Source: https://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/442.342
Timestamp: 2018-12-13 18:23:34
Document Index: 278055206

Matched Legal Cases: ['§35', '§9', '§18', '§41', '§753', '§65']

ORS 442.342 - Waiver of requirements - 2017 Oregon Revised Statutes
2017 ORS Vol. 11 Chapter 442 Section 442.342
2017 ORS 442.342¹
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a hospital licensed under ORS 441.025 (License issuance), in accordance with rules adopted by the Oregon Health Authority, may apply for waiver from the provisions of ORS 442.325 (Certificate for health care facility of health maintenance organization), and the authority shall grant the waiver if, for the most recently completed hospital fiscal year preceding the date of application for waiver and each succeeding fiscal year thereafter, the percentage of qualified inpatient revenue is not less than that described in subsection (2) of this section.
(b) If the authority finds that the failure was without just cause and that the hospital has undertaken projects that, except for the provisions of this section, would have been subject to ORS 442.325 (Certificate for health care facility of health maintenance organization), the authority shall impose one of the penalties outlined in paragraph (c) of this subsection.
(5) Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit a hospital to develop a new inpatient hospital facility or provide new services authorized by facilities defined as “long term care facility” under ORS 442.015 (Definitions) under a waiver granted pursuant to subsection (1) of this section. [1985 c.747 §35; 1987 c.660 §9; 1991 c.470 §18; 1995 c.727 §41; 2009 c.595 §753; 2013 c.1 §65]
Note: 442.342 (Waiver of requirements) was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly and added to or made a part of ORS chapter 442 by legislative action but not to any series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.