(1) ‘School nurse’ is established as a category of specialization in nursing.

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 342.475

  • Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
  • Teacher: includes all licensed employees in the public schools or employed by an education service district who have direct responsibility for instruction or coordination of educational programs and who are compensated for their services from public funds. See Oregon Statutes 342.120
  • Teaching license: means a license issued under ORS § 342. See Oregon Statutes 342.120

(2) The Teacher Standards and Practices Commission shall issue a certificate as a school nurse to a person who complies with the rules established by the commission for the certification and practice of school nursing and who has been licensed by the Oregon State Board of Nursing. In establishing rules for the certification and practice of any specialization of school nursing, the commission shall consider the recommendations of the Oregon State Board of Nursing.

(3) The commission may issue an emergency certificate that authorizes a person licensed as a registered nurse in this state who does not meet the requirements of subsection (2) of this section to practice as a school nurse. Such certificates shall be issued for a limited time as set by the commission.

(4) Notwithstanding subsections (1) to (3) of this section, the commission shall issue a certificate in a school nurse specialization category to a registered nurse who applies for certification and who is employed by a school, school district or education service district to conduct and coordinate a school or district health services program or who serves in such a capacity on a voluntary basis on November 1, 1981. A certificate issued under this subsection shall be issued without further proof of qualification by the applicant.

(5) A certificate issued under this section is not a teaching license. The nurse holding a certificate issued under this section is not subject to ORS § 238.280 or 342.805 to 342.937. [Formerly 678.515; 2019 c.358 § 4]

 

[1971 c.755 § 5; repealed by 1973 c.536 § 39]

 

  Previous section
Next section  
 School Nurses Contents