(2) If a nurse employed by the long term care facility questions the efficacy, need or safety of continuation of medications dispensed by that nurse or by another employee of the facility to a patient, the nurse shall report that question to the physician or nurse practitioner who ordered or authorized the medication and shall seek further instructions concerning the continuation of the medication. [1979 c.770 §18; 2017 c.129 §1]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 678 - Nurses; Long Term Care Administrators
Section 678.010 - Definitions for ORS 678.010 to 678.410.
Section 678.023 - Use of title "nurse."
Section 678.025 - Use of title "Advanced Practice Registered Nurse."
Section 678.031 - Application of ORS 678.010 to 678.410.
Section 678.034 - Hospitals to notify board of nurses employed to meet temporary staffing shortage.
Section 678.040 - Qualifications of applicants for license; rules.
Section 678.055 - Nurse emeritus license; fees; rules.
Section 678.101 - Renewal of license; fee; authority to prescribe.
Section 678.117 - Procedure for imposing civil penalty; amount; rules.
Section 678.123 - Prohibited acts.
Section 678.126 - Confidentiality of information; duty to investigate complaints; immunity.
Section 678.135 - Duty to report violations.
Section 678.140 - Oregon State Board of Nursing.
Section 678.153 - Interagency agreement to share results of nationwide criminal records check.
Section 678.155 - Restrictions on certain standards prescribed by board.
Section 678.164 - Enjoining violations or threatened violations.
Section 678.170 - Disposition of receipts.
Section 678.245 - Definitions for ORS 678.245 to 678.285.
Section 678.255 - Provision of nurse anesthetist services in ambulatory surgical centers.
Section 678.265 - Ambulatory surgical center oversight of nurse anesthetists.
Section 678.275 - Provision of nurse anesthetist services in hospitals.
Section 678.278 - Provision of nurse anesthetist services in offices.
Section 678.282 - Prescribing authority of nurse anesthetists; rules.
Section 678.285 - Board regulation of nurse anesthetists; rules.
Section 678.340 - Requirements for institutions desiring to establish nursing education programs.
Section 678.360 - Survey to evaluate institutions; reporting; withdrawal of approval.
Section 678.362 - Circulating nurses; duties.
Section 678.370 - Clinical nurse specialists; licenses.
Section 678.372 - Rules for clinical nurse specialists.
Section 678.380 - Rules for nurse practitioners; scope.
Section 678.410 - Fees; how determined.
Section 678.415 - Additional fee for examination, license by indorsement, license renewal fees.
Section 678.417 - Oregon Nursing Advancement Fund; rules.
Section 678.420 - Declaration of nursing workforce and faculty shortage.
Section 678.425 - Advisory organizations.
Section 678.442 - Certification of nursing assistants; rules.
Section 678.445 - Administration of noninjectable medication by nursing assistant; rules.
Section 678.447 - Use of titles "medication aide," "Certified Medication Aide" or "CMA."
Section 678.710 - Definitions for ORS 678.710 to 678.820.
Section 678.720 - Prohibited acts relating to administration of nursing homes; rules.
Section 678.730 - Licensing qualifications of nursing home administrator; rules.
Section 678.733 - Residential care facility administrator license; fee.
Section 678.740 - Examination for nursing home administrator license; fee.
Section 678.743 - Residential care facility administrator examination; fees; rules.
Section 678.770 - Licensing reciprocity; rules.
Section 678.780 - Grounds for discipline of nursing home administrator.
Section 678.790 - Procedure; review of orders.
Section 678.793 - Licensure type of board member in disciplinary action.
Section 678.800 - Long Term Care Administrators Board.
Section 678.810 - Board meetings; officers.
Section 678.820 - Duties and powers of board and Health Licensing Office; rules.