Or. Admin. Code § 309-108-0010 - Patient Personal Property
(1) Patients shall
have the right to possess and use on each unit reasonable amounts of personal
property and unrestricted items. Patients shall not have the right to possess
or use contraband or prohibited items. In addition to these rules, OSH
maintains a list of items that it has determined pose a safety or security risk
to OSH and qualify as contraband, a prohibited item or limited access item
under these rules and OSH Policy 8.037, dated February 13, 2015, as modified by
the Property/Item Access List, Attachment A to OSH Policy 8.037, dated July 6,
2022, available at OSH's website for Policies and Procedures. Patients may also
request a paper copy which shall also be posted in areas frequented by
patients.
(2) OSH shall provide
each patient with accessible storage for reasonable amounts of personal
property in the patient's room and in the patient property room. Patients who
need specific assistance in exercising the right to retain and use personal
property shall receive such assistance. This shall be documented in the
treatment care plan.
(3) OSH shall
designate one or more locations for storage of reasonable amounts of excess
personal property, including but not limited to valuables. OSH staff shall work
with patients to identify what excess property will be stored or will be given
to the patient's guardian, legal representative, family member, or other
individual designated by the patient. Valuables that are stored at the hospital
shall be documented by OSH staff and retained in a secure location.
(4) Excess property and valuables shall be
returned to the patient upon release or discharge, or upon the death of the
patient to the patient's guardian or legal representative, next of kin, or as
otherwise required by law.
(5) OSH
may restrict the amount of currency allowed to be retained by patients on their
unit or off of their unit. Unauthorized currency may be stored as excess
property, given to an individual listed in section (2) of this rule, or
deposited in the patient's trust account.
(6) OSH may conduct a security inspection or
search of a patient's room or living area, a patient's personal property, a
patient's excess property, a patient's storage property, any items in the
patient's possession, or the patient's service animal, for contraband at any
time.
(7) Upon the completion of a
search of a patient's room, living area, personal property, excess property,
and storage property, OSH staff shall return the area to a neat and orderly
condition and ensure that any property except for contraband is returned in the
same condition.
(8) Contraband,
including prohibited items, shall be handled as provided in OAR
309-108-0015.
(9) For safety and security reasons,
patients, family members or friends may only purchase items through the OSH
Market for the patient, except the patient may purchase printer paper at cost
from OSH. OSH will not profit from the sales from the OSH Market. If the OSH
Market does not have the desired item, the patient may request authorization
from OSH to purchase an item through OSH's ordering system. OSH shall only
grant authorization for requests to purchase items if:
(a) It is not contraband, including but not
limited to prohibited items;
(b) It
is patient clothing, personal bedding, reading material, cultural food/items,
or religious items; and
(c) It can
be stored in the designated storage areas in the patient's room or patient
property room.
(10) The
patient may contest the application of these rules under OSH's grievance and
review process in OAR chapter 309, division 118.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 179.040, 413.042 & ORS 179.360
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 179.321 & 426.385
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