ORS § 433.121 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 433 / Section 433.121
433.121 Emergency administrative order for isolation or quarantine
Status: in_force

(1) The Public Health Director or a local public health administrator may issue an emergency administrative order causing a person or group of persons to be placed in isolation or quarantine if the Public Health Director or the local public health administrator has probable cause to believe that a person or group of persons requires immediate detention in order to avoid a clear and immediate danger to others and that considerations of safety do not allow initiation of the petition process set out in ORS 433.123 (Petition for court order for isolation or quarantine) . An administrative order issued under this section must:

(a) Identify the person or group of persons subject to isolation or quarantine;

(b) Identify the premises where isolation or quarantine will take place, if known;

(c) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(A) Describe the reasonable efforts made to obtain voluntary compliance with a request for an emergency public health action including requests for testing or medical examination, treatment, counseling, vaccination, decontamination of persons or animals, isolation, quarantine, and inspection and closure of facilities; or

(B) Explain why reasonable efforts to obtain voluntary compliance are not possible and why the pursuit of these efforts creates a risk of serious harm to others;

(d) Describe the suspected communicable disease or toxic substance, if known, that is the basis for the issuance of the emergency administrative order and the anticipated duration of isolation or quarantine based on the suspected communicable disease or toxic substance;

(e) Provide information supporting the reasonable belief of the Public Health Director or the local public health administrator that the person or group of persons is, or is suspected to be, infected with, exposed to, or contaminated with a communicable disease or toxic substance that could spread to or contaminate others if remedial action is not taken;

(f) Provide information supporting the reasonable belief of the Public Health Director or the local public health administrator that the person or group of persons would pose a serious and imminent risk to the health and safety of others if not detained for purposes of isolation or quarantine;

(g) Describe the medical basis for which isolation or quarantine is justified and explain why isolation or quarantine is the least restrictive means available to prevent a risk to the health and safety of others;

(h) Establish the time and date at which the isolation or quarantine commences; and

(i) Contain a statement of compliance with the conditions of and principles for isolation and quarantine specified in ORS 433.128 (Conditions of and principles for isolation or quarantine) .

(2) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) In lieu of issuing an emergency administrative order under subsection (1) of this section, the Public Health Director or a local public health administrator may petition the circuit court for a written ex parte order.

(b) The petition to the court and the court’s order must include the information described in subsection (1) of this section.

(c) The Public Health Director or local public health administrator:

(A) Shall make reasonable efforts to serve the person or group of persons subject to isolation or quarantine with the petition before the petition is filed; and

(B) Is not required to provide prior notice of an ex parte proceeding at which the petition is being considered by the court.

(3) Within 12 hours of the issuance of an order under subsection (1) or (2) of this section, the person or group of persons detained or sought for detention must be personally served with the written notice required by ORS 433.126 (Notice to persons subject to order) and with a copy of any order issued under subsection (1) or (2) of this section. If copies of the notice and order cannot be personally served in a timely manner to a group of persons because the number of persons in the group makes personal service impracticable, the Public Health Director or the local public health administrator shall post the notice and order in a conspicuous place where the notice and order can be viewed by those detained or shall find other means to meaningfully communicate the information in the notice and order to those detained.

(4) A person or group of persons detained pursuant to an order issued under subsection (1) or (2) of this section may not be detained for longer than 72 hours unless a petition is filed under ORS 433.123 (Petition for court order for isolation or quarantine) .

(5) If the detention of a person or group of persons for longer than 72 hours is deemed necessary, immediately following the issuance of an order under subsection (1) or (2) of this section, the Public Health Director or the local public health administrator must petition the circuit court in accordance with ORS 433.123 (Petition for court order for isolation or quarantine) .

(6) A person or group of persons detained under subsection (1) or (2) of this section has the right to be represented by legal counsel in accordance with ORS 433.466 (Right to legal counsel by persons subject to public health measure) . [2007 c.445 §8; 2011 c.721 §2]

Source: Section 433.121 — Emergency administrative order for isolation or quarantine; contents; ex parte court order , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors433.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 435.050 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 435 / Section 435.050
435.050 License issuance
Status: in_force

(1) All licenses shall be issued by the State Board of Pharmacy on written application and payment of an annual license fee for each manufacturer or wholesale license, which fee shall not exceed $300.

(2) Licenses shall be in effect for one year from January 1 of each year or such date as may be specified by board rule. [Amended by 1963 c.96 §2; 1967 c.183 §1; 1973 c.104 §4; 1975 c.285 §2; 1993 c.18 §109; 1993 c.571 §23; 2007 c.768 §3]

Source: Section 435.050 — License issuance; fee; duration; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors435.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 440.315 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 440 / Section 440.315
440.315 Definitions for ORS 440.315 to 440.410
Status: in_force

As used in ORS 440.315 (Definitions for ORS 440.315 to 440.410) to 440.410 (Annual audit) , unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) “County board” means the county court or board of county commissioners, as the case may be, of the county in which a district, or the greater portion of the taxable assessed value thereof, is located.

(2) “County clerk” means the county clerk of the county in which a district, or the greater portion of the taxable assessed value thereof, is located.

(3) “District board” or “board” means the board of directors of a district.

(4) “Health district” or “district” means any district formed pursuant to ORS 440.315 (Definitions for ORS 440.315 to 440.410) to 440.410 (Annual audit) .

(5) “Owner” means the holder of the record title to real property or the vendee under a land sale contract, if there is such a contract. [Formerly 441.205; 1975 c.701 §1; 1983 c.83 §85]

Source: Section 440.315 — Definitions for ORS 440.315 to 440.410 , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors440.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 431.143 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 431 / Section 431.143
431.143 Environmental public health programs
Status: in_force

Environmental public health programs established under ORS 431.141 (Foundational programs) must protect the public from illness, injury, disability and death caused by exposure to physical, chemical or biological factors in the environment and must include, but are not limited to:

(1) Testing and analysis for purposes related to environmental health;

(2) Preventing and investigating environmental health hazards, including radioactive materials, animal bites and vector-borne diseases;

(3) Inspecting and educating the operators of:

(a) Restaurants and other food service establishments;

(b) Recreation sites, lodges and swimming pools;

(c) Septic systems;

(d) Potable water systems;

(e) Radiological equipment; and

(f) Hospitals and other health care facilities; and

(4) Promoting land use planning and sustainable development activities that create positive health outcomes. [2015 c.736 §19]

Source: Section 431.143 — Environmental public health programs , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors431.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 450.280 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 450 / Section 450.280
450.280 Circumstances and conditions under which State Treasurer may purchase sewerage system bonds
Status: in_force

(1) The State Treasurer may purchase from a district at private sale sewerage system bonds bearing interest at a rate agreed upon by the State Treasurer and the district. The bonds shall qualify for investment by the state only if the sewer connection charges and revenues of the sewerage system of the issuing district, after the payment of operation and maintenance expenses, are pledged wholly to the payment of the principal of and interest upon the bonds, and the issuing district shall covenant to levy ad valorem taxes upon all of the taxable property within its boundaries to meet deficiencies in the charges and revenues pledged, and only if the combined indebtedness for all public purposes, other than state or federal, within the boundaries of the district, including the proposed sewerage system indebtedness, but excluding obligations issued for other utilities that are self-supporting or self-liquidating or are approximately so, does not exceed 25 percent of the total real market value of all taxable property within the district as reflected in the last roll certified under ORS 311.105 (Certificate of taxes levied or imposed) . The limitation shall apply only to districts that finance the costs of their sewerage systems under ORS 450.250 (Definitions for ORS 450.250 to 450.300) to 450.300 (Duty of treasurer to keep funds separate and to withhold tax receipts for bond payments) . The limitation shall include the ratios of indebtedness to the total valuation, determined in like manner, of other subdivisions that overlap the district to an extent of more than 50 percent of the total value of the district. Indebtedness within the 25 percent limitation may be incurred by a district if approved by the electors of the district at an election called and held for that purpose. Notwithstanding that revenues may have been pledged to the payment of the principal of and the interest upon a particular issue of general obligation bonds owned by the state, the same revenues, with the approval of the State Treasurer, may be pledged to the payment of the principal of and the interest on additional issues of bonds purchased by the state from the district. The additional issues shall be on a parity with previous issues as to the pledge of charges and revenues. In order to complete the financing of a sewerage system, after bonds payable as to principal and interest from revenues and ad valorem taxation have been issued, the State Treasurer may purchase issues of general obligation sewerage system bonds of districts, payable only from ad valorem property taxes, provided such issues, together with other obligations of the district, do not exceed the debt limits specified in this section.

(2) All bonds heretofore issued under authority of ORS 450.250 (Definitions for ORS 450.250 to 450.300) to 450.300 (Duty of treasurer to keep funds separate and to withhold tax receipts for bond payments) and sold to the state, and the proceedings under which they were issued, are approved, validated, ratified, and confirmed, and the bonds are the valid and legally binding general obligations of the issuing district. [1955 c.577 §7; 1957 c.121 §1; 1959 c.574 §2; 1971 c.647 §91; 1981 c.94 §39; 1981 c.804 §101; 1991 c.459 §403; 1995 c.79 §224]

Source: Section 450.280 — Circumstances and conditions under which State Treasurer may purchase sewerage system bonds , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors450.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 450.285 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 450 / Section 450.285
450.285 State Sanitary District Sewer Bond Fund
Status: in_force

(1) The State Sanitary District Sewer Bond Fund is established separate and distinct from the General Fund. Moneys in the State Sanitary District Sewer Bond Fund are continuously appropriated to the State Treasurer for investment under authority of ORS 450.250 (Definitions for ORS 450.250 to 450.300) to 450.300 (Duty of treasurer to keep funds separate and to withhold tax receipts for bond payments) , and for payment of costs of the State Treasurer in connection with the investment.

(2) The earnings of the fund established under this section shall accrue to the General Fund, and the amounts received in payment of the principal of investments of the fund established under this section shall be credited to the General Fund, to be available for the payment of general governmental expenses.

(3) The State Treasurer may engage such assistance and incur such expenses to carry out the purposes of ORS 450.250 (Definitions for ORS 450.250 to 450.300) to 450.300 (Duty of treasurer to keep funds separate and to withhold tax receipts for bond payments) as may be necessary. [1955 c.577 §8; 1957 c.702 §1; 1957 s.s. c.14 §1; 1963 c.341 §4; 2005 c.755 §39]

Source: Section 450.285 — State Sanitary District Sewer Bond Fund , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors450.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 453.045 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 453 / Section 453.045
453.045 Poison registers
Status: in_force

(1) Every person who purchases poison shall be registered in a poison register, kept solely for that purpose, stating the date and hour of the sale, the name and address and the signature of the purchaser, the kind and quantity of the poison sold, a statement by the purchaser of the purpose for which it is required, and the name of the dispenser, who must be a pharmacist.

(2) Official poison registers shall be furnished by the State Board of Pharmacy only to pharmacists and shall be in the form of columns with the following headings:

(a) Date and hour.

(b) Name of purchaser.

(c) Residence address.

(d) Kind and quantity.

(e) Purpose of use.

(f) Means of identification.

(g) Signature of purchaser.

(h) Signature of pharmacist.

(3) Each official poison register shall be open for inspection by the proper authorities at all times and shall be preserved for at least five years after the date of the last entry therein. [1971 c.409 §14]

Source: Section 453.045 — Poison registers; contents , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors453.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 454.777 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 454 / Section 454.777
454.777 Policy
Status: in_force

The Legislative Assembly declares it to be the policy of this state to assist the people of this state in protecting public health and safety and the quality of the waters of this state by making grants available for the development of low-interest loan programs for the repair, replacement, upgrade or evaluation of residential or small business on-site septic systems. The Legislative Assembly also declares it to be the policy of this state to support the availability of affordable loans to assist residents to remain in their homes and thereby promote long-term home ownership and sustainable housing opportunities. [2016 c.87 §1]

Note: 454.777 (Policy) and 454.779 (Program development and administration grants) were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 454 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

Source: Section 454.777 — Policy , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors454.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 451.472 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 451 / Section 451.472
451.472 District to construct and operate only authorized service facilities
Status: in_force

(1) A district may construct, maintain and operate only those service facilities specified by ORS 451.010 (Authorization to establish master plans and service districts) that were authorized upon formation of the district. However, additional authority regarding service facilities may be given to a district by a proceeding initiated, conducted and completed in the same manner as is provided for in the original formation of a district or as otherwise provided by law.

(2) A district may be formed, as provided in ORS 451.410 (Definitions for ORS 451.410 to 451.610) to 451.610 (Advisory committee for emergency communications system) , that contains territory that is also included in another district formed under ORS 451.410 (Definitions for ORS 451.410 to 451.610) to 451.610 (Advisory committee for emergency communications system) if the district is formed to construct, maintain and operate service facilities that the existing district is not authorized to construct, maintain and operate.

(3) The consent of not less than 70 percent of the cities located within the boundaries of the district is required to authorize a district established to provide sewage works to also provide drainage works. [1963 c.515 §13b; 1969 c.646 §7; 1971 c.727 §133; 1973 c.785 §10; 1989 c.374 §5; 2005 c.510 §2]

Source: Section 451.472 — District to construct and operate only authorized service facilities; additional authority; requirements for provision of drainage works , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors451.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 431a.263 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 431a / Section 431a.263
431A.263 Process for substituting chemicals
Status: in_force

(1) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) When a manufacturer of children’s products sold or offered for sale in this state removes a high priority chemical of concern for children’s health used in children’s products from a children’s product sold or offered for sale in this state that is subject to ORS 431A.258 (Disclosure by manufacturers) and substitutes another chemical, the manufacturer must submit a hazard assessment to the Oregon Health Authority that explains how the children’s product, and any substitute chemical the children’s product contains, is inherently less hazardous than before the substitution was made.

(b) When a manufacturer of children’s products sold or offered for sale in this state removes a high priority chemical of concern for children’s health used in children’s products from a children’s product as described in paragraph (a) of this subsection and does not substitute another chemical, the manufacturer must submit notice to the authority that the manufacturer is no longer using the chemical or a substitute chemical.

(2) The authority shall establish by rule the methodology that a manufacturer must use and the standards that a children’s product must meet in order to comply with the hazard assessment requirements described in subsection (1)(a) of this section.

(3) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) The authority shall approve or disapprove a hazard assessment within 180 days after its submittal.

(b) If the authority fails to act within 180 days, the hazard assessment is deemed approved, and the manufacturer may continue to sell or offer for sale in this state the children’s product for which the manufacturer submitted a hazard assessment for a period of three years after the date of submittal of the hazard assessment.

(c) If the authority disapproves a hazard assessment, the manufacturer may submit a revised hazard assessment for consideration within 180 days after the authority’s disapproval.

(d) A hazard assessment approved or deemed approved under this subsection is valid for a period of three years after the date of submittal of the hazard assessment. A manufacturer must resubmit the hazard assessment at the end of the three-year period. [2015 c.786 §6; 2023 c.426 §5]

Source: Section 431A.263 — Process for substituting chemicals; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors431A.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 446.636 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 446 / Section 446.636
446.636 Manufactured structure trip permits
Status: in_force

(1) For a new manufactured structure, the manufactured structure dealer must obtain the trip permit on behalf of the owner. If the dealer fails to obtain the trip permit prior to the scheduled moving date, the vehicle transporter must obtain the trip permit on behalf of the owner.

