(1) As used in this section: (a) Administrator has the meaning given that term in ORS 342.120. (b) Practice of nursing has the meaning given that term in ORS 678.010. (c) School nurse has the meaning given that term in ORS 342.455. (2) A school nurse, or a registered nurse whose responsibilities include the coordination of school nursing services provided to individual students pursuant to ORS 336.201, shall coordinate school nursing services to ensure care for individual students in a school to the extent that the care is within the practice of nursing. (3)(a) An administrator or other staff member who is not a nurse may supervise, evaluate or direct a school nurse or registered nurse described in subsection (2) of this section for purposes related to the nurses role as a school employee, including but not limited to assigning the nurses work hours, locations and workload and other matters addressed through a collective bargaining agreement. (b) An administrator or other staff member may not direct the school nurse or registered nurse in the practice of nursing. (4) Nothing in this section: (a) Requires a school nurse or registered nurse to be clinically supervised in a school setting; (b) Requires a school district that employs a school nurse or registered nurse to provide a clinical supervisor for the nurse; or (c) Prohibits another nurse, or an administrator or other staff member who is not a nurse, from conferring with the school nurse or registered nurse with respect to the practice of nursing or issues related to student safety. Note: 342.458 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 342 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
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