ORS 441.064
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Current — January 1, 2017
As of January 1, 2015
(1) As used in this section, “physician” has the meaning given that term in ORS 677.010.
(1) As used in this section: (a) “Nurse practitioner” has the meaning given that term in ORS 678.010; (b) “Physician” has the meaning given that term in ORS 677.010; and (c) “Physician assistant” has the meaning given that term in ORS 677.495.
(2) The rules of any hospital in this state may grant privileges to nurse practitioners licensed and certified under ORS 678.375 for purposes of patient care.
(2) The rules of any hospital in this state may grant privileges to nurse practitioners and physician assistants for purposes of patient care.
(3) Rules shall be in writing and may include, but need not be limited to: (a) Limitations on the scope of privileges; (b) Monitoring and supervision of nurse practitioners in the hospital by physicians who are members of the medical staff; (c) A requirement that a nurse practitioner co-admit patients with a physician who is a member of the medical staff; and (d) Qualifications of nurse practitioners to be eligible for privileges including but not limited to requirements of prior clinical and hospital experience.
(3) Rules must be in writing and may include, but need not be limited to: (a) Limitations on the scope of privileges; (b) Monitoring and supervision of nurse practitioners and physician assistants in the hospital by physicians who are members of the medical staff; (c) A requirement that a nurse practitioner or physician assistant co-admit patients with a physician who is a member of the medical staff; and (d) Qualifications of nurse practitioners and physician assistants to be eligible for privileges including but not limited to requirements of prior clinical and hospital experience.
(4) The rules may also regulate credentialing and the conduct of nurse practitioners while using the facilities of the hospital and may prescribe procedures whereby a nurse practitioner’s privileges may be suspended or terminated. The hospital may refuse such privileges to nurse practitioners only upon the same basis that privileges are refused to other medical providers.
(4) The rules may: (a) Regulate the credentialing and conduct of nurse practitioners and physician assistants while using the facilities of the hospital; (b) Prescribe the procedures for suspension or termination of a nurse practitioner’s or physician assistant’s privileges; (c) Allow the hospital to refuse privileges to a nurse practitioner, but only on the same basis that the hospital refuses privileges to other medical providers; and (d) Allow the hospital to refuse privileges to a physician assistant based on the refusal of privileges to the physician assistant’s supervising physician.
(5) Notwithstanding subsection (3) of this section, rules adopted by a hospital that grant privileges to licensed registered nurses who are certified by the Oregon State Board of Nursing as nurse midwife nurse practitioners must:
(a) Include admitting privileges;
(b) Be consistent with the privileges of the other medical staff; and
(c) Permit the nurse midwife nurse practitioner to exercise the voting rights of the other members of the medical staff.
(5) Notwithstanding subsection (3) of this section, rules adopted by a hospital that grant privileges to licensed registered nurses who are certified by the Oregon State Board of Nursing as nurse midwife nurse practitioners must:
(a) Include admitting privileges;
(b) Be consistent with the privileges of the other medical staff; and
(c) Permit the nurse midwife nurse practitioner to exercise the voting rights of the other members of the medical staff.
(6) Rules described in this section are subject to hospital and medical staff bylaws and rules governing credentialing and staff privileges.
(6) Rules described in this section are subject to hospital and medical staff bylaws and rules governing credentialing and staff privileges.
Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.