(2) For a used manufactured structure, the owner must obtain a trip permit from the county assessor for the county in which the manufactured structure is sited.

(3) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2) of this subsection, if a dealer or vehicle transporter refuses to obtain a trip permit as required by subsection (1) of this section, or if a county assessor refuses to issue a trip permit to an owner who has complied with ORS 446.631 (Process for moving manufactured structure) , the owner may apply directly to the Department of Consumer and Business Services for a trip permit.

(4) The department may issue trip permits in bulk to a manufactured structure dealer or vehicle transporter. [2003 c.655 §22a]

Note: See note under 446.561 (Definitions for ORS 446.566 to 446.646) .

Source: Section 446.636 — Manufactured structure trip permits , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors446.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 431.180 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 431 / Section 431.180
431.180 Interference with individual’s selection of health care provider, treatment or religious practice prohibited
Status: in_force

(1) Nothing in ORS 431.001 (Findings) to 431.550 (Power of Oregon Health Authority to collect information from local public health administrators) and 431.990 (Penalties) or any other public health law of this state shall be construed as authorizing the Oregon Health Authority or its representatives, or any local public health authority or its representatives, to interfere in any manner with an individual’s right to select the physician, physician assistant, naturopathic physician or nurse practitioner of the individual’s choice or the individual’s choice of mode of treatment, nor as interfering with the practice of a person whose religion treats or administers sick or suffering people by purely spiritual means.

(2) This section does not apply to the laws of this state imposing sanitary requirements or rules adopted under the laws of this state imposing sanitary requirements. [Amended by 1977 c.582 §15; 2007 c.70 §238; 2009 c.595 §541; 2014 c.45 §49; 2015 c.736 §36; 2017 c.356 §59]

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Source: Section 431.180 — Interference with individual’s selection of health care provider, treatment or religious practice prohibited , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors431.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 432.993 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 432 / Section 432.993
432.993 Unlawful use of vital record or report
Status: in_force

(1) A person commits the crime of unlawful use of a vital record or report if the person willfully and knowingly:

(a) Makes a false statement to the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics in a report or application described in this chapter;

(b) Without lawful authority and with intent to deceive, makes, counterfeits, alters, amends or mutilates a record, report, certified copy, verification or application, or documentation submitted in support of a record, report, certified copy, verification or application;

(c) Obtains, possesses, uses, sells or furnishes to another, or attempts to obtain, possess, use, sell or furnish to another, for any purpose of deception, a record, report, certified copy, verification or application, or documentation submitted in support of a record, report, certified copy, verification or application;

(d) Without lawful authority, possesses a record, report, certified copy, verification or application, or documentation submitted in support of a record, report, certified copy, verification or application, that has been stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained; or

(e) As an employee of the Center for Health Statistics or of an office designated under ORS 432.035 (County registrars) , furnishes or processes a certified copy of a record of live birth, knowing that the certified copy is to be used for the purposes of deception.

(2) Unlawful use of a vital record or report is a Class C felony. [1997 c.783 §42; 2013 c.366 §45]

Source: Section 432.993 — Unlawful use of vital record or report; criminal penalty , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors432.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 441.700 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 441 / Section 441.700
441.700 Access to facilities by persons providing services
Status: in_force

(1) Long term care facilities, as defined in ORS 442.015 (Definitions) , and residential care facilities, as defined in ORS 443.400 (Definitions for ORS 443.400 to 443.455) , subject to ORS 441.605 (Legislative declaration of rights intended for residents) (11), shall permit individuals and representatives of community service organizations, including community legal services programs, whose purpose is rendering service without charge to residents, to have full and free access to the facility during reasonable visiting hours to:

(a) Visit, talk with and make personal, social and legal services available to all residents.

(b) Inform residents of their rights and entitlements, and their corresponding obligations, under federal and state laws by means of distribution of educational materials and discussion in groups and with individual residents.

(c) Assist residents in asserting their rights regarding claims for public assistance, medical assistance and Social Security benefits and other rights. Assistance may be provided individually, as well as on a group basis.

(d) Engage in all other methods of assisting, advising and representing residents so as to extend to them the full enjoyment of their rights.

(2) A resident retains the right to refuse contact by any individual or group having access to the facility under this section.

(3) As used in this section, “full and free access” means access to the fullest extent possible without undue adverse interference on the operation of the facility. [1981 c.99 §1; 1987 c.548 §7]

Source: Section 441.700 — Access to facilities by persons providing services , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors441.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 450.165 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 450 / Section 450.165
450.165 Preparation and approval of plans for drains and sewer installations
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever the board deems it expedient or necessary to cause to be constructed sewers, drains or sewage treatment plants, the cost of which, in whole or in part, is to be paid either by the proceeds of the sale of bonds by the district or assessed against the property directly benefited or by both methods in proportion, the board shall retain a registered professional engineer to prepare plans and specifications for the sewers, drains or sewage treatment plants, which plans and specifications shall be filed in the office of the secretary of the district.

(2) The district board may, however, adopt any plans and specifications they see fit, provided the plans have been prepared by a registered professional engineer and have been approved by the Oregon Health Authority and the Environmental Quality Commission. [Amended by 2009 c.595 §872]

Source: Section 450.165 — Preparation and approval of plans for drains and sewer installations , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors450.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 443.405 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 443 / Section 443.405
443.405 Exclusions from definition of “residential facility.”
Status: in_force

For purposes of ORS 443.400 (Definitions for ORS 443.400 to 443.455) to 443.455 (Civil penalties) and 443.991 (Penalties) , “residential facility” does not include:

(1) A residential school;

(2) A state or local correctional facility;

(3) A youth correction facility as defined in ORS 420.005 (Definitions) ;

(4) A youth care center operated by a county juvenile department under administrative control of a juvenile court pursuant to ORS 420.855 (Definitions for ORS 420.855 to 420.885) to 420.885 (Audit and payment of claims) ;

(5) A juvenile detention facility as defined in ORS 419A.004 (Definitions) ;

(6) A nursing home;

(7) A hospital;

(8) A place primarily engaged in recreational activities;

(9) A foster home;

(10) A place providing care and treatment on less than a 24-hour basis; or

(11) A residential facility registered under ORS 443.485 (Registration required) . [1977 c.717 §2; 1983 c.510 §18; 1993 c.33 §350; 1999 c.316 §2; 2005 c.22 §307; 2009 c.595 §778; 2013 c.130 §5; 2015 c.740 §1]

Source: Section 443.405 — Exclusions from definition of “residential facility.” , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors443.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 441.590 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 441 / Section 441.590
441.590 Authority granted by ORS 441.525 to 441.595
Status: in_force

ORS 441.525 (Definitions for ORS 441.525 to 441.595) to 441.595 (Construction of ORS 441.525 to 441.595) are complete authority for the organization of authorities and for the issuance and sale of revenue bonds and refunding revenue bonds. Any restrictions, limitations, conditions or procedures provided by other statutes, including but not limited to the provisions of ORS chapter 198 and ORS 440.305 (District created coterminous with each district existing on July 2, 1957) to 440.410 (Annual audit) , do not apply to the organization of authorities and the issuance and sale of revenue bonds pursuant to ORS 441.525 (Definitions for ORS 441.525 to 441.595) to 441.595 (Construction of ORS 441.525 to 441.595) . However, nothing contained in ORS 441.525 (Definitions for ORS 441.525 to 441.595) to 441.595 (Construction of ORS 441.525 to 441.595) shall be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any powers which an authority might otherwise have under any law of this state or the charter of any municipality. [1973 c.153 §14; 2005 c.443 §25]

Source: Section 441.590 — Authority granted by ORS 441.525 to 441.595 , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors441.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 443.011 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 443 / Section 443.011
443.011 Training requirements for in-home care service providers
Status: in_force

(1) The Oregon Health Authority shall establish by rule training requirements that must be met before an individual may be permitted to provide in-home care services, as defined in ORS 443.305 (Definitions for ORS 443.305 to 443.350) . The training requirements must include a minimum number of hours of orientation and assessment of competency. The minimum number of hours may be greater for an individual who will be providing enhanced care and services, such as medication management.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, the training requirements apply to any individual who is not licensed or certified to provide health care in this state and who provides in-home care services as an employee or contractor of a licensed:

(a) In-home care agency as defined in ORS 443.305 (Definitions for ORS 443.305 to 443.350) ;

(b) Home health agency as defined in ORS 443.014 (Definitions for ORS 443.014 to 443.105) ; or

(c) Hospital as defined in ORS 442.015 (Definitions) .

(3) The training requirements shall not apply to an individual providing personal care services that are incidental to the provision of home health care or hospital services. [2019 c.680 §1]

Note: See second note under 443.001 (Quality Care Fund) .

Source: Section 443.011 — Training requirements for in-home care service providers; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors443.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 443.886 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 443 / Section 443.886
443.886 Memory care endorsement required
Status: in_force

(1) If a facility intends to provide care for residents with Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia by means of an endorsed memory care community, the facility must obtain a memory care endorsement on its license or registration.

(2) The Department of Human Services, with the input from representatives of advocate groups and the long term care industry, shall adopt by rule standards that ensure that the special needs of any resident with Alzheimer’s disease or other form of dementia who is cared for in an endorsed memory care community are met and that quality care is provided. The standards must include but are not limited to provisions for:

(a) Care planning, including physical design, staffing, staff training, safety, egress control, individual care planning, admission policy, family involvement, therapeutic activities and social services;

(b) Continuity of basic care requirements; and

(c) Marketing and advertising of the availability of and services from endorsed memory care communities.

(3) The department shall adopt a fee schedule for memory care endorsement, taking into account the type of facility and the number of residents.

(4) The department shall enforce rules adopted under subsection (2) of this section and ORS 443.889 (Use of acuity-based staffing tool) and shall allow a licensee or registrant to retain the memory care endorsement required to care for residents with Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia only as long as the licensee or registrant complies with the rules.

(5) The memory care endorsement may be suspended or revoked in the same manner as the license or registration is suspended or revoked.

(6) Unless a facility has obtained the memory care endorsement required by subsection (1) of this section, the facility may not:

(a) Advertise the facility as providing an Alzheimer’s care unit or memory care community; or

(b) Market the facility as providing an Alzheimer’s care unit or memory care community. [1991 c.416 §2; 2001 c.900 §193; 2005 c.22 §312; 2017 c.679 §28; 2021 c.588 §4]

Source: Section 443.886 — Memory care endorsement required; standards; fees; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors443.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 441.655 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 441 / Section 441.655
441.655 Immunity for reporter of abuse
Status: in_force

(1) Anyone participating in good faith in the making of a report pursuant to ORS 441.630 (Definitions for ORS 441.630 to 441.680) to 441.650 (Investigation of abuse complaint) and who has reasonable grounds for the making thereof, shall have immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed with respect to the making or content of such report. Any such participant shall have the same immunity with respect to participating in any judicial proceeding resulting from such report.

(2) Anyone who makes a report pursuant to ORS 441.630 (Definitions for ORS 441.630 to 441.680) to 441.650 (Investigation of abuse complaint) shall not be subjected to any retaliation by any official or employee of a long term care facility for making a report, including but not limited to restriction of otherwise lawful access to the facility or to any resident thereof, or, if an employee, to dismissal or harassment. [1979 c.770 §6]

Source: Section 441.655 — Immunity for reporter of abuse , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors441.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 446.736 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 446 / Section 446.736
446.736 Transfer of interest by dealer
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in subsection (7) of this section, a manufactured structure dealer who transfers an interest in a manufactured structure shall:

(a) Submit to the Department of Consumer and Business Services an application for an ownership document on behalf of the purchaser; or

(b) If the purchase is being financed, submit sufficient information to a lender to allow the lender to make an application to the department for an ownership document.

(2) An application under subsection (1) of this section must be on a form approved by the department and include:

(a) The year, manufacturer’s name, model if available and identification number for the manufactured structure.

(b) Any existing ownership document for the structure or, if none, the manufacturer’s certificate of origin or other document evidencing ownership of the manufactured structure.

(c) The legal description or street address for the proposed situs for the manufactured structure.

(d) The identity of the owner of record for the location where the manufactured structure is being sited or, if the structure is being sited in a facility as defined in ORS 90.100 (Definitions) , the name of the facility.

(e) The name and mailing address of each person acquiring an ownership interest in the manufactured structure.

(f) The name and mailing address of each person acquiring a security interest in the manufactured structure.

(g) Any other information required by the department by rule for processing an application.

(3) If a manufactured structure dealer is unable to comply with subsection (1) of this section, within 25 business days of the transfer the dealer shall provide a notice of delay to the security interest holder next named, if any, and the purchaser. The notice must contain:

(a) The reason for the delay;

(b) The anticipated extent of the delay; and

(c) A statement of the rights and remedies available to the purchaser if the delay becomes unreasonably extended.

(4) A manufactured structure dealer that fails to comply with this section is subject to revocation or suspension of the dealer’s license or being placed on probation by the Department of Consumer and Business Services pursuant to ORS 446.741 (Suspension, revocation or cancellation of license) . A dealer that fails to comply with subsection (1) of this section within 90 days is subject to criminal penalties under ORS 446.746 (Manufactured structure dealer criminal offenses) (1)(h).

(5) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (4) of this section, if a purchaser is not in compliance with the payment terms of a purchase agreement on the 20th calendar day after the transfer, the dealer is not required to perform under subsection (1) of this section until 25 calendar days after the purchaser is in compliance with the payment terms of the purchase agreement. This subsection does not excuse the duty of the dealer under subsection (3) of this section.

(6) This section does not apply to a transfer of interest in a manufactured structure that is subject to an escrow transaction.

(7) This section does not apply to a manufactured structure for which an application is filed under ORS 446.626 (Recording manufactured structures in county deed records) within 25 business days of the transfer. [2003 c.655 §39; 2007 c.502 §5]

Note: See note under 446.661 (Definitions for ORS 446.661 to 446.756) .

Source: Section 446.736 — Transfer of interest by dealer; application information; notice of delay; penalty , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors446.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 441.086 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 441 / Section 441.086
441.086 Ambulatory surgical centers
Status: in_force

(1) An ambulatory surgical center shall evaluate all of a patient’s risk factors before permitting a surgical procedure to be performed on the patient in the facility.

(2) An ambulatory surgical center shall post a notice in the facility, in a prominent place and in prominent font size, advising patients of the manner in which patients may express concerns regarding the ambulatory surgical center and services provided at the ambulatory surgical center. The posting must include but need not be limited to the address and telephone number for contacting the Oregon Health Authority to express the concerns.

