ORS 426.010

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case John S. Pieri v. Dammasch State Hospital (1996)

Most recently applied in 320 Or. App. 406 - Harmon v. State of Oregon (June 2022)

Amended by 1955 c.651 §3; 1965 c.339 §23; 1965 c.595 §2; 1983 c.505 §1; 1999 c.983 §6; 2007 c.14 §1; 2009 c.269 §2; 2009 c.595 §382; 2013 c.360 §16; 2015 c.318 §14; 2025 c.175 §1

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(1) Except as otherwise ordered by the Oregon Health Authority pursuant to ORS 179.325, the Oregon State Hospital campuses in Salem, Marion County, and in Junction City, Lane County, shall be used as state hospitals for the inpatient care and treatment of persons with mental illness who are assigned to the care of the institutions by the authority or who have previously been committed to the institutions.

(2) The state hospitals described in this section may not provide care or treatment to individuals under 18 years of age.

Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.