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Regulations governing the practice of nursing home administrators in Oregon are contained in Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) 678.710-990.  Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR) for nursing home administration are contained in OAR 853, Divisions 001-010.
 
Oregon Health Licensing Agency (OHLA) statutes and rules related to procedural, administrative, licensing and regulatory compliance requirements for all OHLA-regulated professions are found in ORS 676.600-676.625 and 676.992 and OAR 331, Divisions 001-030.

New Rules Effective 1/1/2012
The Oregon Health Licensing Agency (OHLA) filed newly revised permanent Oregon Administrative Rules (OARs) for the Nursing Home Adminstrators Board (NHAB) with the Secretary of State.
 
These administrative rules can be accessed by clicking on the link below.
 
NHAB Permanent Administrative Rules (effective January 1, 2012)
 
For a recent history of the NHAB administrative rulemaking process, please see the next two sections.

Public Comment
The Oregon Health Licensing Agency (Agency) and the Nursing Home Administrators Board (Board) filed Notice of Proposed Rules October 14, 2011, for publication in the Oregon Bulletin on November 1, 2011. Public comment was accepted between November 1 and  November 28, 2011. Below are the public comments received during the public comment period:
 
Written Public Comment
Proposed Administrative Rules
On April 13, 2011, the Nursing Home Administrators Board approved the administrative rule schedule (see below) or to print schedule click on this link: Administrative Rule Schedule.
 
The Oregon Health Licensing Agency (OHLA) filed proposed administrative rules with the Secretary of State on October 14, 2011, to standardize board rules with other professions regulated by OHLA.
 
Public comment will be accepted from November 1 through November 28, 2011.
 
Please send all comments to the following:
Sinnamon Harris, Board Specialist
700 Summer St. NE, Suite 320
Salem, OR 97301-1287
sinnamon.m.harris@state.or.us 
Work: (503) 373-1938
Fax: (503) 585-9114
 

Date
Action
Time
April 13, 2011
Board meeting approve rulemaking schedule
9 am
June 13, 2011
Legislation & Rules Committee
9 am
July 12, 2011
Legislation & Rules Committee
 
July 13, 2011
Review committee progress
9 am
August 22, 2011
Legislation & Rules Committee
9 am
September 21, 2011
Legislation & Rules Committee
9 am
October 3, 2011
Legislation & Rules Committee – fiscal impact review
9 am
October 12, 2011
Board meeting approve proposed rules & fiscal impact
 
November 1, 2011
Notice of proposed rules –Oregon Bulletin
 
November 28, 2011
Last day for public comment
 
December 7, 2011
Legislation & Rules Committee
9 am
December 8, 2011
Board meeting adopt permanent rules
9 am
January 1, 2012
Permanent rules effective
 
 
Administrative rules are scheduled to become effective on January 1, 2012.
 
Licensees, Stakeholders & Interested Parties Memorandum 
 
Notice of Proposed Rules
 
Statement of Need and Fiscal Impact
 
Draft Copy of Proposed Rules
 

State Statutes
Nursing Home Administrators Board ORS 678.710-990 (Scroll down to find the related section.)
 
Oregon Health Licensing Agency (OHLA) ORS Chapter 676.600-676.625 and 676.992 (Scroll down to find the related section.)

Administrative Rules
Nursing Home Administrators Board OAR 853, Divisions 001-010 (effective 1-01-2012)
 
Oregon Health Licensing Agency (OHLA)  OAR Chapter 331, Divisions 001-030 (effective 3-01-2011)
 
The above rules link directly to the Secretary of State and may not reflect recently adopted rules.  OHLA offers the most recently adopted rules in PDF file format on the agency administrative rules Web page. Click here for details. 
 
 

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Page updated: December 29, 2011