(1) An LPN may execute a medical order contained within a protocol if:
(a) The protocol is identified in:
- (A) The RN plan of care providing clinical direction of the LPN’s practice of nursing; or
- (B) The health care provider treatment plan providing clinical direction of LPN practice.
- (b) The LPN verifies the RN or health care provider has determined that the client meets the protocol inclusion criteria; and
- (c) The LPN adheres to the scope and standards of practice identified in OAR Chapter 851 Division 45.
- (2) The independent nursing judgment regarding a client’s appropriateness for protocol inclusion exceeds the dependent and directed scope of practice of the LPN.
- (3) The LPN shall document all actions and decisions required by these rules as identified in OAR Chapter 851 Division 45.
Statutory/Other Authority
ORS 678.150
Statutes/Other Implemented
ORS 678.150 & ORS 678.010
History
BN 36-2025, temporary amend filed 11/24/2025, effective 11/24/2025 through 12/31/2025
BN 26-2025, amend filed 11/20/2025, effective 11/20/2025
BN 7-2025, amend filed 04/24/2025, effective 05/01/2025
BN 17-2021, adopt filed 07/22/2021, effective 08/01/2021