(1) As used in this section, 'psychiatric unit' includes:\n(a) Inpatient psychiatric units;\n(b) Psychiatric geriatric units;\n(c) Psychiatric pediatric units;\n(d) Emergency departments that provide psychiatric emergency service, as defined by the Oregon Health Authority by rule; and\n(e) The Oregon State Hospital.\n(2) A psychiatric unit shall create a multidisciplinary subcommittee of the hospital nurse staffing committee consisting of staff from the unit. The subcommittee shall adopt the staffing plan for the psychiatric unit and shall be considered a hospital nurse staffing committee for purposes of:\n(a) The adoption of a nurse staffing plan under ORS 441.762 and 441.763; and\n(b) Provisions of ORS 441.766 related to:\n(A) Dispute resolution through mandatory arbitration; and\n(B) Determining the circumstances when the nurse-to-patient ratios in ORS 441.765 will not apply. [2023 c.507 §7]\nNote:\nSee note under 441.761.
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