2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 179 - Administration of State Institutions
Section 179.010 - Definitions.


(1) "Institution" means the institutions designated in ORS 179.321.
(2) "Agency" means:
(a) The Department of Corrections when the institution is a Department of Corrections institution, as defined in ORS 421.005;
(b) The Department of Human Services when the institution is the facility formerly used as the Eastern Oregon Training Center; or
(c) The Oregon Health Authority when the institution is an Oregon State Hospital campus. [Amended by 1969 c.597 §17; 1969 c.706 §62; 1971 c.301 §14; 1987 c.320 §106; 1987 c.321 §11; 2001 c.900 §26; 2003 c.14 §73; 2009 c.595 §118; 2013 c.36 §37; 2015 c.318 §9]

Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use

Chapter 179 - Administration of State Institutions

Section 179.010 - Definitions.

Section 179.040 - General powers and duties; rules.

Section 179.045 - Reports on convictions; forms; confidentiality.

Section 179.055 - Disposition of income from property; maintenance of property.

Section 179.105 - Acceptance of federal or other assistance to carry out general powers and duties; legislative oversight of expenditures.

Section 179.130 - Institutional petty cash fund; creation; reimbursement from appropriation for institution.

Section 179.210 - Claim for injury or damage; conditions.

Section 179.240 - Procedure where award due person owing debt to state.

Section 179.321 - Responsibility to supervise state institutions.

Section 179.325 - Change in use of institution for persons with developmental disabilities or mental illness.

Section 179.331 - Appointment, suspension and removal of superintendents.

Section 179.340 - Salaries and expenses of superintendents.

Section 179.360 - Powers and duties of superintendents.

Section 179.375 - Chaplaincy services.

Section 179.380 - Employment of staff; oaths and bonds.

Section 179.390 - Appointment, suspension, removal and salaries of assistants, officers and employees; contract services.

Section 179.405 - License required for teachers at institution.

Section 179.460 - Sale and exchange of surplus products of institutions; rules; State Institutional Betterment Fund.

Section 179.471 - Definitions for ORS 179.473 and 179.478.

Section 179.473 - Transfers between institutions; rules.

Section 179.478 - Examination for intellectual disability; commitment hearing; transfer to facility for persons with intellectual disability; termination of sentence.

Section 179.479 - Conveyance of adults in custody from institution to physician or hospital for treatment; rules.

Section 179.486 - Payment of costs in connection with transfers and conveyances; medical reports to accompany certain inmates.

Section 179.492 - Dispensing of brand-name mental health drugs.

Section 179.495 - Disclosure of written accounts of adult in custody; penalty.

Section 179.505 - Disclosure of written accounts by health care services provider.

Section 179.507 - Enforcement of ORS 179.495 and 179.505; actions; venue; damages.

Section 179.508 - Disclosure of individually identifiable health information about adult in custody.

Section 179.509 - Reports on deaths at institutions; compilation submitted to President and Speaker.

Section 179.510 - "Funds" defined; deposit of funds of institution residents with State Treasurer.

Section 179.560 - Members; appointment; terms; meetings.

Section 179.570 - Powers and duties of board; report to legislature.

Section 179.580 - Ad hoc committees.

Section 179.610 - Definitions for ORS 179.610 to 179.770.

Section 179.620 - Liability of person or estate for cost of care.

Section 179.640 - Determination of ability to pay; rules; financial information; notice; order; hearing; appeal.

Section 179.653 - Unpaid costs as lien on property; order; when appealable.

Section 179.655 - Enforcement of lien; distraint warrant.

Section 179.701 - Determination of cost-of-care rates.

Section 179.711 - Remittance of amounts due; refunds.

Section 179.740 - Collection from estates; settlement.

Section 179.750 - Equal care and services for persons in state institutions.

Section 179.770 - Rules; employees.