(3) The authority shall adopt rules classifying ambulatory surgical centers in three categories:

(a) Certified ambulatory surgical centers, which must comply with federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services rules, 42 C.F.R. 416 and rules adopted by the authority;

(b) High complexity noncertified ambulatory surgical centers, which must comply with rules adopted by the authority; and

(c) Moderate complexity noncertified ambulatory surgical centers, which must comply with rules adopted by the authority and which may use only conscious sedation and analgesia. [2009 c.792 §2; 2009 c.792 §51]

Source: Section 441.086 — Ambulatory surgical centers; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors441.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 454.615 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 454 / Section 454.615
454.615 Rules for sewage disposal systems and disposal facilities
Status: in_force

The Environmental Quality Commission shall adopt rules that:

(1) Prescribe minimum requirements for the design and construction of subsurface sewage disposal systems, alternative sewage disposal systems and nonwater-carried sewage disposal facilities or parts thereof including grading, excavating and earthmoving work connected therewith, and allow for use of alternative systems and component materials consistent with the minimum requirements. Requirements prescribed under this section may vary in different areas or regions of the state.

(2) Prescribe minimum requirements for the operation and maintenance of subsurface sewage disposal systems, alternative sewage disposal systems and nonwater-carried sewage disposal facilities or parts thereof.

(3) Prescribe requirements for the pumping out or cleaning of subsurface sewage disposal systems, alternative sewage disposal systems and nonwater-carried sewage disposal facilities or parts thereof, for the disposal of material derived from such pumping out or cleaning, for sewage pumping equipment, for sewage tank trucks and for the identification of sewage tank trucks and workers. [1973 c.835 §209; 1975 c.167 §2; 2009 c.248 §5]

Source: Section 454.615 — Rules for sewage disposal systems and disposal facilities , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors454.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 433.303 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 433 / Section 433.303
433.303 Policy on vitamin K
Status: in_force

It is the policy of the State of Oregon that all newborn infants born in hospital or out of hospital receive vitamin K before they are 24 hours old. [1983 c.585 §1]

Source: Section 433.303 — Policy on vitamin K , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors433.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 435.020 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 435 / Section 435.020
435.020 Types of licenses
Status: in_force

(1) The following types of licenses shall be issued by the State Board of Pharmacy under ORS 435.010 (License required for manufacture or sale of contraceptives) to 435.130 (Jurisdiction over prosecutions) :

(a) Wholesale licenses.

(b) Manufacturing licenses.

(2) The license application shall be made in writing on a form prescribed and furnished by the board and one such license shall be obtained for each wholesaler or manufacturer. Such licenses shall be publicly or conspicuously displayed, and open to inspection by the board or other authorized persons. [Amended by 1969 c.328 §2; 1973 c.104 §5; 1975 c.285 §1]

Source: Section 435.020 — Types of licenses; application; display , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors435.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 436.325 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 436 / Section 436.325
436.325 Effect on surgical procedures
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter limits surgical procedures which are medically indicated and which may result in sterilization. However, a hysterectomy shall not be performed solely for the purpose of sterilization or for the purpose of hygiene and sanitary care of a female’s menses. [1983 c.460 §14]

Source: Section 436.325 — Effect on surgical procedures , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors436.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 453.732 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 453 / Section 453.732
453.732 Disposition of receipts
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by law, all fees and other moneys received by the Oregon Health Authority pursuant to ORS 453.726 (Definitions for ORS 453.726 to 453.734) to 453.734 (Prohibition on use of tanning devices by persons under 18 years of age) shall be paid into the State Treasury and placed to the credit of the Public Health Account and are continuously appropriated to the authority for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of ORS 453.726 (Definitions for ORS 453.726 to 453.734) to 453.734 (Prohibition on use of tanning devices by persons under 18 years of age) . If moneys received under ORS 453.726 (Definitions for ORS 453.726 to 453.734) to 453.734 (Prohibition on use of tanning devices by persons under 18 years of age) are in excess of moneys required to administer the program authorized by ORS 453.726 (Definitions for ORS 453.726 to 453.734) to 453.734 (Prohibition on use of tanning devices by persons under 18 years of age) , the moneys may be used by the authority to meet expenses of other programs administered by the authority if an appropriate expenditure increase is approved by the Emergency Board. [Formerly 431.955]

Source: Section 453.732 — Disposition of receipts , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors453.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 443.517 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 443 / Section 443.517
443.517 Online home or community-based services caregiver registry
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Human Services shall maintain an online home or community-based services caregiver registry accessible to the public. The information to be displayed on the registry for each caregiver shall be limited to the:

(a) Name of the caregiver;

(b) County and, if applicable, city where the caregiver resides;

(c) Certification status of the caregiver under ORS 443.515 (Training requirements for certification of home or community-based services caregivers) and any endorsements earned by the caregiver; and

(d) Criminal records check status of the caregiver.

(2) The registry shall contain links to:

(a) Sites that explain the training requirements for the certification of each type of home or community-based services caregiver described in ORS 443.515 (Training requirements for certification of home or community-based services caregivers) (1)(b); and

(b) The home care registry, as defined in ORS 410.600 (Definitions for ORS 410.595 to 410.625) , for members of the public to find home care workers.

(3) The department shall create a process for a home or community-based services caregiver to request to be excluded from the registry.

(4) The department shall prominently display a notice on the registry that states that:

(a) Home or community-based services caregivers may choose not to be listed on the registry; and

(b) The registry is not an exclusive list of all home and community-based services caregivers that are qualified and trained in this state.

(5) The department may include on the registry disclaimers, user guidance and other resources that the department deems appropriate to help users of the registry.

(6) This section does not prohibit the department from requesting and collecting from home or community-based services caregivers information in addition to the information that must be displayed on the registry under subsection (1) of this section. [2022 c.95 §2]

Note: See second note under 443.515 (Training requirements for certification of home or community-based services caregivers) .

Source: Section 443.517 — Online home or community-based services caregiver registry , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors443.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 446.721 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 446 / Section 446.721
446.721 License fees
Status: in_force

(1) The fee for issuance or renewal of a manufactured structure dealer license under ORS 446.691 (Issuance of dealer license) is $542.

(2) The fee for issuance or renewal of a supplemental license under ORS 446.716 (Additional places of business) is $90 for each additional place of business.

(3) The fee for issuance or renewal of a corrected dealer license under ORS 446.716 (Additional places of business) or corrected limited manufactured structure dealer license under ORS 446.706 (Limited manufactured structure dealer) is $30.

(4) The fee for issuance of a temporary manufactured structure dealer license under ORS 446.701 (Issuance of temporary manufactured structure dealer license) is $100.

(5) The fee for issuance or renewal of a limited manufactured structure dealer license under ORS 446.706 (Limited manufactured structure dealer) is $150.

(6) Fees adopted pursuant to this section are not subject to proration or refund.

(7) Fees collected by the Department of Consumer and Business Services under this section must be deposited in the Consumer and Business Services Fund. Moneys deposited into the fund pursuant to this section are continuously appropriated to the department for use as provided in ORS 446.423 (Use of moneys) . [2003 c.655 §32; 2007 c.71 §135]

Note: See note under 446.661 (Definitions for ORS 446.661 to 446.756) .

Source: Section 446.721 — License fees; use of moneys , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors446.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 450.895 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 450 / Section 450.895
450.895 Bonds, general obligation or revenue or combination of both
Status: in_force

The authority may, when authorized by a majority of the votes cast at an election by electors of the authority, issue general obligation bonds or revenue bonds, or a combination of both, for the purpose of paying the cost of acquisition or construction, operation and maintenance of sewage treatment plants or trunk or lateral sewers or drains for any area or areas within the authority or to carry out any other purpose authorized under ORS 450.600 (Joint authorities) to 450.989 (Apportionment of cost among serviced property owners) . Each issue of general obligation bonds shall be the general obligation of the entire authority but shall be the primary obligation of the area directly benefited by the sewage treatment plant or trunk or lateral sewers or drains constructed with the proceeds of each issue of such bonds and paid by assessment, annual levy or sewer service charges, or combinations thereof, as determined by the board under ORS 450.855 (Action board may take at hearing concerning boundaries, installations to be constructed, costs and financing) . Revenue bonds shall be payable solely out of designated revenues of the authority and shall not be deemed to be a general obligation of the authority or a charge upon its tax revenues. All bonds issued shall mature serially within not to exceed 30 years from date of issue, and shall be paid in annual installments of such amounts as will make the combined amount of principal and interest payable each year as nearly equal as practicable during the years of payment. [1955 c.614 §41]

Source: Section 450.895 — Bonds, general obligation or revenue or combination of both; bonds to mature serially and be paid in installments , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors450.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 450.855 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 450 / Section 450.855
450.855 Action board may take at hearing concerning boundaries, installations to be constructed, costs and financing
Status: in_force

At the hearing under ORS 450.850 (Hearing on board’s proposed construction plans and estimated special assessments) the board may:

(1) Modify the proposed boundaries of the area directly benefited by and to pay for the proposed installations except that no land in the authority which could not be directly benefited by the proposed installation may be included and no land in the authority which could be directly benefited by the proposed installation may be excluded. If it appears that land should be included in the area which was not included within the boundaries designated in the notice of the hearing and that the owners of such land have not appeared at the hearing the board shall adjourn the hearing and give notice to such owners by registered mail, by certified mail with return receipt or by posting and publishing notice in the area to be included in substantially the same manner that notice is given under ORS 450.850 (Hearing on board’s proposed construction plans and estimated special assessments) (2). If the notice is given by registered or certified mail, the notice shall be mailed at least 10 days prior to the date fixed for the further hearing. The notice shall contain the date, time and place of the adjourned hearing, a statement that the board proposes to construct sewage treatment plants or trunk or lateral sewers or drains for an area within the authority, a description of the additional area to be included within such area and a statement that all persons interested may appear and be heard.

(2) Determine what installations shall be constructed and the total cost of the construction. The cost of making engineering plans and specifications shall be borne by the area directly benefited by the installation as a part of the construction costs.

(3) Determine the manner in which the property within the area shall bear the cost of the proposed installations. The board may provide, in its sound discretion, that the cost shall be borne by assessments against the property directly benefited, by sewer connection charges, by collection of sewer service charges in the area or, if general obligation bonds are to be issued and sold to finance the construction of the installations, by annual levies of taxes against property in the area, or by any combination of these methods. If all or a part of the cost of the proposed installations are to be borne by assessments against the property directly benefited, the board may, in its sound discretion, levy the assessments in an amount based upon the engineer’s estimate of the cost, or may delay the assessments until the total cost of the installation is determined. Such cost shall be apportioned, so far as practicable, in accordance with the special and peculiar benefit each parcel of land in the area could receive from the installation. Where parcels of land in the area are partially or wholly undeveloped or are devoted to uses which in no way require sewage disposal service, the board may, in its sound discretion, defer assessing, imposing or levying all or any part of the assessments, sewer service charges or taxes against such parcels until the parcels or the undeveloped portions thereof are connected with the installations.

(4) Determine the method of financing the construction of the proposed installations and the amount and type of bonds, if any, to be issued and sold under ORS 450.895 (Bonds, general obligation or revenue or combination of both) to 450.920 (Disposition of proceeds of sale of bonds) to finance the construction of the proposed installations. [1955 c.614 §34; 1973 c.399 §2; 1977 c.621 §1; 1991 c.249 §37]

Source: Section 450.855 — Action board may take at hearing concerning boundaries, installations to be constructed, costs and financing , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors450.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 443.775 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 443 / Section 443.775
443.775 Rules
Status: in_force

(1) The licensing agency shall adopt rules governing adult foster homes and the level of care provided in such homes, including the provision of care to more than one person with nursing care needs under specified conditions and agency approval, such as are necessary to protect the health, safety or welfare of the residents and to provide for an appropriate continuum of care, but shall not be inconsistent with the residential nature of the living accommodations and the family atmosphere of the home. The rules shall be consistent with rules adopted by the Oregon State Board of Nursing under ORS 678.150 (Powers, functions and duties of board, officers and executive director) (8).

(a) An exception to the limit of one resident with nursing care needs may be granted if the provider proves to the licensing agency by clear and convincing evidence that such an exception will not jeopardize the care, health, safety or welfare of the residents and that the provider is capable of meeting the additional care needs of the new resident.

(b) The licensing agency, and the counties acting under the exemption granted pursuant to ORS 443.780 (Exemption where county has licensing and inspection program) , shall report on a quarterly basis to the Legislative Assembly on the number of exceptions granted during the quarter pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection.

(2) The provider may not employ a resident manager who does not meet the classification standard for the adult foster home.

(3) The provider shall be able to meet the night care needs of a resident before admitting the resident. The provider shall include night care needs in the resident’s care plan.

(4) The provider shall screen a prospective resident before admitting the resident. The screening shall include but is not limited to diagnosis, medications, personal care needs, nursing care needs, night care needs, nutritional needs, activities and lifestyle preferences. A copy of the screening shall be given to the prospective resident or the prospective resident’s representative.

(5) The licensing agency shall make rules to ensure that any employee who makes a complaint pursuant to ORS 443.755 (Entry and inspection of homes) shall be protected from retaliation.

(6) For adult foster homes in which clients reside for whom the licensing agency pays for care, including homes in which the provider and the resident are related, the agency may require substantial compliance with its rules relating to standards for care of the client as a condition for paying for care.

(7) By order the director of the licensing agency may delegate authority under this section to personnel other than of the licensing agency.

(8) The licensing agency may commence a suit in equity to enjoin maintenance of an adult foster home if:

(a) The home is operated without a valid license under this section; or

(b) After the license to maintain the home is ordered suspended or revoked, a reasonable time for placement of residents in other facilities has been allowed but such placement has not been accomplished.

(9) The licensing agency shall establish by rule the maximum capacity of adult foster homes, including all nonrelated and related persons receiving residential care and day care.

(10) Except as provided in subsection (11) of this section:

(a) The Department of Human Services may impose a civil penalty on any person who violates a provision of ORS 443.705 (Definitions for ORS 443.705 to 443.825) to 443.825 (Disposition of penalties recovered) , or the rules adopted under ORS 443.705 (Definitions for ORS 443.705 to 443.825) to 443.825 (Disposition of penalties recovered) , with regard to an adult foster home serving socially dependent individuals or individuals with physical disabilities. The department shall establish the amount of the penalty by rule, in an amount not less than $100 and not more than $250 per violation, or in the case of substantiated abuse, not less than $100 and not more than $1,000 per violation.

(b) The department may impose a civil penalty on any person who violates a provision of ORS 443.705 (Definitions for ORS 443.705 to 443.825) to 443.825 (Disposition of penalties recovered) , or the rules adopted under ORS 443.705 (Definitions for ORS 443.705 to 443.825) to 443.825 (Disposition of penalties recovered) , with regard to an adult foster home not serving socially dependent individuals or individuals with physical disabilities. The department shall establish the amount of the penalty by rule, in an amount not to exceed $100 per violation, to a maximum of $250, or, per occurrence of substantiated abuse, to a maximum of $1,000.

