Title 30, Education and Culture

The president and professors constitute the faculty of the Oregon Health and Science University and as such have the immediate government and discipline of it and the students therein. The faculty may, subject to the supervision of the Oregon Health and Science University Board o…

The Oregon Health and Science University shall consider and maintain affirmative action plans and goals when reductions in faculty and staff are required as a result of: (1) Reductions in revenue that necessitate discontinuance of its educational program at its anticipated level;…

No political or sectarian test shall ever be allowed or applied in the appointment of faculty and other employees of the Oregon Health and Science University. [1995 c.162 §25] FINANCE (Generally)

(1) Nothing in chapter 162, Oregon Laws 1995, shall be construed in any way to impair the obligations or agreements of the State of Oregon or the Oregon Department of Administrative Services with respect to bonds, certificates of participation, financing agreements or other agree…

Oregon Health and Science University may from time to time issue and sell revenue bonds in accordance with ORS chapter 287A. However, the provisions contained in ORS 287A.150 (2) to (6) do not apply to revenue bonds issued by the university. Such revenue bonds shall not in any ma…

Revenue bonds issued by the Oregon Health and Science University pursuant to ORS chapter 287A shall be considered to be bonds of a political subdivision of the State of Oregon for the purposes of all laws of the state. [1995 c.162 §60; 2007 c.783 §157]

Refunding bonds of the same character and tenor as those replaced thereby may be issued by the Oregon Health and Science University pursuant to ORS 287A.360 to 287A.380. [1995 c.162 §61; 2007 c.783 §158]

In addition to, and not in limitation of, the means of satisfying state general obligation bond obligations under ORS 291.445, Oregon Health and Science University, promptly upon the discovery of any shortfall in moneys available to the university for the payment when due of amou…

As used in ORS 353.380 to 353.420: (1) “Credit enhancement agreement” means any agreement or contractual relationship between the Oregon Health and Science University and any bank, trust company, insurance company, surety bonding company, pension fund or other financial instituti…

Oregon Health and Science University may enter into financing agreements in accordance with ORS 353.380 to 353.420, upon such terms as the university finds to be advantageous. Amounts payable by the university under a financing agreement shall be limited to funds specifically ple…

The Oregon Health and Science University Board of Directors may delegate to any board member, officer or employee of the Oregon Health and Science University the authority to determine maturity dates, principal amounts, redemption provisions, interest rates or methods for determi…

Oregon Health and Science University may: (1) Enter into agreements with third parties to hold financing agreement proceeds, payments and reserves as security for lenders, and to issue certificates of participation in the right to receive payments due from the university under a …

A lease or financing agreement under ORS 353.380 to 353.420 shall not cause property to be subject to property taxation and shall be disregarded in determining whether property is exempt from taxation under ORS chapter 307. [1995 c.162 §21] PROGRAMS

The Legislative Assembly finds that: (1) Public universities listed in ORS 352.002 and other educational sectors have academic programs that are related to or integrated with the programs of Oregon Health and Science University. (2) It is in the best interest of the state that a …

The Oregon Health and Science University Board of Directors shall adopt a policy that prescribes the requirements for a venture grant program and the requirements that a grant applicant must meet in order to receive grant moneys from the university venture development fund operat…

(1) It is the finding of the Legislative Assembly that there is need to provide programs that will assist a rural community to recruit and retain physicians, physician associates and nurse practitioners. For that purpose: (a) The Legislative Assembly supports the development at t…

(1) The Area Health Education Center program created in ORS 353.450 is encouraged to create a family medicine residency network that: (a) Facilitates an increase in the number of family medicine residency positions in this state in order to train more highly qualified family phys…

(1) There is created the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences. The Oregon Health and Science University shall administer the institute. (2) The purposes of the institute may include, but are not limited to, reducing the incidence of disease and reducing the costs and …

The Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences shall operate, on an ongoing basis, from funds provided by the Department of Consumer and Business Services, in addition to any gifts, grants or donations made to carry out the activities of the institute. Oregon Health and Sci…

Subject to the availability of funding, the Oregon Health and Science University shall establish the pediatric dental residency program only to the extent that funds are appropriated to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for the Oregon Health and Science University …

(1) There is established the Oregon Psychiatric Access Line program in the Oregon Health and Science University. (2) The Oregon Psychiatric Access Line program shall provide telephone or electronic real-time psychiatric consultations, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on all business days, t…

As used in ORS 353.550 to 353.559 and sections 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18, chapter 921, Oregon Laws 2001: (1) “Bond-related costs” means: (a) The costs and expenses of issuing, administering and maintaining bonds issued under ORS 353.550 to 353.559 and sections 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18, …

ORS 353.550 to 353.559 and sections 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18, chapter 921, Oregon Laws 2001, shall be known and may be cited as the Oregon Opportunity Act. [2001 c.921 §2]

(1) The purpose of ORS 353.550 to 353.559 and sections 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18, chapter 921, Oregon Laws 2001, is to directly or indirectly finance Oregon Health and Science University’s Oregon Opportunity program. (2) It is the policy of the State of Oregon that, in order to captu…

