: Standards for Out-of-State Student Clinical Experience in Oregon — authority
- OAR 851-062-0020: Oregon CNA Certification — implements
- OAR 851-062-0020: Oregon CNA Certification — authority
- OAR 851-062-0050: Initial Nursing Assistant (NA) Certification Eligibility — authority
- OAR 851-062-0054: Temporary Certification as a CNA for Spouses and Domestic Partners of Active Duty Armed Forces of the United States Stationed in Oregon — implements
- OAR 851-062-0054: Temporary Certification as a CNA for Spouses and Domestic Partners of Active Duty Armed Forces of the United States Stationed in Oregon — authority
- OAR 851-062-0055: Competency Examination — authority
- OAR 851-062-0070: Renewal of CNA Certification — authority
- OAR 851-062-0071: Reinstatement of CNA Certification — authority
- OAR 851-062-0090: CMA Certification Eligibility — authority
- OAR 851-062-0100: CMA Examination — authority
- OAR 851-062-0110: Renewal of CMA Certification — authority
- OAR 851-062-0114: Reinstatement of CMA Certification — authority
- OAR 851-062-0116: CMA Disciplinary Reinstatement — authority
- OAR 851-063-0010: Purpose of Authorized Duties and Standards — implements
- OAR 851-063-0010: Purpose of Authorized Duties and Standards — authority
- OAR 851-063-0021: Standards for Certified Nursing Assistants — implements
- OAR 851-063-0021: Standards for Certified Nursing Assistants — authority
- OAR 851-063-0030: Authorized Duties for Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA) — implements
- OAR 851-063-0030: Authorized Duties for Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA) — authority
- OAR 851-063-0035: Additional Authorized Duties for Certified Nursing Assistants — implements
- OAR 851-063-0035: Additional Authorized Duties for Certified Nursing Assistants — authority
- OAR 851-063-0070: Authorized Duties and Standards for Certified Medication Aide (CMA) — implements
- OAR 851-063-0070: Authorized Duties and Standards for Certified Medication Aide (CMA) — authority
- OAR 853-050-0005: Continuing Education Requirements for Residential Care Administrators — implements
- OAR 853-050-0005: Continuing Education Requirements for Residential Care Administrators — authority
This rule cites
- ORS 678.440 — resolved
- 678.448 — resolved
- ORS 441.030 — resolved
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Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors678.html