(c) The Oregon Health Authority may impose a civil penalty on any person who violates a provision of ORS 443.705 (Definitions for ORS 443.705 to 443.825) to 443.825 (Disposition of penalties recovered) , or the rules adopted under ORS 443.705 (Definitions for ORS 443.705 to 443.825) to 443.825 (Disposition of penalties recovered) . The authority shall establish the amount of the penalty by rule, in an amount not to exceed $100 per violation, to a maximum of $250, or, per occurrence of substantiated abuse, to a maximum of $1,000.

(11) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) If the licensing agency determines that there is reasonable cause to believe that abuse occurred in an adult foster home licensed by the licensing agency and if the abuse resulted in the death, serious injury, rape, sexual abuse or sexual exploitation of a resident, the licensing agency shall impose a civil penalty on the adult foster home of not less than $2,500 for each violation.

(b) This subsection does not apply to adult foster homes licensed by the licensing agency to serve only persons with mental illness or with alcohol or drug addiction.

(c) The licensing agency shall by rule define “serious injury,” “rape,” “sexual abuse” and “sexual exploitation” for purposes of this subsection.

(12) All penalties recovered pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Quality Care Fund established in ORS 443.001 (Quality Care Fund) . [1983 c.629 §8; 1985 c.663 §7; 1987 c.369 §2; 1987 c.430 §2; 1987 c.431 §2; 1991 c.960 §9; 1995 c.667 §14; 2001 c.900 §191; 2009 c.535 §34; 2009 c.595 §791o; 2009 c.828 §90; 2017 c.679 §9]

Source: Section 443.775 — Rules; level of care; exception to limit on residents with nursing care needs; reports on exceptions; provider duties; enforcement; civil penalties , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors443.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 446.350 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 446 / Section 446.350
446.350 Tourist Facility Account
Status: in_force

The Tourist Facility Account is established in the General Fund of the State Treasury. All moneys received under ORS 446.310 (Definitions for ORS 446.310 to 446.350) to 446.350 (Tourist Facility Account) by the Director of the Oregon Health Authority shall be credited to the Tourist Facility Account. All moneys in the account are appropriated continuously to the Oregon Health Authority for the purpose of administering and enforcing ORS 446.310 (Definitions for ORS 446.310 to 446.350) to 446.350 (Tourist Facility Account) . [1969 c.533 §9; 1973 c.560 §20; 1983 c.707 §19; 2009 c.595 §824]

Source: Section 446.350 — Tourist Facility Account , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors446.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 431a.870 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 431a / Section 431a.870
431A.870 Duty of pharmacist to fill prescription
Status: in_force

A pharmacist may not refuse to fill a valid prescription solely because the pharmacist cannot receive patient information from the prescription monitoring program established under ORS 431A.855 (Establishment of program) at the time the patient requests that the prescription be filled. [Formerly 431.968]

Source: Section 431A.870 — Duty of pharmacist to fill prescription , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors431A.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 441.413 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 441 / Section 441.413
441.413 Appointment of designees
Status: in_force

(1) The Long Term Care Ombudsman shall appoint designees, in consultation with local screening committees that are appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the ombudsman, that may consist of but not be limited to persons representing:

(a) The area agency, as defined in ORS 410.040 (Definitions for ORS 410.040 to 410.300, 410.320 and 410.619) .

(b) The local office of the Department of Human Services.

(c) The local health department.

(d) Senior citizens groups in the area.

(e) Local elected officials.

(2) To be appointed as a designee, a person must complete an initial training, as prescribed by the Long Term Care Ombudsman by rule, and attend quarterly training sessions that are approved by the ombudsman and that shall be coordinated and funded by the Department of Human Services and the Oregon Health Authority, subject to the availability of funds. The training must include instruction on how to identify and report disease outbreaks.

(3) Designees must sign a contract with the state that outlines the scope of their duties. In districts where a designee is an employee or agent of a local entity, a three-party contract shall be executed. Violation of the contract is cause for the termination of the appointment. A directory of all designees shall be maintained in the office of the Long Term Care Ombudsman.

(4) The qualifications of designees shall include experience with long term care facilities or residents or potential residents of long term care facilities, and the ability to communicate well, to understand laws, rules and regulations, and to be assertive, yet objective.

(5) Applicants who have experience in either social service, mental health, developmental disability services, gerontology, nursing or paralegal work shall be given preference in the appointment of designees.

(6) The contract shall include statements that the purpose of the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program is to:

(a) Promote rapport and trust between the residents and staff of the long term care facilities and Long Term Care Ombudsman;

(b) Assist residents with participating more actively in determining the delivery of services at the facilities;

(c) Serve as an educational resource;

(d) Receive, resolve or relay concerns to the Long Term Care Ombudsman or the appropriate agency; and

(e) Ensure equitable resolution of problems.

(7) The duties of the designees are to:

(a) Visit each assigned long term care facility on a regular basis:

(A) Upon arrival and departure, inform a specified staff member.

(B) Review, with a specified staff member, any problems or concerns that need to be considered.

(C) Visit individual residents and resident councils.

(b) Maintain liaison with appropriate agencies and the Long Term Care Ombudsman.

(c) Report, in writing, monthly to the Long Term Care Ombudsman.

(d) Keep residents and staff informed of the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program.

(e) Periodically review the rights prescribed in ORS 441.605 (Legislative declaration of rights intended for residents) , 441.610 (Nursing home patients’ bill of rights) and 441.612 (Additional rights) , and any other applicable rights to services, with residents, families, guardians, administrators and staff of long term care facilities.

(f) Perform other related duties as specified. [Formerly 441.131; 2017 c.441 §18; 2019 c.592 §9]

Source: Section 441.413 — Appointment of designees; qualifications; duties , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors441.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 431a.305 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 431a / Section 431a.305
431A.305 Aversive agent required
Status: in_force

Any toxic household product that is listed in ORS 431A.308 (Toxic household products required to comply with aversive agent requirement) and is manufactured on or after July 1, 1993, and sold in this state, shall include an aversive agent approved by the Poison Prevention Task Force within the product in a concentration so as to render the product unpalatable. [Formerly 431.880]

Source: Section 431A.305 — Aversive agent required , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors431A.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 442.735 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 442 / Section 442.735
442.735 Complaint procedure
Status: in_force

(1) Any person may file a complaint with the Director of the Oregon Health Authority requesting that a specific decision or action of a cooperative program supervised by the director be reversed or modified, or that approval for all or part of the activities permitted by the order be suspended or terminated. The complaint shall allege the reasons for the requested action and shall include any evidence relating to the complaint.

(2) The director on the director’s own initiative may at any time request information from the board of governors concerning the activities of the cooperative program to determine whether the cooperative program is in compliance with the order. [1993 c.769 §8; 2009 c.595 §761]

Source: Section 442.735 — Complaint procedure , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors442.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 443.425 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 443 / Section 443.425
443.425 License term
Status: in_force

(1) Licensure under ORS 443.415 (License applications) is effective for two years from the date of issue unless sooner revoked. Each license shall state:

(a) The name of the person operating the residential facility;

(b) The name of the person who owns the residential facility and, for a residential training facility or a residential training home, all persons with an ownership interest of five percent or more;

(c) The address of the premises to which the license applies and the maximum number of residents to be maintained in the residential facility at any time whether the residential facility is licensed as a residential training facility, a residential treatment facility, a residential care facility, a residential training home or residential treatment home; and

(d) Other information that the Department of Human Services or the Oregon Health Authority considers necessary.

(2) A license is renewable upon submission of an application to the department or the authority and payment of a renewal fee. No fee is required of a governmentally operated residential facility. Filing of an application for renewal before the date of expiration of a license extends the effective date of expiration of the license until the licensing agency has acted upon the application. The licensing agency shall refuse to renew a license if:

(a) The facility is not substantially in compliance with all applicable laws and rules;

(b) For a residential care facility, the facility has failed an inspection of the kitchen or other areas where food is prepared for residents that was conducted by the department in accordance with ORS 443.417 (Annual kitchen inspection) , except as provided in ORS 443.417 (Annual kitchen inspection) (2); or

(c) The State Fire Marshal, deputy or approved authority has given notice of noncompliance of a residential care facility, residential training facility or residential treatment facility pursuant to ORS 479.220 (Institution inspection by State Fire Marshal) .

(3) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) The biennial renewal fee for a residential training facility or a residential treatment facility is $60.

(b) The biennial renewal fee for a residential training home is $50.

(c) The biennial renewal fee for a residential treatment home is $30.

(d) The biennial renewal fee for a residential care facility is:

(A) For a facility with one to 15 beds, $1,000.

(B) For a facility with 16 to 49 beds, $1,500.

(C) For a facility with 50 to 99 beds, $2,000.

(D) For a facility with 100 to 150 beds, $2,500.

(E) For a facility with more than 150 beds, $3,000. [1977 c.717 §9; 1983 c.47 §1; 1983 c.740 §162; 1987 c.548 §3; 2009 c.595 §783; 2009 c.837 §27; 2017 c.679 §13a; 2017 c.707 §5; 2019 c.592 §6; 2021 c.316 §5]

Source: Section 443.425 — License term; contents; renewal; fee , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors443.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 432.530 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 432 / Section 432.530
432.530 Confidentiality of information
Status: in_force

(1) All identifying information regarding individual patients, health care facilities and practitioners reported pursuant to ORS 432.520 (Reporting requirement) shall be confidential and privileged. Except as required in connection with the administration or enforcement of public health laws or rules, no public health official, employee or agent shall be examined in an administrative or judicial proceeding as to the existence or contents of data collected under the registry system for cancer and benign or borderline tumors of the brain and central nervous system.

(2) All additional information reported in connection with a special study shall be confidential and privileged and shall be used solely for the purposes of the study, as provided by ORS 413.196 (Confidentiality and inadmissibility of information obtained in connection with epidemiologic morbidity and mortality studies) . Nothing in this section shall prevent the Oregon Health Authority from publishing statistical compilations relating to morbidity and mortality studies that do not identify individual cases or prevent use of this data by third parties to conduct research as provided by ORS 432.540 (Use of confidential data) (1). [1995 c.585 §5; 2003 c.269 §4; 2009 c.595 §621; 2017 c.101 §38]

Note: See note under 432.500 (Definitions) .

Source: Section 432.530 — Confidentiality of information , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors432.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 441.525 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 441 / Section 441.525
441.525 Definitions for ORS 441.525 to 441.595
Status: in_force

As used in ORS 441.525 (Definitions for ORS 441.525 to 441.595) to 441.595 (Construction of ORS 441.525 to 441.595) , unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) “Adult congregate living facility” means any institution, building or buildings, residential facility for elderly individuals or individuals with disabilities, or other place, operated as a nonprofit corporation that undertakes through its ownership or management to provide housing, meals and the availability of other supportive services.

(2) “Authority” means any public authority organized or existing pursuant to ORS 441.525 (Definitions for ORS 441.525 to 441.595) to 441.595 (Construction of ORS 441.525 to 441.595) .

(3) “Behavioral treatment facility” means any institution, building or buildings or residential facility operated as a nonprofit corporation that provides services, which may include residential services to individuals for a period of 72 hours to 12 months, to individuals struggling with addiction or another mental health issue.

(4) “Family safety facility” means an institution, building or buildings or residential facility operated as a nonprofit corporation that provides services, which may include residential services to individuals for a period of 72 hours to 12 months, to individuals seeking relief from domestic violence issues.

(5) “Governing body” means the county court, board of county commissioners, council or other legislative body of any municipality.

(6) “Hospital facility” means any structure, system, machinery, equipment or other real or personal property useful for or incidental to inpatient or outpatient care or administration, service or support for such care or any combination thereof that is provided by a political subdivision of this state or any private nonprofit corporation, including:

(a) An adult congregate living facility;

(b) A behavioral treatment facility;

(c) A family safety facility; or

(d) A health care facility, as defined in ORS 442.015 (Definitions) .

(7) “Municipality” means any health district, city, county or other municipal corporation created by the consolidation of a city and county. [1973 c.153 §2; 1981 c.161 §1; 1983 c.740 §157; 1989 c.224 §94; 2007 c.70 §241; 2015 c.220 §1]

Source: Section 441.525 — Definitions for ORS 441.525 to 441.595 , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors441.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 433.526 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 433 / Section 433.526
433.526 Public recognition program for compliance
Status: in_force

(1) The Oregon Health Authority may establish by rule a public recognition program for office workplaces, buildings and public areas that consistently meet the indoor air quality requirements of ORS 433.502 (Definitions) to 433.526 (Public recognition program for compliance) , 455.445 (Indoor air quality standards for public areas and office workplaces) and 468A.775 (Indoor air quality sampling) to 468A.785 (Pilot programs) . Any workplace, building or public area that qualifies for such recognition may display a notice indicating that the building exceeds the requirements of Oregon’s indoor clean air statutes.

(2) To qualify for recognition under this section, an office workplace, building or public area shall:

(a) Comply with all applicable provisions of ORS 433.835 (Definitions for ORS 433.835 to 433.875) to 433.875 (Short title) ;

(b) Demonstrate a consistent pattern of compliance in meeting all indoor air quality standards and other requirements of ORS 433.502 (Definitions) to 433.526 (Public recognition program for compliance) , 455.445 (Indoor air quality standards for public areas and office workplaces) and 468A.775 (Indoor air quality sampling) to 468A.785 (Pilot programs) ; and

(c) Demonstrate to the satisfaction of the authority that all technically and economically practicable steps have been taken to minimize significant sources of indoor air pollution.

(3) The authority by rule may establish a fee to be submitted by the owner or responsible party of a building, workplace or public area who requests certification under this section. The fee shall be an amount sufficient to pay the authority’s costs in carrying out the provisions of this section. [1989 c.1070 §8; 2009 c.595 §679]

Note: See note under 433.502 (Definitions) .

Source: Section 433.526 — Public recognition program for compliance; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors433.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 450.815 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 450 / Section 450.815
450.815 General powers of authority
Status: in_force

For the purpose of carrying out the powers granted to the authority under other provisions of ORS 450.600 (Joint authorities) to 450.989 (Apportionment of cost among serviced property owners) and in addition thereto, the authority may:

(1) Have and use a common seal.

(2) Sue and be sued in its name.

(3) Permit the use, by lease or otherwise, of any property of the authority by any other authority, district, city or other governmental agency.

(4) Acquire by purchase, gift, devise, condemnation proceedings or otherwise, such real and personal property and rights of way, either within or without the authority, as in the judgment of the board are necessary or proper to the exercise of its powers, and to pay for and hold the same.

(5) Make and accept contracts, deeds, releases and documents which, in the judgment of the board, are necessary or proper in the exercise of any of the powers of the authority.

(6) Employ and pay necessary agents, employees and assistants.

(7) Lay its sewers and drains in any public street, highway or road in the county, and for this purpose enter upon it and make all necessary and proper excavations, restoring it to its proper condition. However, the consent of the proper city, county or state authorities, as the case may be, shall first be obtained and the conditions of such consent complied with.

(8) Compel all residents and property owners in the authority to connect their houses and structures requiring sewage disposal with adjacent sewers within the authority.

(9) Fix sewer charges and rentals.

