(2) The Director of the Oregon Health Authority or a designee at a facility under the jurisdiction of the Oregon Health Authority shall, as provided by law, appoint, suspend or discharge an employee of the authority. The director or a designee shall discharge an employee at a facility under the jurisdiction of the authority if it has been substantiated that the employee physically or sexually abused a patient or client.

(3) The Director of the Department of Corrections and the Director of the Oregon Health Authority shall:

(a) Fix the salaries of assistants, officers and employees where their salary is not fixed by law.

(b) Suspend or discharge any subordinate of a superintendent when public service requires such action, except when suspending or discharging the subordinate violates the State Personnel Relations Law under ORS chapter 240.

(4) The Director of the Oregon Health Authority may designate up to three employees at each facility under the jurisdiction of the Oregon Health Authority to act in the name of the director in accordance with ORS 240.400.

(5) In addition to or in lieu of employing physicians, the Director of the Department of Corrections or the designee of the director may contract for the personal services of physicians licensed to practice medicine by the Oregon Medical Board or naturopathic physicians licensed under ORS chapter 685 to serve as medical advisors for the Oregon Health Authority. Advisors under contracts entered into under this subsection shall be directly responsible for administration of medical treatment programs at penal and correctional institutions, as defined in ORS 421.005. [Amended by 1969 c.597 §37; 1973 c.807 §1; 1987 c.78 §1; 1987 c.320 §123a; 2001 c.900 §39; 2009 c.595 §138; 2013 c.36 §46; 2017 c.356 §23; 2019 c.357 §1]