(1) In addition to any other liability or penalty provided by law, the director of the licensing agency may impose a civil penalty on a person for any of the following:
- (a) Violation of any of the terms or conditions of a license issued under ORS 443.735.
- (b) Violation of any rule or general order of the licensing agency that pertains to a facility.
- (c) Violation of any final order of the director that pertains specifically to the facility owned or operated by the person incurring the penalty.
- (d) Violation of ORS 443.745 or of rules required to be adopted under ORS 443.775.
- (e) Violation of the requirement to have a license under ORS 443.725 (1).
- (2) The director shall impose a civil penalty not to exceed $500, unless otherwise required by law, on any adult foster home for falsifying resident or facility records or causing another to do so.
- (3) The director shall impose a civil penalty of $250 on a provider who violates ORS 443.725 (3).
- (4) The director shall impose a civil penalty of not less than $250 nor more than $500, unless otherwise required by law, on a provider who admits a resident knowing that the resident’s care needs exceed the license classification of the provider if the admission places the resident or other residents at grave risk of harm.
(5)
- (a) In every case other than those involving the health, safety or welfare of a resident, the director shall prescribe a reasonable time for elimination of a violation but except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection shall not prescribe a period to exceed 30 days after notice of the violation.
- (b) The director may approve a reasonable amount of time in excess of 30 days if correction of the violation within 30 days is determined to be impossible.
(6) In imposing a civil penalty, the director shall consider the following factors:
- (a) The past history of the person incurring a penalty in taking all feasible steps or procedures necessary or appropriate to correct any violation.
- (b) Any prior violations of statutes, rules or orders pertaining to facilities.
- (c) The economic and financial conditions of the person incurring the penalty.
- (d) The immediacy and extent to which the violation threatens or threatened the health, safety or welfare of one or more residents.
- (7) The licensing agency shall adopt rules establishing objective criteria for the imposition and amount of civil penalties under this section.
[1987 c.431 §§4,6; 1991 c.413 §6; 1991 c.960 §10; 1995 c.667 §15; 2009 c.595 §791r; 2009 c.837 §34; 2011 c.37 §1]