(10) Do any act necessary or proper to effect and carry out the purposes for which the authority was formed pursuant to ORS 450.600 (Joint authorities) to 450.989 (Apportionment of cost among serviced property owners) . [1955 c.614 §25; 2001 c.104 §188]

Source: Section 450.815 — General powers of authority , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors450.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 442.503 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 442 / Section 442.503
442.503 Eligibility for economic development grants
Status: in_force

In addition to any other authorized uses of funds for economic development available from the Administrative Services Economic Development Fund, economic development grants may be made for the purpose of constructing, equipping, refurbishing, modernizing and making other capital improvements for type A and B rural hospitals, as defined under ORS 442.470 (Definitions for ORS 442.470 to 442.507) . [1989 c.893 §10]

Note: 442.503 (Eligibility for economic development grants) was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 442 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

Source: Section 442.503 — Eligibility for economic development grants , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors442.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 443.436 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 443 / Section 443.436
443.436 Enhanced oversight and supervision program
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section:

(a) “Consistently” means regularly and typically.

(b) “Substantial compliance” means a level of compliance with state law and with rules of the Department of Human Services such that any identified deficiencies pose a risk of no more than negligible harm to the health or safety of residents.

(2) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) The department shall develop a framework for assessing the compliance of residential care facilities with regulatory requirements and for requiring corrective action that accurately and equitably measures compliance and the extent of noncompliance.

(b) The framework must include but is not limited to measures of the severity and scope of a residential care facility’s noncompliance, including but not limited to:

(A) Whether the facility has qualified awake direct care staff in sufficient numbers to consistently meet the scheduled and unscheduled needs of each resident 24 hours a day; and

(B) The impact of any compliance deficiencies on the rights, health, welfare and safety of the residents.

(c) The department shall publish the framework on the department’s website and shall distribute the framework to residential care facilities licensed in this state.

(3) The department shall administer a residential care facility enhanced oversight and supervision program that focuses department resources on residential care facilities that consistently demonstrate:

(a) A lack of substantial compliance with the requirements of ORS 443.400 (Definitions for ORS 443.400 to 443.455) to 443.455 (Civil penalties) or rules adopted to implement ORS 443.400 (Definitions for ORS 443.400 to 443.455) to 443.455 (Civil penalties) ; or

(b) Performance substantially below statewide averages on quality metrics reported under the Residential Care Quality Measurement Program established under ORS 443.446 (Residential Care Quality Measurement Program) .

(4) The residential care facility enhanced oversight and supervision program shall take one or more of the following actions that the department deems necessary to improve the performance of a residential care facility:

(a) Increase the frequency of surveys of the residential care facility.

(b) Conduct surveys that focus on areas of consistent noncompliance identified by the department.

(c) Impose one or more conditions on the license of the facility under ORS 441.736 (License conditions) .

(5) The department shall terminate the enhanced oversight and supervision of a residential care facility:

(a) After three years if the residential care facility has shown through at least two consecutive in-person site surveys and reported quality metrics that the residential care facility no longer meets the criteria set forth in subsection (3) of this section; or

(b) After one year if the residential care facility submits a written assertion of substantial compliance and the department determines that the residential care facility no longer meets the criteria set forth in subsection (3) of this section.

(6) The department shall publish notice on the department’s website, including any website where the public can access a database of long term care facilities, of any residential care facility that is in the enhanced oversight and supervision program.

(7) Using moneys from the Quality Care Fund established under ORS 443.001 (Quality Care Fund) , the department shall develop, maintain and periodically update compliance guidelines for residential care facilities serving seniors and persons with disabilities. The guidelines must be made available electronically.

(8) This section does not preclude the department from taking any action authorized by ORS 443.400 (Definitions for ORS 443.400 to 443.455) to 443.455 (Civil penalties) . [2017 c.679 §23; 2021 c.338 §7; 2021 c.392 §5]

Source: Section 443.436 — Enhanced oversight and supervision program , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors443.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 433.830 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 433 / Section 433.830
433.830 Immunity of trained person and institution rendering emergency assistance
Status: in_force

(1) No cause of action shall arise against a person who has successfully completed an educational training program described in ORS 433.815 (Educational training) or 433.817 (Educational training conducted by public health authority or organization or by other entity or individual approved by Oregon Health Authority) for any act or omission of the person when acting in good faith while rendering emergency treatment pursuant to the authority granted by ORS 433.800 (Definitions for ORS 433.800 to 433.830) to 433.830 (Immunity of trained person and institution rendering emergency assistance) , except where such conduct can be described as wanton misconduct.

(2) No cause of action shall arise against an institution, facility, agency or organization when acting in good faith to allow for the rendering of emergency treatment pursuant to the authority granted by ORS 433.800 (Definitions for ORS 433.800 to 433.830) to 433.830 (Immunity of trained person and institution rendering emergency assistance) , except where such conduct can be described as wanton misconduct. [1981 c.367 §6; 1997 c.345 §7; 2013 c.486 §8]

Source: Section 433.830 — Immunity of trained person and institution rendering emergency assistance , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors433.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 443.875 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 443 / Section 443.875
443.875 Notice of substantiated abuse
Status: in_force

(1) If the Department of Human Services or the Oregon Health Authority substantiates an allegation of abuse that occurred in a facility, the department or authority shall immediately notify the facility of its findings.

(2) Upon receipt of the notice described in subsection (1) of this section, a facility shall provide written notice of the findings to the individual found to have committed abuse, residents of the facility, the residents’ case managers and the residents’ guardians.

(3) An application for employment at a facility must inquire whether the applicant has been found to have committed abuse.

(4) As used in this section:

(a) “Abuse” has the meaning given that term in ORS 430.735 (Definitions for ORS 430.735 to 430.765) .

(b) “Facility” means:

(A) A residential facility as defined in ORS 443.400 (Definitions for ORS 443.400 to 443.455) ; or

(B) An adult foster home as defined in ORS 443.705 (Definitions for ORS 443.705 to 443.825) . [2009 c.837 §5; 2009 c.828 §80; 2010 c.93 §14]

Note: 443.875 (Notice of substantiated abuse) was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 443 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

Source: Section 443.875 — Notice of substantiated abuse , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors443.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 454.605 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 454 / Section 454.605
454.605 Definitions for ORS 454.605 to 454.755
Status: in_force

As used in ORS 454.605 (Definitions for ORS 454.605 to 454.755) to 454.755 (Fees for certain reports on sewage disposal) , unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) “Absorption facility” means a system of open-jointed or perforated piping, alternate distribution units or other seepage systems for receiving the flow from septic tanks or other treatment units and designed to distribute effluent for oxidation and absorption by the soil within the zone of aeration.

(2) “Accessory dwelling unit” has the meaning given that term in ORS 197A.425 (Accessory dwelling units) .

(3) “Alternative sewage disposal system” means a system incorporating all of the following:

(a) Septic tank or other sewage treatment or storage unit; and

(b) Disposal facility or method consisting of other than an absorption facility but not including discharge to public waters of the State of Oregon.

(4) “Construction” includes installation, alteration or repair.

(5) “Contract agent” means a local unit of government that has entered into an agreement with the Department of Environmental Quality pursuant to ORS 454.725 (Contracts with local governments) .

(6) “Effluent sewer” means that part of the system of drainage piping that conveys treated sewage from a septic tank or other treatment unit into an absorption facility.

(7) “Governmental unit” means the state or any county, municipality or other political subdivision, or any agency thereof.

(8) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) “Gray water” means shower and bath waste water, bathroom sink waste water, kitchen sink waste water and laundry waste water.

(b) “Gray water” does not mean toilet or garbage wastes or waste water contaminated by soiled diapers.

(9) “Local unit of government” means any county or municipality.

(10) “Nonwater-carried sewage disposal facility” includes, but is not limited to, pit privies, vault privies and chemical toilets.

(11) “Public health hazard” means a condition whereby there are sufficient types and amounts of biological, chemical or physical, including radiological, agents relating to water or sewage which are likely to cause human illness, disorders or disability. These include, but are not limited to, pathogenic viruses, bacteria, parasites, toxic chemicals and radioactive isotopes.

(12) “Septic tank” means a watertight receptacle which receives the discharge of sewage from a sanitary drainage system and which is so designed and constructed as to separate solids from liquids, digest organic matter during a period of detention and allow the liquids to discharge to another treatment unit or into the soil outside of the tank through an absorption facility.

(13) “Sewage” means domestic water-carried human and animal wastes, including kitchen, bath and laundry wastes from residences, buildings, industrial establishments or other places, together with such ground water infiltration, surface waters or industrial waste as may be present.

(14) “Sewage disposal service” means:

(a) The construction of subsurface sewage disposal systems, alternative sewage disposal systems or any part thereof.

(b) The pumping out or cleaning of subsurface sewage disposal systems, alternative sewage disposal systems or nonwater-carried sewage disposal facilities.

(c) The disposal of materials derived from the pumping out or cleaning of subsurface sewage disposal systems, alternative sewage disposal systems or nonwater-carried sewage disposal facilities.

(d) Grading, excavating and earthmoving work connected with the operations described in paragraph (a) of this subsection.

(15) “Subsurface sewage disposal system” means a cesspool or the combination of a septic tank or other treatment unit and effluent sewer and absorption facility.

(16) “Zone of aeration” means the unsaturated zone that occurs below the ground surface and the point at which the upper limit of the water table exists. [1973 c.835 §208; 1975 c.167 §1; 1977 c.828 §1; 1991 c.598 §3; 1999 c.551 §3; 2009 c.248 §3; 2023 c.371 §1]

Source: Section 454.605 — Definitions for ORS 454.605 to 454.755 , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors454.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 452.130 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 452 / Section 452.130
452.130 Payment for cost of vector control
Status: in_force

All work performed under ORS 452.110 (Powers of board) shall be paid for by the control district, except when a contract authorized under ORS 452.110 (Powers of board) (8) provides otherwise. [Amended by 1983 c.207 §2; 2007 c.258 §4]

Source: Section 452.130 — Payment for cost of vector control; exception , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors452.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 431a.200 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 431a / Section 431a.200
431A.200 Proof of licensure
Status: in_force

A person to which a license or other authorization has been issued under ORS 431A.198 (Licensure) or 431A.220 (Continuity) must post proof of licensure or other authorization in a clear and conspicuous place at the premises for which the license or other authorization has been issued. [2021 c.586 §6]

Source: Section 431A.200 — Proof of licensure , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors431A.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 446.686 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 446 / Section 446.686
446.686 Notice of proceeding against alleged unlicensed dealer
Status: in_force

(1) If the Department of Consumer and Business Services proceeds under ORS 446.681 (Enjoining unlicensed dealers) or 455.895 (Civil penalties) , the department may post a notice on any manufactured structure held in inventory by a person alleged to be acting as a manufactured structure dealer without a license. The notice must state that the person offering the manufactured structure for sale is currently the subject of a proceeding to determine whether the person has a manufactured structure dealer license and that it may be unlawful for the person to sell the manufactured structure to a retail customer.

(2) A person may remove a notice posted in accordance with subsection (1) of this section only upon authorization by the department. The department shall authorize removal within 10 days after any one of the following occurs:

(a) The dismissal or termination of the proceeding instituted under ORS 446.681 (Enjoining unlicensed dealers) or 455.895 (Civil penalties) ;

(b) Full payment of any lawfully owing civil penalty and compliance with ORS 446.661 (Definitions for ORS 446.661 to 446.756) to 446.756 (Violation of consigned manufactured structure transfer) ; or

(c) A finding by the department or a court that the manufactured structure is being offered for sale by a licensed manufactured structure dealer or a person who is exempt from the licensing requirement under ORS 446.676 (Exceptions to prohibition against unlicensed dealer activity) . [2003 c.655 §43]

Note: See note under 446.661 (Definitions for ORS 446.661 to 446.756) .

Source: Section 446.686 — Notice of proceeding against alleged unlicensed dealer , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors446.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 454.340 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 454 / Section 454.340
454.340 Use of seepage charge
Status: in_force

(1) All seepage charges levied and collected by the governing body shall be used for the construction of treatment works.

(2) System development charges for the installation or replacement of cesspools or septic tanks shall not be imposed by a municipality in any area in which seepage charges are imposed and collected under ORS 454.317 (Resolution or ordinance authorizing levy and collection of seepage charge) to 454.350 (Effect of ORS 454.317 to 454.350 on contracts between municipalities) . If an owner of real property against which seepage charges are imposed has already paid a system development charge for the installation or replacement of cesspools or septic tanks for that real property, the owner shall be allowed a credit against the seepage charge otherwise payable in an amount equal to the system development charge.

(3) When a user fee for the use of treatment works is imposed upon real property, all seepage charges levied against that real property shall cease.

(4) The governing body shall, by ordinance, allocate all of the seepage charges collected under ORS 454.317 (Resolution or ordinance authorizing levy and collection of seepage charge) to 454.350 (Effect of ORS 454.317 to 454.350 on contracts between municipalities) for the purpose of allowing owners of real properties against which the seepage charges are imposed a credit against the future connection charges or system development charges otherwise due when those real properties are connected to treatment works.

(5) If the municipality levying the seepage charges is not the municipality imposing the connection charges or system development charges imposed at the time of connection to the treatment works, then the municipality levying the seepage charges shall transfer those seepage charges it has collected to the municipality imposing the connection charges or system development charges imposed at the time of connection to the treatment works. [1983 c.235 §6; 1985 c.680 §1]

Source: Section 454.340 — Use of seepage charge; credit for system development charge; seepage charge to cease if user fee imposed , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors454.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 433.507 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 433 / Section 433.507
433.507 Legislative findings
Status: in_force

The Legislative Assembly finds and declares:

(1) Scientific studies reveal that indoor concentrations of some pollutants are frequently higher than outdoor concentrations of those pollutants and that indoor pollutant concentrations can exceed health-based standards.

(2) On the average, people spend at least 90 percent of their time indoors, and, as a result, the population has a significant potential for exposure to indoor air pollutants.

(3) Indoor air pollution poses one of the most serious environmental threats to public health, including cancer, respiratory illness, multiple chemical sensitivities, skin and eye irritation and related effects, and is estimated to cause significant increases in medical costs and claims, and declines in work productivity. Indoor air pollution also has been linked significantly to improperly maintained ventilation systems that increase consumption of energy.

(4) Existing state environmental and occupational health programs do not adequately protect the public from exposure to indoor air pollution that may occur in public areas or office workplaces.

(5) It is in the public interest to reduce exposure to indoor air pollution by developing a comprehensive program to investigate and remedy indoor air pollution and to educate the public. [1989 c.1070 §2]

Note: See note under 433.502 (Definitions) .

Source: Section 433.507 — Legislative findings , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors433.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 432.005 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 432 / Section 432.005
432.005 Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) “Alkaline hydrolysis” or “hydrolysis” means the technical process for reducing human remains by placing the remains in a dissolution chamber that uses heat, pressure, water and base chemical agents, in a licensed hydrolysis facility, to reduce human remains to bone fragments and essential elements.

(2) “Amendment” means a change to an item that appears on a certified copy of a vital record after a certified copy has been issued.

(3) “Authorized representative” means an agent designated in a written statement signed by the registrant or other qualified applicant, the signing of which was witnessed.

