ORS 428.210
Definitions for ORS 428.210 to 428.270

As used in ORS 428.210 (Definitions for ORS 428.210 to 428.270) to 428.270 (Liability of persons for care and return of nonresident persons with mental illness):

(1)

“Authority” means the Oregon Health Authority.

(2)

“Department” means the Department of Human Services.

(3)

“Facility” has the meaning given that term in ORS 427.005 (Definitions).

(4)

“Foreign hospital” means an institution in any other state that corresponds to a state hospital.

(5)

“Nonresident” means any person who is not a resident of this state.

(6)

“Other state” includes all the states, territories, possessions, commonwealths and agencies of the United States and the District of Columbia, with the exception of the State of Oregon.

(7)

“Patient” means any person who has been committed by a court of competent jurisdiction to a facility pursuant to ORS 427.235 (Notice to court of need for commitment) to 427.290 (Determination by court of need for commitment) or to a state hospital, except a person committed to a state hospital pursuant to ORS 161.341 (Application for discharge or conditional release) or 161.370 (Determination of fitness to proceed).

(8)

“Resident of this state” means a person who resides in this state and who has not acquired legal residence in any other state. However, a service man or woman on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States who was domiciled in Oregon upon entry into active duty and who has acquired no other domicile shall be entitled to have his or her child considered a resident of this state so long as no other domicile is acquired by the service man or woman.

(9)

“State hospital” means any institution listed in ORS 426.010 (State hospitals for persons with mental illness). [1957 c.388 §5; 1959 c.588 §19; 1967 c.299 §2; 1971 c.743 §368; 1977 c.380 §20; 2001 c.900 §131; 2009 c.595 §449; 2013 c.36 §17]

Source: Section 428.210 — Definitions for ORS 428.210 to 428.270, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors428.­html.

Attorney General Opinions

Residency requirements of transfer patients into and out of Oregon, (1973) Vol 36, p 297

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§ 428.210’s source at oregon​.gov