PUBLIC HEALTH

Health Care Regulation & Quality Improvement

March 23, 2018

TO:                  Interested Parties

FROM:            Dana Selover, Section Manager

                        Health Care Regulation and Quality Improvement   

RE:                  Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for OAR chapter 333, divisions 505, 510, 520 – "Hospital Organization and Management, Patient Care and Nursing Services, and General Services"

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The Oregon Health Authority (Authority), Public Health Division is proposing to permanently amend rules in chapter 333, divisions 505, 510 and 520.  Administrative rules have been amended to align with statutory changes from the 2017 legislative session, remove duplicative posting notice requirements and provide clarification on medical record retention requirements. The rules address hospital admitting privileges for physician assistants, newborn hearing screening requirements, and the administration of Vitamin K.

You are being invited to review these proposed rules and to comment on them.  If you wish to present oral testimony, a public hearing will be held in Portland, Oregon at 800 NE Oregon St, Room 1E, on April 26, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. You may also file written comments before 5:00 p.m. on April 26, 2018 to the Public Health Division Rules Coordinator at the following address:

OHA, Public Health Division

Brittany Hall, Administrative Rules Coordinator

800 NE Oregon Street, Suite 930

Portland, Oregon 97232

Comments may be e-mailed to: publichealth.rules@state.or.us or sent by fax to: (971) 673-1299.

Final rules will be filed after consideration of all comments.

For more details, please see the attached Notice of Proposed Rulemaking including the Statement of Need and Fiscal Impact along with the full text of the proposed rules. This information may also be found at the following website: http://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/PROVIDERPARTNERRESOURCES/HEALTHCAREPROVIDERSFACILITIES/HEALTHCAREHEALTHCAREREGULATIONQUALITYIMPROVEMENT/Pages/proposedrules.aspx

If you have any questions or would prefer a hardcopy be sent, please contact Mellony Bernal at mellony.c.bernal@state.or.us.