OAR 411-068-0055
Limitation on the Provision of Services in a Room and Board Facility
(1)
No operator or other employee of a room and board facility shall provide care as defined in OAR 411-068-0000 (Definitions Relating to Room and Board Facilities) to any resident of a room and board facility.(2)
No residency agreement of a room and board facility shall contain any promise to provide any service that falls within the definition of care specified in OAR 411-068-0000 (Definitions Relating to Room and Board Facilities).(3)
Nothing in these rules is meant to prohibit an operator or other employee from providing assistance to a resident in the self-administration of medication provided that the resident requests such assistance.(4)
Nothing in these rules is meant to prohibit an operator or employee from providing non-care related services to a resident.(5)
No operator or other employee of a room and board facility shall provide services or engage in behavior that constitutes a financial conflict of interest including: borrowing from or loaning money to residents; witnessing wills in which the operator or employee is beneficiary; adding the operator’s or employee’s name to a resident’s bank accounts or other personal property; inappropriately expending a resident’s personal funds; co-mingling the resident’s funds with the operator’s or other residents’ funds; or becoming guardian or conservator for a resident.(6)
Operators shall make reasonable efforts to refer residents in need of care services to appropriate social service agencies or medical facilities. If a resident is in need of protective services, through self-neglect or inability to provide for his or her own care needs, the operator shall call the Division or local area agency on aging.(7)
Operators who wish to provide care as defined in OAR 411-068-0000 (Definitions Relating to Room and Board Facilities) to residents must apply for licensure as an adult foster home or a residential care facility.
Source:
Rule 411-068-0055 — Limitation on the Provision of Services in a Room and Board Facility, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=411-068-0055.