(4) “Certified copy” means the document, in either paper or electronic format, issued by the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics and containing all or a part of the information contained on the original vital record, and which, when issued by the state registrar, has the full force and effect of the original vital record.

(5) “Certified copy item” means any item of information that appears on a certified copy.

(6) “Certifier” means a person required to attest to the accuracy of information submitted on a report.

(7) “Correction” means a change to an item that is not included in a certified copy of a vital record, or a change to an item that is included in a certified copy provided that no certified copy has been issued.

(8) “Court of competent jurisdiction” means a court within the United States with jurisdiction over a person subject to regulation under this chapter.

(9) “Date of registration” means the month, day and year a vital record is incorporated into the official records of the Center for Health Statistics.

(10) “Dead body” means a human body or such parts of such human body from the condition of which it reasonably may be concluded that death occurred.

(11) “Electronic signature” means an electronic sound, symbol or process attached to or logically associated with a contract or other record that is executed or adopted by a person with the intent to attest to the accuracy of the facts in the record.

(12) “Government agency” means a unit of federal, state, local or tribal government.

(13) “Health research” means a systematic study to gain information and understanding about health, with the goal of finding ways to improve human health, that conforms to or is conducted in accordance with generally accepted scientific standards or principles and that is designed to develop or contribute to general scientific knowledge.

(14) “Facts of live birth” means the name of the child, date of birth, place of birth, sex and parent’s name or parents’ names appearing on the record of live birth.

(15) “Fetal death” means death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of human conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, that is not an induced termination of pregnancy. The death is indicated by the fact that after such expulsion or extraction the fetus does not breathe or show any other evidence of life such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord or definite movement of the voluntary muscles.

(16) “Final disposition” means the burial, interment, cremation, reduction, removal from the state or other authorized disposition of a dead body or fetus, except that when removal from the state is conducted by the holder of a certificate of removal registration issued under ORS 692.270 (Certificate of removal registration for removal of dead human bodies) , the final disposition may not be considered complete until the report of death is filed.

(17) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) “Human remains” means a dead body.

(b) “Human remains” does not include cremated or reduced human remains recovered after cremation or reduction.

(18) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) “Induced termination of pregnancy” means the purposeful interruption of an intrauterine pregnancy with the intention other than to produce a live-born infant and that does not result in a live birth.

(b) “Induced termination of pregnancy” does not include management of prolonged retention of products of conception following fetal death.

(19) “Institution” means any establishment, public or private, that provides inpatient or outpatient medical, surgical or diagnostic care or treatment or nursing, custodial or domiciliary care, or to which persons are committed by law.

(20) “Interment” means the disposition of human remains by entombment or burial.

(21) “Legal representative” means a licensed attorney representing the registrant or other qualified applicant.

(22) “Live birth” means the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of human conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, that, after such expulsion or extraction, breathes or shows any other evidence of life such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord or definite movement of voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta is attached.

(23) “Medical certifier” means a physician, physician assistant or nurse practitioner licensed under the laws of this state or under the laws of Washington, Idaho or California who has treated a decedent within the 12 months preceding death.

(24) “Natural organic reduction” means the contained, accelerated conversion of human remains to soil.

(25) “Person acting as a funeral service practitioner” means:

(a) A person other than a funeral service practitioner licensed under ORS 692.045 (Funeral service practitioner license) , including but not limited to a relative, friend or other interested party, who performs the duties of a funeral service practitioner without payment; or

(b) A funeral service practitioner who submits reports of death in another state if the funeral service practitioner is employed by a funeral establishment licensed in another state and registered with the State Mortuary and Cemetery Board under ORS 692.270 (Certificate of removal registration for removal of dead human bodies) .

(26) “Person in charge of an institution” means the officer or employee who is responsible for administration of an institution.

(27) “Personally identifiable information” means information that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual’s identity or, when combined with other personal or identifying information, is linked or linkable to a specific individual.

(28) “Physician” means a person authorized to practice medicine, chiropractic or naturopathic medicine under the laws of this state or under the laws of Washington, Idaho or California, a physician assistant licensed under ORS 677.505 (Application of provisions governing physician assistants to other health professions) to 677.525 (Fees) or a nurse practitioner licensed under ORS 678.375 (Nurse practitioners) to 678.390 (Authority of nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist to write prescriptions or dispense drugs) .

(29) “Record” means a report that has been registered by the state registrar.

(30) “Record of foreign live birth” means a document registered by the state registrar for a person born in a foreign country who may or may not be a citizen of the United States and who was adopted under the laws of this state.

(31) “Reduction” means an authorized process for reducing human remains. Authorized processes for reducing human remains include alkaline hydrolysis, natural organic reduction and any other alternative process authorized by the State Mortuary and Cemetery Board.

(32) “Registration” means the process by which vital records and reports are accepted and incorporated into the official records of the Center for Health Statistics.

(33) “Report” means a document, whether in paper or electronic format, containing information related to a vital event submitted by a person required to submit the information to the state registrar for the purpose of registering a vital event.

(34) “State” includes a state or territory of the United States, the District of Columbia and New York City.

(35) “System of vital statistics” means:

(a) The collection, registration, preservation, amendment, certification and verification of, and the maintenance of the security and integrity of, vital records;

(b) The collection of reports required by this chapter; and

(c) Activities related to the activities described in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection, including the tabulation, analysis, dissemination and publication of vital statistics and training in the use of health data.

(36) “Verification” means confirmation of the information on a vital record based on the facts contained in a report.

(37) “Vital record” means a report of a live birth, death, fetal death, marriage, declaration of domestic partnership, dissolution of marriage or domestic partnership and related data that have been accepted for registration and incorporated into the official records of the Center for Health Statistics.

(38) “Vital statistics” means the aggregated data derived from records and reports of live birth, death, fetal death, induced termination of pregnancy, marriage, declaration of domestic partnership, dissolution of marriage, dissolution of domestic partnership and supporting documentation and related reports. [Subsections (1) and (2) enacted as 1973 c.829 §15; 1983 c.709 §1; 1997 c.783 §1; 1999 c.254 §4; 1999 c.724 §7; 2001 c.900 §154; 2007 c.99 §16; 2009 c.595 §604; 2013 c.366 §1; 2014 c.45 §50; 2017 c.409 §14; 2021 c.296 §30]

Source: Section 432.005 — Definitions , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors432.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 454.795 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 454 / Section 454.795
454.795 County regulation of septage
Status: in_force

A county may submit a request to the Department of Environmental Quality to allow the county to perform the duties of the department under ORS 454.782 (Definitions for ORS 454.782 to 454.800) to 454.800 (Land application of septage) . Subject to policy direction of the Environmental Quality Commission, and in compliance with rules adopted by the commission under ORS 454.792 (Rules) , the department may enter into an agreement with the county for the county to perform the duties of the department under ORS 454.782 (Definitions for ORS 454.782 to 454.800) to 454.800 (Land application of septage) . [1999 c.978 §6]

Note: See note under 454.782 (Definitions for ORS 454.782 to 454.800) .

Source: Section 454.795 — County regulation of septage , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors454.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 441.185 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 441 / Section 441.185
441.185 Hospital posting of notice
Status: in_force

(1) A hospital shall post a notice summarizing the provisions of ORS 441.181 (Retaliation prohibited) , 441.183 (Remedies for retaliation) , 441.184 (Unlawful employment practices) and 441.192 (Notice of employment outside of hospital) in a conspicuous place on the premises of the hospital. The notice must be posted where notices to employees and applicants for employment are customarily displayed.

(2) Any hospital that willfully violates this section is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $500. Civil penalties under this section shall be imposed by the Oregon Health Authority in the manner provided by ORS 183.745 (Civil penalty procedures) . [Formerly 441.180]

Note: See note under 441.179 (Definitions for ORS 441.179 to 441.186) .

Source: Section 441.185 — Hospital posting of notice , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors441.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 441.306 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 441 / Section 441.306
441.306 Compensation of trustee
Status: in_force

The court shall set the compensation of the trustee. That compensation and the compensation of the employees shall be considered a necessary expense of the trust. [1981 c.868 §8]

Source: Section 441.306 — Compensation of trustee , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors441.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 447.140 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 447 / Section 447.140
447.140 Waste water and sewage from plumbing fixtures
Status: in_force

(1) All waste water and sewage from plumbing fixtures shall be discharged into a sewer system or alternate sewage disposal system approved by the Environmental Quality Commission or Department of Environmental Quality under ORS chapters 468, 468A and 468B.

(2) No plumbing fixture, device or equipment shall be installed, maintained or offered for sale which will provide a cross-connection between the distributing system of water for drinking and domestic purposes and any other water supply, or a drainage system, soil or waste pipe so as to permit or make possible the backflow of contaminated water, sewage or waste into the water supply system.

(3) No flush valve, vacuum breaker or syphon preventer shall be offered for sale or installed that has not been approved by the Department of Consumer and Business Services with the approval of the State Plumbing Board.

(4) The use or installation of water-operated sump pumps or sewage ejectors, if connected to the potable water supply, is prohibited.

(5) No pan, plunger, offset washout, washout, long hopper, frost proof or other water closets having invisible seals or unventilated spaces, or walls not thoroughly washed at each flushing, shall be installed or sold for use in any building.

(6) No plumbing fixture, appurtenance or device, the installation of which would be in violation of the state plumbing specialty code and the rules of the department approved by the board shall be sold, offered for sale or installed. [Amended by 1955 c.548 §10; 1961 c.545 §1; 1973 c.835 §231; 1981 c.438 §39; 1993 c.744 §72]

Source: Section 447.140 — Waste water and sewage from plumbing fixtures; requirements; prohibitions , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors447.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 454.430 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 454 / Section 454.430
454.430 Definitions for ORS 454.430 to 454.445
Status: in_force

As used in ORS 454.430 (Definitions for ORS 454.430 to 454.445) to 454.445 (Lien against assessed property) :

(1) “Assessment” includes all costs, fees or other charges for the construction of or connection to sewage treatment works that are eligible for installment payments under ORS 223.205 (Scope and application) to 223.775 (Assessment of property of cemetery authority benefited by certain improvements) .

(2) “Commission” means the Environmental Quality Commission.

(3) “Department” means the Department of Environmental Quality.

(4) “Extreme financial hardship” has the meaning given within the assessment deferral programs adopted by public agencies and approved by the Department of Environmental Quality.

(5) “Public agency” means any state agency, incorporated city, county, sanitary authority, county service district, sanitary district, metropolitan service district or other special district authorized to construct water pollution control facilities.

(6) “Treatment works” means a sewage collection system. [Formerly 468.970]

Note: 454.430 (Definitions for ORS 454.430 to 454.445) to 454.445 (Lien against assessed property) were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 454 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

Source: Section 454.430 — Definitions for ORS 454.430 to 454.445 , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors454.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 451.435 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 451 / Section 451.435
451.435 Law governing district formation or change
Status: in_force

(1) All district formation and change of organization proceedings shall be initiated, conducted and completed as provided by ORS 198.705 (Definitions for ORS 198.705 to 198.955) to 198.955 (Disposition of assets) . Except for an order allowing an existing district established to provide sewage works to also provide drainage works, no county or portion thereof shall be included within a district that is to provide services in more than one county without the consent of the governing body of the affected county.

(2) In the case of sewage works, upon certification to the county court by the Environmental Quality Commission or the local health officer that an emergency exists, the county court shall initiate the formation of a district in the manner specified in ORS 198.835 (Order for formation of district in single county) , or annexation to an existing district in the manner specified in ORS 198.850 (Annexation petition or resolution) (3), whichever is most appropriate.

(3) A petition or order initiating the formation or change of organization of a district shall, in addition to the requirement specified by ORS 198.705 (Definitions for ORS 198.705 to 198.955) to 198.955 (Disposition of assets) , state which of the service facilities specified by ORS 451.010 (Authorization to establish master plans and service districts) the district shall be authorized to construct, maintain and operate.

(4) A final order in a formation or change of organization proceeding of a district shall, in addition to the requirements specified by ORS 198.705 (Definitions for ORS 198.705 to 198.955) to 198.955 (Disposition of assets) , state which of the service facilities specified by ORS 451.010 (Authorization to establish master plans and service districts) the district shall be authorized to construct, maintain and operate. [1973 c.785 §8; 1975 c.630 §3; 1989 c.374 §3; 2015 c.736 §96; 2017 c.17 §39]

Source: Section 451.435 — Law governing district formation or change , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors451.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 433.870 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 433 / Section 433.870
433.870 Regulation in addition to other aerosolizing, smoking or vaporizing regulations
Status: in_force

ORS 433.835 (Definitions for ORS 433.835 to 433.875) to 433.875 (Short title) and rules adopted under ORS 433.835 (Definitions for ORS 433.835 to 433.875) to 433.875 (Short title) are in addition to and not in lieu of any other law regulating the smoking, aerosolizing or vaporizing of inhalants. [1981 c.384 §11; 2001 c.104 §164; 2001 c.990 §5; 2007 c.602 §6; 2015 c.158 §20]

Source: Section 433.870 — Regulation in addition to other aerosolizing, smoking or vaporizing regulations , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors433.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 450.865 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 450 / Section 450.865
450.865 Ordinance specifying action of board at hearing
Status: in_force

(1) After the board has concluded the hearing under ORS 450.850 (Hearing on board’s proposed construction plans and estimated special assessments) and 450.855 (Action board may take at hearing concerning boundaries, installations to be constructed, costs and financing) it may adopt an ordinance specifying the installations to be constructed for the area, the boundaries of the area, the method of apportioning the construction cost to the area directly benefited, whether by assessment, by sewer connection charges, by sewer service charges or annual levy, or combinations thereof, and the method of financing the construction of the installations. A copy of the ordinance shall be published once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the area directly benefited or, if there is no such newspaper, in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the county in which the area, or the largest portion thereof, is situated.

(2) If within 30 days after the last publication of such ordinance written remonstrances against the proposed construction are filed in the office of the authority by a majority of the owners of the land in the area directly benefited, no further proceedings shall be had in connection with the proposed construction. However, a modified proposal may be initiated within six months thereafter.

(3) If such remonstrances are not filed by a majority of the owners of the land in the area directly benefited, the board may proceed with the construction of the installation in accordance with the ordinance. [1955 c.614 §35; 1973 c.399 §3]

Source: Section 450.865 — Ordinance specifying action of board at hearing; remonstrances , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors450.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 442.855 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 442 / Section 442.855
442.855 Oregon Health Care Acquired Infection Reporting Program established
Status: in_force

(1) There is established in the Oregon Health Authority the Oregon Health Care Acquired Infection Reporting Program. The program shall:

(a) Provide useful and credible infection measures, specific to each health care facility, to consumers;

(b) Promote quality improvement in health care facilities; and

(c) Utilize existing quality improvement efforts to the extent practicable.

(2) The authority shall adopt rules to:

(a) Require health care facilities to report to the authority health care acquired infection measures, including health care acquired infection rates;

(b) Specify the health care acquired infection measures that health care facilities must report; and

(c) Prescribe the form, manner and frequency of reports of health care acquired infection measures by health care facilities.

