(a) Inpatient psychiatric units;
(b) Psychiatric geriatric units;
(c) Psychiatric pediatric units;
(d) Emergency departments that provide psychiatric emergency service, as defined by the Oregon Health Authority by rule; and
(e) The Oregon State Hospital.
(2) A psychiatric unit shall create a multidisciplinary subcommittee of the hospital nurse staffing committee consisting of staff from the unit. The subcommittee shall adopt the staffing plan for the psychiatric unit and shall be considered a hospital nurse staffing committee for purposes of:
(a) The adoption of a nurse staffing plan under ORS 441.762 and 441.763; and
(b) Provisions of ORS 441.766 related to:
(A) Dispute resolution through mandatory arbitration; and
(B) Determining the circumstances when the nurse-to-patient ratios in ORS 441.765 will not apply. [2023 c.507 §7]
Note: See note under 441.761.