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Oregon

ORS Chapter 426
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426.005 Definitions for ORS 426
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426.010 State hospitals for persons with mental illness; minimum age for treatment
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426.020 Superintendent; chief medical officer
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426.030 [Amended by 1955 c.651 §5; 1957 c.43 §1; repealed by 1999 c.983 §7]
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426.035 Classifying facilities
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426.060 Commitment to Oregon Health Authority; powers of authority; placement; transfer
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426.070 Initiation; notification required; recommendation to court; citation; warrant of detention
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426.072 Care while in custody; responsibilities of licensed independent practitioner; rules
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426.074 Investigation; procedure; content; report; declaration for mental health treatment
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426.075 Notice and records of treatment prior to hearing; procedures
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426.077 Diversion from commitment; offer; treatment plan; consent; duration; prohibited treatment; transfer between facilities; discharge; dismissal
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426.080 Execution and return of citation or warrant of detention
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426.090 Citation; service
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426.095 Commitment hearing; postponement; right to cross-examine; admissibility of investigation report
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426.100 Advice of court; appointment of legal counsel; costs; representation of state’s interest
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426.110 Appointment of examiners; qualifications; costs
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426.120 Examination report; rules
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426.123 Observation of person in custody; warning; evidence
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426.125 Qualifications and requirements for conditional release
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426.127 Outpatient commitment
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426.129 Community liaison
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426.130 Court determination of mental illness; discharge; release for voluntary treatment; conditional release; commitment; assisted outpatient trea
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426.131 When person with mental illness is in need of treatment; danger to self; danger to others; unable to provide for basic personal needs; chron
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426.132 Determination that person with mental illness is in need of treatment generally and due to being danger to self or others or having chronic
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426.133 Assisted outpatient treatment
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426.135 Counsel on appeal; costs of appeal
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426.140 Place of confinement; attendant
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426.150 Transportation to treatment facility
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426.155 Release of information about person held in custody pending commitment proceeding or while committed or recommitted
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426.160 Disclosure of record of commitment proceeding
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426.165 Withholding information obtained in certain commitment or admission investigations
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426.170 Delivery of certified copy of record
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426.175 [1969 c.371 §1; 1975 c.690 §11; 1977 c.764 §2; 1987 c.903 §20; 1991 c.901 §1; repealed by 19…
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426.180 Emergency commitment of individuals in Indian country
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426.190 [Amended by 1969 c.391 §2; repealed by 2012 c.25 §6]
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426.200 Duties following emergency admission
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426.210 Limit of detention after commitment in emergency proceedings
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426.215 [1965 c.628 §1; 1973 c.838 §32; 1975 c.690 §14; 1977 c.764 §3; 1979 c.408 §4; 1985 c.743 §§1…
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426.217 Change of status of committed patient to voluntary patient; effect of change
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426.220 Voluntary admission; leave of absence
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426.222 [1953 c.597 §1; 1961 c.385 §1; 1969 c.391 §3; 1969 c.638 §4; repealed by 1975 c.690 §28]
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426.223 Retaking persons in custody of or committed to Oregon Health Authority; assistance of peace officers and others
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426.224 [1953 c.597 §2; 1961 c.385 §2; 1969 c.391 §4; 1969 c.638 §5; repealed by 1975 c.690 §28]
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426.225 Voluntary admission to state hospital of committed person; examination by licensed independent practitioner
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426.226 [1953 c.597 §3; 1969 c.391 §5; 1969 c.638 §6; repealed by 1975 c.690 §28] (Emergency Care an…
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426.228 Custody; authority of peace officers and other individuals; transporting to facility; reports; examination of person
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426.230 [Amended by 1955 c.651 §7; repealed by 1957 c.388 §17]
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426.231 Hold by licensed independent practitioner; when authorized; statement required
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426.232 Emergency admission; notice; limit of hold
