(1) The Department of Human Services shall adopt a nursing home patients’ bill of rights consistent with the principles set forth in ORS § 441.605. The rules shall be applicable to all residents and as far as practicable shall conform to any federal nursing home patients’ bill of rights.

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(2) The department shall periodically review the rules to assure that they meet the principles set forth in ORS § 441.605 and that they are in conformity with federal standards but in no case shall the rules be less protective than required by ORS § 441.605.

(3) The department shall be guided by federal interpretative standards in its enforcement of the nursing home patients’ bill of rights. [1979 c.261 § 5; 1987 c.397 § 2]