Or. Admin. Code § 331-960-0000 - DEFINITIONS
The following definitions apply to OAR 331-960-0000 to OAR 331-975-0005:
(1) "Assistance with activities of daily living" means services
related to bathing and personal hygiene, dressing and grooming, eating,
mobility, bowel and bladder management, administering medication and
cognition.
(2) "Authorization holder" means a temporary staffing agency
that has been issued an authorization to operate in Oregon.
(3) "Client entity" means an in-home care agency as defined in
443.305; memory care endorsement facility as described in ORS 443.886;
residential care facility as defined in ORS 443.400; or a skilled nursing
facility as defined in ORS 442.015 that engages a temporary staffing agency to
provide personnel to the client entity to provide health care services or
assistance with activities of daily living to clients, patients, or residents
for the client entity.
(4) "Hospital client entity" means a hospital as defined in ORS
442.015 that engages a temporary staffing agency to provide personnel to the
hospital client entity to provide health care services to patients for the
hospital client entity.
(5) "Office" means the Health Licensing Office.
(6) "Personnel" means:
(a) An individual registered nurse, licensed practical nurse,
certified medical assistant, certified nursing assistant or direct caregiver
assigned to a client entity by a temporary staffing agency who provides health
care services or assistance with activities of daily living to clients,
patients or residents for a client entity; or
(b) An individual registered nurse or certified nursing
assistant assigned to a hospital client entity by a temporary staffing agency
who provides health care services to patients for the hospital client
entity.
(7) "Physical location" means any physical office location of a
temporary staffing agency that provides personnel to an Oregon client or
hospital entity. An office location is not a physical location when the work
being performed at that office location does not involve providing personnel to
an Oregon client or hospital entity.
(8) "Professional authorization" means any licensure,
registration, authorization, or any other requirement needed for personnel to
practice or perform the health care services or assistance with activities of
daily living to clients, patients, or residents on or behalf of client or
hospital entities.
(9) "Temporary staffing agency" means an entity that operates
in Oregon for the purpose of providing temporary work to personnel providing
health care services or assistance with activities of daily living for or on
behalf of client or hospital entities.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: Senate Bill 1549 (2022), ORS 676.560-676.625 & House Bill 2665 (2023)
Statutes/Other Implemented: Senate Bill 1549 (2022), ORS 676.560-676.625 & House Bill 2665 (2023)
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