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426.233 Authority of community mental health program director and of other individuals; costs of transportation
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426.234 Duties of professionals at facility where person admitted; notification; duties of court
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426.235 Transfer between hospital and nonhospital facilities
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426.236 Rules
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426.237 Prehearing detention; duties of community mental health program director; court proceedings
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426.238 [1993 c.484 §10; 2009 c.595 §410; 2025 c.559 §34; renumbered 426.035 in 2025]
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426.240 [Amended by 1959 c.652 §22; 1975 c.690 §16; repealed by 1977 c.764 §4 (426.241 enacted in li…
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426.241 [1977 c.764 §5 (enacted in lieu of 426.240); 1979 c.392 §1; 1981 c.750 §16; 1987 c.527 §1; 1…
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426.250 [Amended by 1965 c.420 §2; 1975 c.690 §17; 1977 c.764 §6; 1987 c.606 §9; 1987 c.903 §§26,26a…
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426.255 [1973 c.838 §19; 1987 c.803 §23; 1987 c.903 §27; 2013 c.360 §47; renumbered 426.315 in 2025]
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426.260 [Amended by 1955 c.651 §8; repealed by 1957 c.160 §6]
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426.270 [Amended by 1955 c.651 §9; repealed by 1957 c.160 §6] (Trial Visits; Conditional Release; Ou…
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426.273 Trial visits
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426.275 Effect of failure to adhere to condition of placement
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426.278 Distribution of copies of conditions for outpatient commitment or trial visit
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426.280 [Amended by 1961 c.228 §1; 1961 c.706 §26; 1969 c.597 §91; 1973 c.838 §26; 1985 c.242 §5; 19…
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426.290 [Amended by 1959 c.513 §1; 1961 c.228 §2; 1969 c.391 §6; 1973 c.838 §27; 1975 c.690 §18; rep…
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426.292 Release prior to expiration of term of commitment
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426.295 Judicial determination of competency; restoration of competency
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426.297 Payment of expenses for proceeding under ORS 426
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426.300 Discharge of committed persons; application for assistance on behalf of committed person
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426.301 Release of committed person; certification of continued mental illness; content; service of certificate; period of further commitment; effec
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426.303 Effect of protest of further commitment; advice of court
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426.305 [1955 c.522 §4; 1963 c.325 §5; repealed by 1965 c.628 §3]
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426.307 Court hearing; continuance; attorney; examination; determination of mental illness; order of further commitment; period of commitment
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426.309 Effect of ORS 426
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426.310 [Amended by 1975 c.690 §22; 1977 c.764 §7; 1979 c.392 §2; 1987 c.903 §34; 2013 c.360 §55; 20…
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426.311 Payment of costs related to commitment proceedings
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426.313 Payment of care, custody and treatment costs; denial of payment; rules
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426.315 County to pay costs
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426.318 Reimbursement of county expenses for commitment proceedings involving nonresidents
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426.320 Payment of certain expenses by the state
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426.330 Presentation and payment of claims
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426.335 Limitations on liability
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426.340 [Repealed by 1975 c.690 §28]
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426.350 [Amended by 1961 c.152 §1; repealed by 1971 c.64 §12]
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426.360 [1961 c.513 §§1,2,3; 1969 c.597 §92; 1971 c.655 §246; 1977 c.253 §40; repealed by 2001 c.900…
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426.370 [1989 c.993 §6; 1993 c.484 §25; 2009 c.595 §423; 2013 c.360 §58; renumbered 426.165 in 2025]
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426.375 [1967 c.460 §5; repealed by 1973 c.838 §29] (Rights of Committed Persons)
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426.380 Availability of writ of habeas corpus
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426.385 Rights of committed persons
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426.390 Construction
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426.395 Posting of statement of rights of committed persons
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426.405 [1983 c.536 §1; repealed by 2001 c.900 §261]
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426.407 [1983 c.536 §2; repealed by 2001 c.900 §261]
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426.410 [1969 c.638 §1; repealed by 1975 c.690 §28] (Licensing of Persons Who May Order Restraint or…
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426.415 Licensing of persons who may order and oversee use of restraint and seclusion in facilities providing mental health treatment to individuals
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426.450 [1971 c.622 §6; renumbered 430.397 in 1995]
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426.460 [1971 c.622 §7; 1973 c.795 §3; 1979 c.744 §22; 1981 c.809 §1; 1985 c.565 §68; renumbered 430…
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426.470 [1971 c.622 §8; renumbered 430.401 in 1995]
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