Oregon · statute · Or. Rev. Stat. ch. 433 · 142 active provisions
As used in ORS 433.001 to 433.045 and 433.110 to 433.770 unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Communicable disease” has the meaning given that term in ORS 431A.005. (2) “Control” means a person without a reportable disease about whom information is collected for purposes of comparison to a person or persons with…
(1) The Oregon Health Authority shall by rule: (a) Specify reportable diseases and when the diseases must be reported under this section; (b) Identify those categories of persons who must report reportable diseases and the circumstances under which the reports must be made; (c) Prescribe the procedures and forms for ma…
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) or (3) of this section, in response to each report of a reportable disease, the local public health administrator shall ensure that investigations and control measures, as prescribed by Oregon Health Authority rule, are conducted. (2) If there has been a transfer of responsibili…
(1)(a) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, information obtained by the Oregon Health Authority, a local public health administrator, a tribe or a tribal epidemiology center in the course of an investigation of a reportable disease or disease outbreak is confidential and is exempt from disclosure under…
(1) Notwithstanding ORS 192.345 (3), 192.355 (2) and 433.045, if, during the course of a criminal investigation, a law enforcement unit acquires information that the person who is charged with a crime or sentenced for a crime has a reportable disease, the law enforcement unit shall disclose that information to the publ…
(1) No person shall willfully cause the spread of any communicable disease within this state. (2) Whenever the laws of this state require a person to secure a health certificate, such certificate shall be acquired from a physician licensed by the Oregon Medical Board or the Oregon Board of Naturopathic Medicine, a phys…
The Oregon Health Authority shall provide the necessary laboratory examinations requested by local health departments for the diagnosis of those communicable diseases identified by rule of the authority to be a reportable disease.
(1) A licensed physician, physician associate licensed under ORS 677.505 to 677.525, naturopathic physician licensed under ORS chapter 685 or nurse practitioner licensed under ORS 678.375 to 678.390 attending a pregnant woman in this state for conditions relating to her pregnancy during the period of gestation or at th…
(1)(a) The Public Health Director or a local public health administrator may require testing or medical examination of any person who may have, or may have been exposed to, a communicable disease identified by rule of the Oregon Health Authority to be a reportable disease, a new or uncommon disease of potential public…
(1) As used in this section, “vaccine” includes vaccines, immune products and chemoprophylactic medications. (2) When the State Health Officer of the Oregon Health Authority determines that there is clear evidence that adverse and avoidable health outcomes from a preventable and acute communicable disease are expected…
(1) As used in this section: (a) “Health care provider” means an individual licensed by a health professional regulatory board, as defined in ORS 676.160, the Long Term Care Administrators Board, the Board of Licensed Dietitians or the Behavior Analysis Regulatory Board. (b) “HIV test” means a test of an individual for…
(1) The Oregon Health Authority shall conduct studies of the prevalence of the HIV infection in this state. The authority shall report findings to the Oregon Public Health Advisory Board, the Conference of Local Health Officials, the Emergency Board and other interested bodies at regular intervals, commencing in Januar…
As used in ORS 433.060 to 433.080 unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Authority” means the Oregon Health Authority. (2) “Health care facility” means a facility as defined in ORS 442.015 and a mental health facility, alcohol treatment facility or drug treatment facility licensed or operated under ORS chapter 426…
(1) The Oregon Health Authority shall by rule prescribe procedures: (a) Whereby a worker who has experienced an occupational exposure may request or cause to be requested the source person’s voluntary consent to an HIV test; (b) Whereby a person who, while being administered health care, has experienced a substantial e…
(1) Workers, health care facilities, licensed health care providers, local public health administrators and officers and others upon whom duties are imposed by rules adopted under ORS 433.065 shall comply with such requirements. (2) Any person having information as to the location of a source person shall, when request…
(1) When an HIV test is performed pursuant to ORS 433.080 or rules adopted under ORS 433.065, the exposed person requesting the test, or the exposed person’s employer in the case of an occupational exposure, shall be responsible for the cost of the testing. (2) If an employer provides a program of prevention, education…
When the Oregon Health Authority declares by rule that mandatory testing of source persons could help a defined class of workers from being infected or infecting others with the human immunodeficiency virus, the following apply: (1) When a source person, after having been first requested to consent to testing by rules…
(1) As used in this section: (a) “Type A hospital” means a rural hospital described in ORS 442.470 (6)(a)(A). (b) “Type B hospital” means a rural hospital described in ORS 442.470 (6)(a)(B). (2) Once each calendar year, the Oregon Health Authority shall provide to each type A hospital and to each type B hospital in thi…
As used in ORS 433.090 to 433.102: (1) “Authorized user” means a person or entity authorized to provide information to or to receive information from an immunization registry or tracking and recall system under ORS 433.090 to 433.102. “Authorized user” includes, but is not limited to: (a) The Oregon Health Authority an…
The purpose of ORS 433.090 to 433.102 is to waive the requirement of consent for release of information from, or providing information to, the immunization record of a client of any immunization registry and to waive issues of confidentiality in regard to this information. The waiver allows authorized users to share in…
(1) The Oregon Health Authority, a local health department, or both, or their agents or other providers may develop an immunization registry and an associated tracking and recall system. (2) The immunization registry and tracking and recall system shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) Registering all…
The Oregon Health Authority shall adopt rules requiring dentists and pharmacists to report information about the administration of vaccines to the immunization registry created under ORS 433.094.
Nothing in ORS 179.505, 192.311 to 192.478, 192.553 to 192.581 or 677.190 (5) or the client and provider privilege prevents: (1) Authorized users from providing information to and receiving information from the immunization registry regarding a client’s immunization record or tracking and recall record; or (2) The immu…
(1) An authorized user and the employees or agents of an authorized user are not liable for sharing or using information from the immunization registry regarding a client’s immunization record or tracking and recall record as provided in ORS 433.094. (2) Information in an immunization registry regarding a client’s immu…
(1) The Oregon Health Authority shall adopt rules pertaining to the development and implementation of the immunization registries and associated tracking and recall systems. The rules must include a process that allows a client who is 18 years of age or older, a custodial parent or guardian to control the transfer of i…