(1) Oregon Health and Science University shall create the Oregon Opportunity program to usher in a new era of breakthroughs in health care and biotechnology for Oregonians. Through the program, the university shall invest in facilities, endowments, research infrastructure, recrui…

As used in ORS 353.600 to 353.612: (1) “Committee” means the Oregon Nursing Shortage Coalition Committee created in ORS 353.606. (2) “Post-secondary education institution” means: (a) A public university listed in ORS 352.002; (b) A community college operated under ORS chapter 341…

(1) Oregon Health and Science University shall distribute grants to post-secondary education institutions to support nursing education programs based on the selections of the Oregon Nursing Shortage Coalition Committee and in accordance with appropriate university policies and pr…

(1) There is created the Oregon Nursing Shortage Coalition Committee. (2) The committee consists of 10 members, as follows: (a) Two members who represent the Oregon State Board of Nursing appointed by the board. (b) Two members who represent the Northwest Organization of Nurse Ex…

(1) The Oregon Nursing Shortage Coalition Committee shall: (a) Adopt criteria for awarding grants to post-secondary education institutions under this section; (b) Based on the criteria, select post-secondary education institutions to receive grants to support nursing education pr…

(1) The Nursing Education Grant Fund is established separate and distinct from the General Fund. All moneys received by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services or Oregon Health and Science University for purposes of ORS 353.600 to 353.612 shall be deposited into the Stat…

The Oregon Institute of Technology is declared the managing agency of the FM radio station KTEC, licensed to the Oregon Institute of Technology, and as such shall prescribe standards in conformity with the regulations and laws of the United States Government relating to education…

As used in ORS 354.410 to 354.430, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Educational television and radio and distance learning” means programs for direct teaching and instructional enrichment which are transmitted for viewing, listening or interactive instruction in connec…

(1) The purpose of ORS 354.410 to 354.430 is to encourage the development of and provide means for making educational television and radio and distance learning programs of direct instruction and instructional enrichment for pupils available to the public schools of the state and…

The Department of Education may utilize its appropriate personnel and facilities and any funds made available to it: (1) To stimulate interest by school districts in the appropriate use of educational television and radio and distance learning in the public schools. (2) To plan a…

Distance learning course outlines shall be submitted by the course providers to the Department of Education for review and evaluation. [1991 c.710 §5]

As used in ORS 354.605 to 354.715, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “County board” means the governing body of the county in which a district is principally situated. (2) “District” means a translator district formed under ORS 354.605 to 354.715. (3) “District board” me…

Except as provided in ORS 354.690 (5), nothing in ORS 354.605 to 354.715 shall apply to the construction or operation of community antenna systems or the redistribution of any signals, writings, images, sounds or intelligence of any nature by cable. [1975 c.286 §2(2); 1979 c.108 …

(1) A translator district may be created as provided by ORS 354.605 to 354.715 for the construction, maintenance and operation of translator stations and the transmission and reception of television broadcast signals in areas so remote from regular transmission points that adequa…

(1) In addition to matters named in ORS 198.750, the petition to form a translator district shall include: (a) A brief description of the proposed system including the type of construction, location, number of translators to be erected and the number of television channels to be …

The formation and changes of organization of a district shall take place in the manner provided in ORS 198.705 to 198.955. [1975 c.286 §4; 1979 c.108 §11]

(1) ORS chapter 255 governs the following: (a) The nomination and election of district board members. (b) The conduct of district elections. (2) The electors of a district may exercise the powers of the initiative and referendum regarding a district measure, in accordance with OR…

(1) The district board shall consist of five members, each of whom shall be an elector of the district or a person who pays service charges under ORS 354.690. The terms of office for the district board members first elected shall be determined by lot. The terms of two shall expir…

A district board shall: (1) Manage and conduct the affairs of the district. (2) Establish and maintain funds and accounts for the district. (3) Establish reasonable rules for the administration of the district. [1975 c.286 §6]

A translator district shall have full power to carry out the objectives of its formation and to that end may: (1) Acquire by purchase, devise or gift or voluntary grant real and personal property or any interest therein including any rights of way or easements necessary or conven…

(1) A district may, without elector approval but with permission from the broadcasting television station, generate revenue in the district’s transmissions through the acknowledgment or solicitation of financial support considered necessary for the continued operation of the tran…

When authorized by its electors, a district board may finance the acquisition, purchase, lease, operation or maintenance of the district by any of the following methods: (1) Imposition of a service charge upon property within the district for use of the translator signals as prov…

(1) When a district broadcasts television signals through a translator on a regular basis and any property within the district receives those signals, the owner of the property receiving the signal shall be liable to the district for the service charges. (2) When a district broad…

(1) Subject to limitations of the Oregon Constitution, the district board may refer to the electors of the district any proposal to increase the maximum service charge as provided in ORS 354.635 to maintain the financial stability of the district in an emergency. The proposal sha…

Dissolution, liquidation and transfer proceedings shall be conducted in the manner provided by ORS 198.920 to 198.955. [1975 c.286 §11] PENALTIES

Any property owner who knowingly makes any false verified declaration in order to obtain a service charge exemption under the provisions of ORS 354.690 is guilty of unsworn falsification and upon conviction shall be punished as provided in ORS 162.085. [1975 c.286 §12; 1979 c.108…