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Administrative Rules

Current Rules

The Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) adopts administrative rules that affect staff members, inmates, and members of the public. These rules help the Department carry out statutory requirements and act in accordance with the Agency mission, to promote public safety. 

For a list of DOC rules please visit the Oregon Secretary of State.

Proposed Rulemaking

Overview

The Department of Corrections filed Notices of Proposed Rulemaking for the following administrative rules. Proposed rulemaking includes rule changes that are under consideration, but not yet adopted. All Agency rulemaking notices are published by the Secretary of State in the Oregon Bulletin.

291-079 Shared Information Systems
  • Repeals rule division based on 2011 statutory changes that made the policy and procedures non-applicable to the Department of Corrections.
  • Last day of comment period: 7/4/24 at 5:00 PM
  • Rulemaking Notice 

291-100 Admission, Sentence Computation, and Release

  • Amends rule to clarify rules; remove references to "inmate" and gendered language; add definitions and information on legal name changes; match standard rule definitions; update information on ORS 137.370(4) to align with the statute language; update rule titles and statutory references; and for minor punctuation.
  • Last day of comment period: 7/4/24 at 5:00 PM
  • Rulemaking Notice 

291-124 Health Services (Doula Services)

  • Adopts rule to establish the doula program for pregnant and postpartum adults in custody at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility per HB2535 (2023).
  • Last day of comment period: 8/2/24 at 5:00 PM
  • Rulemaking Notice 

291-124 Health Services (DME)

  • Amends rule to update how and when the department will pay for the acquisition, maintenance, and repair of certain types of durable medical equipment (DME), including eyeglasses and hearing aids, when that type of DME is necessary for an adult in custody (AIC) to access department programs, services, or activities (PSAs). The proposed changes include reorganization of some of the Health Services rules for clarity and ease of use.
  • Last day of comment period: 8/9/24 at 5:00 PM
  • Rulemaking Notice 

291-069 Security Threat Management

  • Amends rule to conform these rules to department organizational changes and reflect the department's reassignment of certain STM program functions and duties from the Office of the Inspector General to the department's Operations Division. Other revisions update punctuation, clarify acronyms or correct references to department employees in definitions.
  • Last day of comment period: 8/16/24 at 5:00 PM
  • Rulemaking Notice 

291-086 AIC Access to Automation

  • Amends rule to change the term "inmate" to "adult in custody (AIC)"; better reflect statewide standards and industry modernization; expand and clarify the department's policy on AIC access to information technology; update definitions; adopt new rules concerning management of approved information technology, approval processes for requesting information technology to assist with a disability, and for the review and removal of access restriction; and reorganize these rules.
  • Last day of comment period: 8/16/24 at 5:00 PM
  • Rulemaking Notice 

 Temporary Rules

291-127 Visiting

  • Amends rule to expand eligibility criteria for consideration for visitation; authorize the Assistant Director of Correctional Services or designee to approve visits for certain minor children with their incarcerated parents under specific conditions; make the eligibility criteria apply retroactively to all persons who have submitted or will submit a visiting application prior to, on, and after the effective date of the rule amendments; delete and add definitions of terms; and clarify the Department's policies and procedures for administrative review of decisions denying an application for visiting.
  • Effective: 5/16/24 through 11/11/24
  • Rulemaking Notice 

291-105 Prohibited Conduct and Processing Disciplinary Actions

  • Amends rule to add loss of privileges sanctions of greater than 29 days to adjustments to final orders and to change Exhibit 1 to increase loss of privileges sanctions.
  • Effective: 06/01/2024 through 11/27/2024
  • Rulemaking Notice

291-124 Health Services

  • Adopts rule to establish the doula program for pregnant and postpartum adults in custody at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility per HB2535 (2023).
  • Effective: 06/13/2024 through 12/09/2024
  • Rulemaking Notice 

The Department welcomes comments on proposed rules. When submitting comments, please be sure to include the division number and title of the proposed rule. Written comments may be submitted using the information listed below.

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