Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 426 § 426.005 — Definitions for ORS 426.005 to 426.390
Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 426 ·
Oregon Code § 426.005·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Definitions for ORS 426.005 to 426.390.
(1) As used in ORS 426.005 to 426.390, unless the
context requires otherwise:
(a) Community
mental health program director means the director of an entity that provides
the services described in ORS 430.630 (3) to (5).
(b) Director of
the facility means a superintendent of a state mental hospital, the chief of
psychiatric services in a community hospital or the person in charge of
treatment and rehabilitation programs at other treatment facilities.
(c) Facility
means a state mental hospital, community hospital, residential facility,
detoxification center, day treatment facility or such other facility as the
authority determines suitable that provides diagnosis and evaluation, medical
care, detoxification, social services or rehabilitation to persons who are in
custody during a prehearing period of detention or who have been committed to
the Oregon Health Authority under ORS 426.130.
(d) Licensed
independent practitioner means:
(A) A physician,
as defined in ORS 677.010;
(B) A nurse practitioner
licensed under ORS 678.375 and authorized to write prescriptions under ORS
678.390; or
(C) A
naturopathic physician licensed under ORS chapter 685.
(e) Nonhospital
facility means any facility, other than a hospital, that is approved by the
authority to provide adequate security, psychiatric, nursing and other services
to persons under ORS 426.232 or 426.233.
(f) Person with
mental illness means a person described in ORS 426.131 (1).
(g) Physical
harm means physical injury, physical pain or other physiological impairment,
other than an injury, pain or impairment that is trivial in terms of pain or
other bodily impact.
(h) Prehearing
period of detention means a period of time calculated from the initiation of
custody during which a person may be detained under ORS 426.228, 426.231,
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Key Points
01Part of Oregon statutory law
02Referenced as Oregon Code § 426.005
03Subject to legislative amendments
04Consult a licensed attorney for application to specific cases
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