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ORS 426.010: State hospitals for persons with mental illness; minimum age for treatment.
Where this section sits in the code
- 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services
- 35. Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities; Substance Use Disorder Treatment
- Chapter 426 — Persons With Mental Illness; Dangerous Persons; Commitment; Housing
(1) Except as otherwise ordered by the Oregon Health Authority pursuant to ORS 179.325, the Oregon State Hospital campuses in Salem, Marion County, and in Junction City, Lane County, shall be used as state hospitals for the inpatient care and treatment of persons with mental illness who are assigned to the care of the institutions by the authority or who have previously been committed to the institutions.
(2) The state hospitals described in this section may not provide care or treatment to individuals under 18 years of age.
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