(3) In prescribing the form, manner and frequency of reports of health care acquired infection measures by health care facilities, to the extent practicable and appropriate to avoid unnecessary duplication of reporting by facilities, the authority shall align the requirements with the requirements for health care facilities to report similar data to the Department of Human Services and to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

(4) The authority shall utilize, to the extent practicable and appropriate, a credible and reliable risk-adjusted methodology in analyzing the health care acquired infection measures reported by health care facilities.

(5) The authority shall provide health care acquired infection measures and related information to health care facilities in a manner that promotes quality improvement in the health care facilities.

(6) The authority may adopt rules prescribing the form, manner and frequency for public disclosure of reported health care acquired infection measures.

(7) Individually identifiable health information submitted to the authority by health care facilities pursuant to this section may not be disclosed to, made subject to subpoena by or used by any state agency for purposes of any enforcement or regulatory action in relation to a participating health care facility. [2007 c.838 §3; 2009 c.595 §1157; 2013 c.61 §6; 2017 c.101 §47]

Note: See note under 442.853 (Legislative findings) .

Source: Section 442.855 — Oregon Health Care Acquired Infection Reporting Program established; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors442.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 431.550 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 431 / Section 431.550
431.550 Power of Oregon Health Authority to collect information from local public health administrators
Status: in_force

Nothing in ORS 431.380 (Distribution of funds) to 431.510 (Facilities and funds for local public health authorities) and this section shall be construed to limit the authority of the Oregon Health Authority to require facts and statistics from local public health administrators on matters relating to the preservation of life and health of the people of this state. [1981 c.127 §3; 2009 c.595 §566; 2015 c.736 §45]

Source: Section 431.550 — Power of Oregon Health Authority to collect information from local public health administrators , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors431.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 441.037 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 441 / Section 441.037
441.037 Hearings
Status: in_force

(1) When the Oregon Health Authority or the Department of Human Services proposes to refuse to issue or renew a license, or proposes to revoke or suspend a license, opportunity for hearing shall be accorded as provided in ORS chapter 183.

(2) Adoption of rules, conduct of hearings, issuance of orders and judicial review of rules and orders shall be in accordance with ORS chapter 183. [1971 c.734 §56; 1977 c.582 §47; 1987 c.428 §7; 2001 c.900 §165; 2009 c.595 §724]

Source: Section 441.037 — Hearings; procedures; judicial review , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors441.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 454.030 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 454 / Section 454.030
454.030 Rates and charges to meet costs of treatment works
Status: in_force

(1) A municipality is authorized to adopt a system of charges and rates to assure that each recipient of treatment works services within the municipality’s jurisdiction or service area will pay its proportionate share of the costs of operation, maintenance and replacement of any treatment works facilities or services provided by the municipality.

(2) A municipality is authorized to require industrial users of its treatment works to pay to the municipality that portion of the cost of construction of the treatment works which is allocable to the treatment of such industrial user’s wastes. The Department of Environmental Quality is authorized to determine whether the payment required of the industrial user for the portion of the cost of the construction of the treatment works is properly allocable to the treatment of the industrial user’s wastes.

(3) A municipality is authorized to retain the amounts of the revenues derived from the payment of costs by industrial users of its treatment works services and expend such revenues, together with interest thereon, for:

(a) Repayment to applicable agencies of government of any grants or loans made to the municipality for construction of the treatment works; and

(b) Future expansion and reconstruction of the treatment works; and

(c) Other municipal purposes.

(4) A municipality shall keep records, financial statements and books regarding its rates and charges and amounts collected on account of its treatment works and how such revenues are allocated. The Department of Environmental Quality may inspect such records, financial statements and books, audit them, or cause them to be audited, at such intervals as deemed necessary.

(5) In the event a municipality fails, neglects or refuses when required by the Environmental Quality Commission to adopt the system of charges and rates authorized by this section, or fails, neglects or refuses to comply with ORS 454.010 (Definitions for ORS 454.010 to 454.040) to 454.060 (Powers in addition to other municipal or commission powers) , the commission may adopt a system of charges and rates as provided for in subsection (1) of this section and collect, administer and apply such revenues for the purposes of subsection (3) of this section.

(6) In lieu of proceeding in the manner set forth in subsection (5) of this section, the commission may institute actions or proceedings for legal or equitable remedies to enforce compliance with, or restrain violations of, ORS 454.010 (Definitions for ORS 454.010 to 454.040) to 454.060 (Powers in addition to other municipal or commission powers) . [1973 c.101 §3; 1979 c.284 §147]

Source: Section 454.030 — Rates and charges to meet costs of treatment works; use of funds; enforcement , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors454.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 443.444 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 443 / Section 443.444
443.444 Information provided upon admission
Status: in_force

Upon the admission of a resident to a residential care facility, the facility shall provide the resident with information developed by the Long Term Care Ombudsman describing the availability and services of the ombudsman. [2019 c.117 §4]

Source: Section 443.444 — Information provided upon admission , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors443.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 453.005 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 453 / Section 453.005
453.005 Definitions for ORS 453.005 to 453.135
Status: in_force

As used in ORS 453.005 (Definitions for ORS 453.005 to 453.135) to 453.135 (Notice required prior to institution of criminal proceedings) unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) “Combustible” means any substance that has a flash point above 80 degrees Fahrenheit to and including 140 degrees, as determined by the Tagliabue Open Cup Tester.

(2) “Commerce” means any and all commerce within the State of Oregon and subject to the jurisdiction thereof and includes the operation of any business or service establishment.

(3) “Corrosive” means any substance that in contact with living tissue will cause destruction of tissue by chemical action, but does not refer to action on inanimate surfaces.

(4) “Electrical hazard” means an article that because of its design or manufacture may cause personal injury or illness by electric shock when in normal use or when subjected to reasonably foreseeable damage or abuse.

(5) “Extremely flammable” means any substance that has a flash point at or below 20 degrees Fahrenheit as determined by the Tagliabue Open Cup Tester.

(6) “Flammable” means any substance that has a flash point of above 20 degrees to and including 80 degrees Fahrenheit, as determined by the Tagliabue Open Cup Tester.

(7) “Hazardous substance” means:

(a) Any substance that is toxic, corrosive, an irritant, a strong sensitizer, flammable, combustible, or generates pressure through decomposition, heat or other means, if such substance or mixture of substances may cause substantial personal injury or substantial illness during or as a proximate result of any customary or reasonably foreseeable handling or use, including reasonably foreseeable ingestion by children, or any substance that the Director of the Oregon Health Authority finds, pursuant to the provisions of ORS 453.005 (Definitions for ORS 453.005 to 453.135) to 453.135 (Notice required prior to institution of criminal proceedings) , comes within the definition of this paragraph.

(b) Any radioactive substance, if, with respect to such substance as used in a particular class of article or as packaged, the director determines that the substance is sufficiently hazardous to require labeling in accordance with ORS 453.005 (Definitions for ORS 453.005 to 453.135) to 453.135 (Notice required prior to institution of criminal proceedings) in order to protect the public health. However, “hazardous substance” does not include any source material, special nuclear material, or by-product material as defined in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and regulations issued pursuant thereto by the Atomic Energy Commission.

(c) Any toy or other article intended for use by children that the director determines in accordance with ORS 453.055 (Hazardous, banned hazardous, misbranded hazardous substances) presents an electrical, thermal or mechanical hazard.

(d) Any article that is not pesticide within the meaning of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act or regulated under ORS 616.335 (Definition for ORS 616.205 and 616.335 to 616.385) to 616.385 (Public hearing required for rules) , but that is a hazardous substance within the meaning of paragraph (a) of this subsection by reason of bearing or containing pesticide.

(e) The following brominated flame retardant chemicals:

(A) Pentabrominated diphenyl ether;

(B) Octabrominated diphenyl ether; and

(C) Decabrominated diphenyl ether.

(8) “Highly toxic” means any substance that falls within any of the following categories:

(a) Produces death within 14 days in one-half or more of a group of 10 or more laboratory white rats each weighing between 200 and 300 grams, at a single dose of 50 milligrams or less per kilogram of body weight, when orally administered;

(b) Produces death within 14 days in one-half or more of a group of 10 or more laboratory white rats each weighing between 200 and 300 grams, when inhaled continuously for a period of one hour or less at an atmosphere concentration of 200 parts per million by volume or less of gas or vapor or two milligrams per liter by volume or less of mist or dust, provided such concentration is likely to be encountered by humans when the substance is used in any reasonably foreseeable manner; or

(c) Produces death within 14 days in one-half or more of a group of 10 or more rabbits tested in a dosage of 200 milligrams or less per kilogram of body weight, when administered by continuous contact with the bare skin for 24 hours or less.

(9) “Immediate container” does not include package liners.

(10) “Irritant” means any substance not corrosive within the meaning of subsection (3) of this section, but that on immediate, prolonged, or repeated contact with normal living tissue will induce a local inflammatory reaction.

(11) “Label” means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container of any substance, or in the case of an article that is unpackaged or is not packaged in an immediate container intended or suitable for delivery to the ultimate consumer, a display of such matter directly on the article involved or on a tag or other suitable material affixed thereto, and a requirement made by or under authority of ORS 453.005 (Definitions for ORS 453.005 to 453.135) to 453.135 (Notice required prior to institution of criminal proceedings) that any word, statement, or other information appearing on the label shall not be considered to be complied with unless such word, statement, or other information also appears on the outside container or wrapper, if any, unless it is easily legible through the outside container or wrapper and on all accompanying literature where there are directions for use, written or otherwise.

(12) “Mechanical hazard” means an article that in normal use or when subjected to reasonably foreseeable damage or abuse presents an unreasonable risk of personal injury or illness, by its design or manufacture:

(a) From fracture, fragmentation, or disassembly of the article;

(b) From propulsion of the article or any part or accessory thereof;

(c) From points or other protrusions, surfaces, edges, openings, or closures;

(d) From moving parts;

(e) From lack or insufficiency of controls to reduce or stop motion;

(f) As a result of self-adhering characteristics of the article;

(g) Because the article or any part or accessory thereof may be aspirated or ingested;

(h) Because of instability; or

(i) Because of any other aspect of the article’s design or manufacture.

(13) “Misbranded hazardous substance” means a hazardous substance that does not meet the labeling requirements of ORS 453.035 (Standards for labeling of hazardous substances) .

(14) “Poison” means:

(a) Arsenic and its preparations;

(b) Corrosive sublimate;

(c) Cyanides and preparations, including hydrocyanic acid;

(d) Hydrochloric acid and any preparation containing free or chemically unneutralized hydrochloric acid (HCl) in a concentration of 10 percent or more;

(e) Nitric acid or any preparation containing free or chemically unneutralized nitric acid (HNO3) in a concentration of five percent or more;

(f) Strychnine;

(g) Sulfuric acid and any preparation containing free or chemically unneutralized sulfuric acid (H2SO4) in a concentration of 10 percent or more;

(h) Solution of ammonia, U.S.P. 28 percent; or

(i) Carbolic acid.

(15) “Radioactive substance” means a substance that emits ionizing radiation.

(16) “Strong sensitizer” means a substance that will cause on normal living tissue, through an allergic or photodynamic process, a hypersensitivity that becomes evident on reapplication of the same substances and that is designated as such by the director.

(17) “Thermal hazard” means an article that, in normal use or when subjected to reasonably foreseeable damage or abuse, because of its design or manufacture presents an unreasonable risk of personal injury or illness because of heat as from heated parts, substances or surfaces.

(18) “Toxic substance” means any substance, other than radioactive substance, that has the capacity to produce personal injury or illness to humans through ingestion, inhalation, or absorption through any body surface. [1971 c.409 §1; 1993 c.18 §111; 2005 c.496 §1; 2009 c.595 §879; 2009 c.639 §1]

Source: Section 453.005 — Definitions for ORS 453.005 to 453.135 , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors453.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 453.903 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 453 / Section 453.903
453.903 Evaluation of decontamination projects
Status: in_force

The Oregon Health Authority shall evaluate annually a number of the property decontamination projects performed by licensed contractors to determine the adequacy of the decontamination work, using the services of an independent environmental contractor or state or local agency. If a project fails the evaluation and inspection, the contractor is subject to a civil penalty and license suspension that prohibits the contractor from performing additional work until deficiencies have been corrected on the project. Civil penalties under this section shall be imposed as provided in ORS 183.745 (Civil penalty procedures) . [1989 c.915 §18; 1991 c.734 §30; 2009 c.595 §934]

Source: Section 453.903 — Evaluation of decontamination projects; civil penalty , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors453.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 442.844 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 442 / Section 442.844
442.844 Patient safety data
Status: in_force

(1) Patient safety data reported to the Oregon Patient Safety Commission may not be disclosed to, subject to subpoena by or used by any state agency for purposes of any enforcement or regulatory action in relation to a participant.

(2) Nothing in ORS 442.819 (Definitions for ORS 442.819 to 442.851) to 442.851 (Limit on amounts collected to fund Oregon Patient Safety Reporting Program) may be construed to limit the regulatory or enforcement authority of any state agency and, except for patient safety data, state agencies have the same authority to access participant records or other information in the same manner and to the same extent as if ORS 442.819 (Definitions for ORS 442.819 to 442.851) to 442.851 (Limit on amounts collected to fund Oregon Patient Safety Reporting Program) were not enacted.

(3) As used in this section, “state agency” has the meaning given that term in ORS 183.750 (State agency required to prepare public writings in readable form) . [2003 c.686 §5; 2023 c.89 §7]

Note: See note under 442.819 (Definitions for ORS 442.819 to 442.851) .

Source: Section 442.844 — Patient safety data; use; disclosure , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors442.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 450.660 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 450 / Section 450.660
450.660 Water authority formation
Status: in_force

A water authority may be formed by any of the methods provided for in ORS 450.665 (Formation of authorities under special districts law) to 450.680 (Formation of authorities by cities and water districts) or 450.785 (Initiation of formation of sanitary authority by governing body without petition) . [1987 c.863 §2; 1993 c.577 §24]

Source: Section 450.660 — Water authority formation , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors450.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 443.013 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 443 / Section 443.013
443.013 Complaint procedures
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section:

(a) “Caregiver registry” has the meaning given that term in ORS 443.014 (Definitions for ORS 443.014 to 443.105) .

(b) “Home health agency” has the meaning given that term in ORS 443.014 (Definitions for ORS 443.014 to 443.105) .

(c) “Hospice program” has the meaning given that term in ORS 443.850 (Definitions for ORS 443.850 to 443.869) .

(d) “In-home care agency” has the meaning given that term in ORS 443.305 (Definitions for ORS 443.305 to 443.350) .

(e) “Public entity” means:

(A) A health professional regulatory board or licensing agency or a board or agency of this state or another state with regulatory or enforcement functions similar to the functions of a health professional regulatory board in this state;

(B) A district attorney;

(C) The Department of Justice;

(D) A state or local public body of this state that licenses, franchises or provides emergency medical services;

(E) A state or federal agency that disburses public funds;

(F) A law enforcement agency of this state or another state; or

(G) A law enforcement agency of the federal government.

