Oregon Health Authority
Health Systems Division: Behavioral Health Services - Chapter 309
Division 19
OUTPATIENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES
309-019-0220
Variances
(1) Requirements and standards for requesting and granting variances or exceptions are found in OAR 309-008-1600.
(2) The Division’s chief officer or designee shall approve or deny the request for a variance to these rules. The request shall be made in writing using the Division approved variance request form and following the variance request procedure pursuant to OAR 309-008-1600.
(3) Granting a variance for one request does not set a precedent that shall be followed by the Division when evaluating subsequent requests for variance.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 161.390, 413.042, 430.256 & 430.640
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 161.390 - 161.400, 179.505, 430.010, 430.205 - 430.210, 430.254 - 430.640, 430.850 - 430.955 & 743A.168
History:
MHS 4-2018, amend filed 02/27/2018, effective 03/01/2018
MHS 10-2017(Temp), f. 9-15-17, cert. ef. 9-15-17 thru 3-13-18
MHS 6-2017, f. & cert. ef. 6-23-17
MHS 18-2016, f. 11-28-16, cert. ef. 11-30-16
MHS 11-2016(Temp), f. 6-29-16, cert. ef. 7-1-16 thru 12-27-16
MHS 4-2014, f. & cert. ef. 2-3-14
MHS 6-2013(Temp), f. 8-8-13, cert. ef. 8-9-13 thru 2-5-14