ORS 678.800
Long Term Care Administrators Board


(1)

The Long Term Care Administrators Board is established within the Health Licensing Office.

(2)

The board consists of nine members appointed by the Governor and subject to confirmation by the Senate in the manner provided in ORS 171.562 (Procedures for confirmation) and 171.565 (Vote required for confirmation). All members of the board must be concerned with the care and treatment of the chronically ill or infirm elderly patients and must be residents of this state. Of the members of the board:

(a)

Three must be nursing home administrators licensed under ORS 678.710 (Definitions for ORS 678.710 to 678.820) to 678.820 (Duties and powers of board and Health Licensing Office);

(b)

Three must be residential care facility administrators licensed under ORS 678.710 (Definitions for ORS 678.710 to 678.820) to 678.820 (Duties and powers of board and Health Licensing Office), at least one of whom serves in a memory care community;

(c)

One must be a physician licensed under ORS 677.100 (Qualifications of applicant for license) to 677.228 (Automatic lapse of license for failure to pay registration fee or report change of location) who has expertise in geriatric care or care for persons with disabilities; and

(d)

Two must be members of the public who are not:

(A)

Otherwise eligible for appointment to the board; or

(B)

A spouse, domestic partner, child, parent or sibling of a nursing home administrator or residential care facility administrator.

(3)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

Board members required to be nursing home administrators and residential care facility administrators may be selected by the Governor from a list of three to five nominees submitted by any professional organization representing those professions.

(b)

Except for those persons described in paragraph (a) of this subsection, a member of the board may not have a direct financial interest in a nursing home or residential care facility.

(c)

No more than two of the members of the board may be officials or full-time employees of state or local governments.

(d)

At least one public member must be at least 62 years of age.

(e)

Public members of the board may not hold any pecuniary interest in, or have any employment contract with, a nursing home or residential care facility.

(f)

In selecting the members of the board, the Governor shall strive to balance the representation on the board according to:

(A)

Geographic areas of this state, ensuring that at least one member is from a rural area; and

(B)

Ethnicity.

(4)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

The term of office of each member is three years but a member serves at the pleasure of the Governor. The terms must be staggered so that no more than three terms end each year. Before the expiration of the term of a member, the Governor shall appoint a successor whose term begins on July 1 next following. A member is eligible for reappointment. If there is a vacancy for any cause the Governor shall make an appointment to become immediately effective for the unexpired term.

(b)

A board member shall be removed immediately from the board if, during the member’s term, the member:

(A)

Is not a resident of this state;

(B)

Has been absent from three consecutive board meetings, unless at least one absence is excused;

(C)

Is not a licensed nursing home administrator or a retired nursing home administrator whose license as a nursing home administrator was in good standing at the time of retirement, if the member was appointed to serve on the board as a nursing home administrator; or

(D)

Is not a licensed residential care facility administrator or a retired residential care facility administrator whose license as a residential care facility administrator was in good standing at the time of retirement, if the member was appointed to serve on the board as a residential care facility administrator.

(5)

The members of the board are entitled to compensation and expenses as provided in ORS 292.495 (Compensation and expenses of members of state boards and commissions). The board may provide by rule for compensation to board members for the performance of official duties at a rate that is greater than the rate provided in ORS 292.495 (Compensation and expenses of members of state boards and commissions). [1971 c.663 §3; 1973 c.58 §2; 1973 c.792 §35; 1975 c.234 §1; 1979 c.500 §1; 2009 c.535 §13; 2009 c.768 §3a; 2013 c.568 §42; 2017 c.409 §28; 2018 c.61 §9]

Source: Section 678.800 — Long Term Care Administrators Board, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors678.­html.

678.010
Definitions for ORS 678.010 to 678.410
678.021
License required to practice nursing
678.023
Use of title “nurse.”
678.025
Use of title “Advanced Practice Registered Nurse.”
678.031
Application of ORS 678.010 to 678.410
678.034
Hospitals to notify board of nurses employed to meet temporary staffing shortage
678.036
Liability of nurse supervising nursing assistants
678.038
Registered nurse employed in school, education service district or local public health authority
678.040
Qualifications of applicants for license
678.050
Examining applicants
678.055
Nurse emeritus license
678.080
Evidence of licensure
678.101
Renewal of license
678.111
Causes for denial, revocation or suspension of license or probation, reprimand or censure of licensee
678.112
Impaired health professional program
678.113
When evaluation of mental or physical condition, demonstration of competency or evidence of continuing education may be required
678.117
Procedure for imposing civil penalty
678.123
Prohibited acts
678.126
Confidentiality of information
678.128
Liability of complainants, witnesses, investigators, counsel and board members in disciplinary proceedings
678.135
Duty to report violations
678.140
Oregon State Board of Nursing
678.150
Powers, functions and duties of board, officers and executive director
678.153
Interagency agreement to share results of nationwide criminal records check
678.155
Restrictions on certain standards prescribed by board
678.158
Continuing authority of board upon lapse, suspension, revocation or voluntary surrender of license or certificate
678.164
Enjoining violations or threatened violations
678.170
Disposition of receipts
678.245
Definitions for ORS 678.245 to 678.285
678.255
Provision of nurse anesthetist services in ambulatory surgical centers
678.265
Ambulatory surgical center oversight of nurse anesthetists
678.275
Provision of nurse anesthetist services in hospitals
678.278
Provision of nurse anesthetist services in offices
678.282
Prescribing authority of nurse anesthetists
678.285
Board regulation of nurse anesthetists
678.340
Requirements for institutions desiring to establish nursing education programs
678.360
Survey to evaluate institutions
678.362
Circulating nurses
678.366
Registered nurse first assistants
678.370
Clinical nurse specialists
678.372
Rules for clinical nurse specialists
678.375
Nurse practitioners
678.380
Rules for nurse practitioners
678.390
Authority of nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist to write prescriptions or dispense drugs
678.410
Fees
678.415
Additional fee for examination, license by indorsement, license renewal fees
678.417
Oregon Nursing Advancement Fund
678.420
Declaration of nursing workforce and faculty shortage
678.425
Advisory organizations
678.440
Nursing assistants
678.442
Certification of nursing assistants
678.444
Standards for training programs for nursing assistants
678.445
Administration of noninjectable medication by nursing assistant
678.447
Use of titles “medication aide,” “Certified Medication Aide” or “CMA.”
678.448
Use of titles “Certified Nursing Assistant,” “nursing assistant,” “nurse aide” or “CNA.”
678.710
Definitions for ORS 678.710 to 678.820
678.720
Prohibited acts relating to administration of nursing homes
678.725
Reporting unlawful or unsatisfactory nursing home conditions and prohibited conduct
678.730
Licensing qualifications of nursing home administrator
678.733
Residential care facility administrator license
678.740
Examination for nursing home administrator license
678.743
Residential care facility administrator examination
678.746
Rules
678.750
Applicability of licensing requirements to administrators of organizations that rely on spiritual care and treatment
678.770
Licensing reciprocity
678.780
Grounds for discipline of nursing home administrator
678.790
Procedure
678.793
Licensure type of board member in disciplinary action
678.800
Long Term Care Administrators Board
678.810
Board meetings
678.820
Duties and powers of board and Health Licensing Office
678.990
Penalties
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