ORS § 678.010 to 678.410 do not apply to:

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(1) The employment of nurses in institutions or agencies of the federal government.

(2) The practice of nursing incidental to the planned program of study for students enrolled in nursing education programs approved by the Oregon State Board of Nursing or accredited or approved by another state or United States territory as described under ORS § 678.040 and approved by the board.

(3) Nursing practiced outside this state that is incidental to a distance learning program provided by an institution of higher education located in Oregon.

(4) The furnishing of nursing assistance in an emergency.

(5) The practice of any other occupation or profession licensed under the laws of this state.

(6) Care of the sick with or without compensation when performed in connection with the practice of the religious tenets of a well-recognized church or denomination that relies exclusively on treatment by prayer and spiritual means by adherents thereof so long as the adherent does not engage in the practice of nursing as defined in ORS § 678.010 to 678.410 and 678.990 or hold oneself out as a registered nurse or a licensed practical nurse.

(7) Nonresident nurses licensed and in good standing in another state if nonresident nurses are practicing in this state on a single, temporary assignment of not to exceed 90 days, renewable for not to exceed 90 days, for assignments that are for the general public benefit limited to the following:

(a) Transport teams;

(b) Red Cross Blood Services personnel;

(c) Presentation of educational programs;

(d) Disaster teams;

(e) Staffing in a hospital that is responding to a temporary staffing shortage and would be otherwise unable to meet the hospital’s staffing requirements;

(f) Staffing a long term care facility that is responding to a temporary staffing shortage and would be otherwise unable to meet its staffing requirements;

(g) Providing health care for students who attend school outside of Oregon and who are participating in a school-sponsored event; or

(h) Staffing any of the following entities that is responding to a temporary staffing shortage and would otherwise be unable to meet its staffing requirements:

(A) An adult or juvenile residential behavioral health treatment facility;

(B) An opioid treatment program;

(C) A withdrawal management program;

(D) A sobering center;

(E) A primary care facility; or

(F) A behavioral health home, as defined in ORS § 414.025. [1957 c.316 § 8 (enacted in lieu of 678.030); 1973 c.584 § 3; 1981 c.369 § 1; 1997 c.110 § 1; 2001 c.465 § 2; 2001 c.568 § 1; 2013 c.207 1,2; 2017 c.247 1,2; 2019 c.358 23,24; 2022 c.38 § 12; 2023 c.276 § 1]