Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 291 - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Division 47 - MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT PROGRAM (INMATE ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER)
Section 291-047-0010 - Definitions

Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 291-047-0010

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024

(1) Department of Corrections Facility: Any institution, facility or staff office, including the grounds, operated by the Department of Corrections.

(2) Inmate: Any person under the supervision of the Department of Corrections who is not on parole, probation, or post-prison supervision status.

(3) Mentally Ill Inmate: An inmate who, because of a mental disorder, is one or more of the following:

(a) Dangerous to self or others.

(b) Unable to provide for basic personal needs and is not receiving such care as is necessary for health or safety.

(c) An inmate who:
(A) Is chronically mentally ill, as defined in ORS 426.495;

(B) Within the previous three years, has twice been placed in a hospital or approved inpatient facility by the Department of Human Services under ORS 426.060;

(C) Is exhibiting symptoms or behavior substantially similar to those that preceded and led to one or more of the hospitalizations or inpatient placements referred to in subparagraph (B) above; and

(D) Unless treated, will continue, to a reasonable medical probability, to physically or mentally deteriorate so that the inmate will become a person described under either or both subparagraph (A) or (B) above.

(4) State Mental Hospital: As defined in ORS 426.010. Except as otherwise ordered by the Department of Human Services pursuant to 179.325, the Oregon State Hospital in Salem, Marion County, and the Blue Mountain Recovery Center in Pendleton, Umatilla County, shall be used as state hospitals for the care and treatment of mentally ill persons who are assigned to the care of such institutions.

Publications: Publications referenced are available from the agency.

Stat. Auth.: ORS 179.040, 179.473, 179.478, 179.479, 423.020, 423.030 & 423.075, OL 2005, Ch. 439

Stats. Implemented: ORS 179.040, 179.473, 179.478, 179.479, 423.020, 423.030 & 423.075, OL 2005, Ch. 439

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