(2) Rules adopted by the Oregon Health Authority pursuant to ORS 443.085 (Home health services) , 443.340 (Rules) and 443.860 (License required) shall include procedures for the filing of complaints as to the care or services provided by home health agencies, in-home care agencies, hospice programs or caregiver registries that ensure the confidentiality of the identity of the complainant.

(3) An employee or contract provider with knowledge of a violation of law or rules of the authority shall use the reporting procedures established by the home health agency, in-home care agency, hospice program or caregiver registry before notifying the authority or other state agency of the inappropriate care or violation, unless the employee or contract provider:

(a) Believes a client’s health or safety is in immediate jeopardy; or

(b) Files a complaint in accordance with rules adopted under subsection (2) of this section.

(4) Except as provided in subsection (5) of this section, information obtained by the authority during an investigation of a complaint or reported violation under this section is confidential and not subject to public disclosure under ORS 192.311 (Definitions for ORS 192.311 to 192.478) to 192.478 (Exemption for Judicial Department) . Upon the conclusion of the investigation, the authority may publicly release a report of its findings but may not include information in the report that could be used to identify the complainant or any client of the home health agency, in-home care agency, hospice program or caregiver registry. The authority may use any information obtained during an investigation in an administrative or judicial proceeding concerning the licensing of a home health agency, in-home care agency, hospice program or caregiver registry.

(5) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) Information obtained by the authority during an investigation of a complaint or reported violation under this section that reasonably relates to the regulatory or enforcement function of another public entity may be disclosed by the authority to the other public entity.

(b) Any public entity that receives information pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection shall take all reasonable steps to maintain the confidentiality of the information, except that the public entity may use or disclose the information to the extent necessary to carry out the public entity’s regulatory or enforcement functions. [Formerly 443.355]

Note: 443.013 (Complaint procedures) was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 443 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

Source: Section 443.013 — Complaint procedures; disclosure of information obtained during investigation; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors443.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 431a.206 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 431a / Section 431a.206
431A.206 Suspense account for administration and enforcement
Status: in_force

(1) Amounts collected by the Department of Revenue under ORS 431A.198 (Licensure) shall be paid to the State Treasurer to be held in a suspense account established under ORS 293.445 (Definition for ORS 293.445 to 293.460) .

(2) From moneys held in the suspense account, the department may pay expenses for the administration and enforcement of ORS 431A.190 (Definitions for ORS 431A.190 to 431A.216) to 431A.216 (Civil penalty for violation of ORS 431A.190 to 431A.216, other law, rule or regulation governing tobacco products or inhalant delivery systems) and the collection of fees under ORS 431A.190 (Definitions for ORS 431A.190 to 431A.216) to 431A.216 (Civil penalty for violation of ORS 431A.190 to 431A.216, other law, rule or regulation governing tobacco products or inhalant delivery systems) . Refunds, including refunds of erroneous overpayments or refunds of other moneys received in which the department has no legal interest, shall be paid out of the suspense account.

(3) Amounts necessary to make payments as described in subsection (2) of this section are continuously appropriated to the department from the suspense account. [2021 c.586 §10]

Source: Section 431A.206 — Suspense account for administration and enforcement , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors431A.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 442.730 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 442 / Section 442.730
442.730 Review and evaluation of report
Status: in_force

(1) The Director of the Oregon Health Authority shall review and evaluate the annual report delivered under ORS 442.725 (Annual report of board of governors) . The director shall:

(a) Determine the extent to which the cooperative program is achieving the goals identified in the order;

(b) Review the activities being conducted to achieve the goals; and

(c) Determine whether each of the activities is still necessary and appropriate to achieve the goals.

(2) If the director determines that additional information is needed for the review described in subsection (1) of this section, the director may order the board of governors to provide the information within a specified time.

(3) Within 60 days after receiving the annual report or any additional information ordered under subsection (2) of this section, the director shall:

(a) Approve the report if the director determines that the cooperative program is operating in accordance with the order and that the goals identified in the order are being adequately achieved by the cooperative program;

(b) Modify the order as appropriate to adjust to changes in the cooperative program approved by the director and approve the report as provided in paragraph (a) of this subsection;

(c) Order the board of governors to make remedial changes in anticompetitive activities not in compliance with the order and request the board of governors to report on progress not later than a deadline specified by the director;

(d) Revoke approval of the cooperative program; or

(e) Take any of the actions set forth in ORS 442.740 (Powers of director over action under cooperative program) . [1993 c.769 §7; 2009 c.595 §760]

Source: Section 442.730 — Review and evaluation of report; modification or revocation of order of approval , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors442.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 431.141 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 431 / Section 431.141
431.141 Foundational programs
Status: in_force

(1) The Oregon Health Authority, in consideration of any advice provided by the Oregon Health Policy Board under ORS 431.125 (Duties related to public health laws) , shall establish by rule the foundational programs through which the authority and local public health authorities administer public health services in this state.

(2) At a minimum, the authority shall establish the following foundational programs:

(a) Communicable disease control programs, as described in ORS 431.142 (Communicable disease control programs) ;

(b) Environmental public health programs, as described in ORS 431.143 (Environmental public health programs) ;

(c) Prevention of injury and disease and promotion of health programs, as described in ORS 431.144 (Prevention of injury and disease and promotion of health programs) ; and

(d) Clinical preventive services, as described in ORS 431.145 (Clinical preventive services) . [2015 c.736 §17]

Source: Section 431.141 — Foundational programs; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors431.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 440.410 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 440 / Section 440.410
440.410 Annual audit
Status: in_force

An annual audit of the district shall be made by an auditor. A true and complete copy of the auditor’s report of such audit shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of the principal county, as defined by ORS 198.705 (Definitions for ORS 198.705 to 198.955) , and shall remain a public record therein. [Formerly 441.375]

Source: Section 440.410 — Annual audit , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors440.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 451.550 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 451 / Section 451.550
451.550 Powers of district under ORS 451.410 to 451.610
Status: in_force

For the purpose of carrying out the powers granted to the district under other provisions of ORS 451.410 (Definitions for ORS 451.410 to 451.610) to 451.610 (Advisory committee for emergency communications system) , the district may:

(1) Supervise, manage, control, operate and maintain service facilities.

(2) Compel all residents and property owners in a district to connect their property, houses and structures requiring sewage disposal or surface drainage with adjacent sewers or other sewage or drainage facilities in the district.

(3) Acquire by purchase, gift, devise, condemnation proceedings or by any other means, such real and personal property and rights of way, either within or without the county, as in the judgment of the governing body of the district are necessary or proper in the exercise of the powers of the district, and to pay for and hold the same.

(4) Make and accept contracts, deeds, releases and documents which, in the judgment of the governing body of the district, are necessary or proper in the exercise of the powers of the district.

(5) Employ and pay necessary agents, employees and assistants.

(6) Construct service facilities in and on any public street, highway or road and for this purpose enter upon the street, highway or road, make all necessary and proper excavations, and thereafter restore the street, highway or road to its proper condition. However, the consent of the appropriate city, county or state authorities, as the case may be, shall first be obtained and the conditions of such consent complied with.

(7) Exercise the authority vested in counties under ORS 549.710 (Powers of counties with populations in excess of 50,000) to 549.990 (Penalties) .

(8) Exercise the authority granted to domestic water supply districts under ORS 264.306 (Regulations concerning use of water and district property) to 264.330 (Hydrants for fire protection) .

(9) Adopt storm and surface water management plans, programs and regulations relating to the quality and quantity of such waters and conduct water quality studies.

(10) Do any act necessary or proper to the complete exercise and effect of any of its powers under ORS 451.410 (Definitions for ORS 451.410 to 451.610) to 451.610 (Advisory committee for emergency communications system) . [1955 c.685 §15; 1963 c.515 §20; 1965 c.305 §1; 1973 c.785 §22; 1989 c.374 §6]

Source: Section 451.550 — Powers of district under ORS 451.410 to 451.610 , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors451.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 431a.898 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 431a / Section 431a.898
431A.898 Practitioner training
Status: in_force

(1) Not less than once per year, the Oregon Health Authority, in consultation with the Prescription Monitoring Program Advisory Commission created under ORS 431A.890 (Prescription Monitoring Program Advisory Commission) and the Prescription Monitoring Program Prescribing Practices Review Subcommittee established under ORS 431A.896 (Prescription Monitoring Program Prescribing Practices Review Subcommittee) , shall develop, through the use of prescription monitoring information, criteria by which a practitioner may be required to receive education or training on the prescribing of opioids or opiates.

(2) Criteria developed under subsection (1) of this section must include:

(a) Prescribing a high volume of opioids or opiates classified in schedules II and III;

(b) Prescribing an above-average amount of doses of opioids or opiates classified in schedules II and III to a high number of patients; and

(c) Simultaneously prescribing opioids or opiates classified in schedules II and III with other drugs classified in schedules II and III.

(3) In developing the criteria developed under subsection (1) of this section, the authority must take into consideration the total quantity and volume of opioids and opiates classified in schedules II and III prescribed by each practitioner.

(4) The subcommittee may review, through the use of prescription monitoring information that does not identify a patient, a practitioner’s prescribing history for the three years immediately preceding the date of the review to determine whether a practitioner meets the criteria developed under subsection (1) of this section.

(5) After performing the review described in subsection (4) of this section, the subcommittee may direct the authority to provide to a practitioner who meets the criteria developed under subsection (1) of this section educational information about prescribing opioids and opiates, as determined appropriate by the authority.

(6) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) For the purposes of evaluating prescriptions made by practitioners of opioids and opiates and other controlled substances, the subcommittee may direct the authority to compare the prescriptions described in this paragraph between similarly situated practitioners and to provide the comparative information to practitioners who meet criteria established by the subcommittee.

(b) The subcommittee may adopt rules to carry out this subsection, including rules to establish criteria to determine to which practitioners to provide the information described in this subsection.

(7) Prescription monitoring information used for purposes of this section and the data created through the use of prescription monitoring information pursuant to this section:

(a) Are confidential and not subject to public disclosure under ORS 192.311 (Definitions for ORS 192.311 to 192.478) to 192.478 (Exemption for Judicial Department) ; and

(b) Are not admissible as evidence in a civil or criminal proceeding. [2017 c.683 §19; 2019 c.583 §20]

Source: Section 431A.898 — Practitioner training; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors431A.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 431a.805 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 431a / Section 431a.805
431A.805 Certified violence prevention professionals
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section:

(a) “Act of community violence” means an intentional act of interpersonal violence committed in public by someone who is not the victim’s family member or intimate partner.

(b) “Certified violence prevention professional” means a person certified by a program approved under subsection (2) of this section.

(c) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(A) “Community violence prevention services” includes evidence-based, trauma-informed, supportive and nonpsychotherapeutic services, offered in or out of a clinical setting.

(B) “Community violence prevention services” also includes but is not limited to peer support or counseling, mentorship, conflict mediation, crisis intervention, targeted case management, referrals to certified or licensed health care or social services providers, and patient education and screening services, provided by a certified violence prevention professional to:

(i) Promote improved health outcomes and positive behavioral change;

(ii) Prevent injury recidivism; and

(iii) Reduce the likelihood that victims of acts of community violence will commit or promote violence themselves.

(2) The Oregon Health Authority shall approve at least one national training and certification program for certified violence prevention professionals and shall establish a process to approve community-based training programs. A program approved under this subsection must require at least 35 hours of initial training and six hours of continuing education every two years and must address:

(a) The profound effects of trauma and violence and the basics of trauma-informed care;

(b) Community violence prevention strategies, including crisis intervention, de-escalation, conflict mediation and retaliation prevention;

(c) Case management and advocacy practices; and

(d) Patient privacy requirements under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act privacy regulations, 45 C.F.R. parts 160 and 164.

(3) A person that employs or contracts with a certified violence prevention professional to provide community violence prevention services shall:

(a) Maintain documentation that the professional is certified by a program approved under subsection (2) of this section; and

(b) Ensure that the professional complies with applicable state or federal laws, regulations, rules and standards of care.

(4) The authority shall seek federal approval to secure federal financial participation in the costs of providing medical assistance program coverage for community violence prevention services for medical assistance program enrollees who:

(a) Have received medical treatment for an injury sustained from an act of community violence; and

(b) Have been referred by a certified or licensed health care or social services provider to receive services from a certified violence prevention professional after the provider determined the enrollee is at a higher risk of retaliation or a violent injury from another act of community violence.

(5) The authority may adopt rules to implement this section.

(6) The authority shall establish a technical advisory group to support implementation of this section. The group must include:

(a) Three members representing a community-based organization that currently supports a hospital-based violence prevention program in Oregon;

(b) One member representing a national organization that provides technical assistance for emerging hospital-based violence prevention programs;

(c) One member representing a hospital that currently operates a hospital-based violence prevention program in Oregon;

(d) One member representing a hospital or hospitals in Oregon that do not currently operate a hospital-based violence prevention program;

(e) One member of an Oregon-based academic institution with knowledge of hospital-based violence prevention programs;

(f) Four members representing coordinated care organizations in geographically diverse areas of Oregon, three of which must be outside of Multnomah County; and

(g) Two members representing health care clinicians with experience in Medicaid billing and experience providing trauma care as a result of community violence. [2022 c.30 §4]

Source: Section 431A.805 — Certified violence prevention professionals; community violence prevention services; advisory group; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors431A.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 446.155 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 446 / Section 446.155
446.155 Sanitation and safety requirements
Status: in_force

(1) A person may not sell or offer for sale within this state a manufactured dwelling manufactured after January 1, 1962, that contains:

(a) Plumbing equipment, unless such equipment meets the requirements of the Department of Consumer and Business Services;

(b) Heating equipment, unless such equipment meets the requirements of the State Fire Marshal; or

(c) Electrical equipment, unless such equipment meets the requirements of the department.

(2) A person may not rent, lease, sell or offer for rent, lease or sale within this state a manufactured dwelling manufactured after September 1, 1969, unless the manufactured dwelling bears an insignia of compliance and contains:

(a) Plumbing, mechanical and electrical equipment or installations that meet the minimum safety standards of the department;

(b) Thermal, fire and life safety equipment, material and installations that meet the minimum safety standards of the department; or

(c) Structural and transportation equipment, materials, installations and construction that meet the minimum safety standards of the department.

(3) Persons manufacturing, remanufacturing, converting, altering or repairing manufactured dwellings or equipment within the state or for use within the state shall comply with all applicable construction and safety rules of the department and the following:

(a) Alterations performed on a manufactured dwelling by the manufacturer or dealer before or at the time of sale to the first consumer shall be performed in conformance with the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act.

(b) After the initial sale to a consumer by a manufacturer or dealer, all alterations to a manufactured dwelling, except as identified by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services by rule, shall be in conformance with the specialty codes as described in ORS 455.010 (Definitions for ORS chapter 455) to 455.740 (Denial of certificate) and 479.855 (City and county inspection and enforcement programs) .

(c) Solid fuel burning appliances shall be in conformance with the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act and standards adopted by the department.

(d) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2) of this section, a previously owned manufactured dwelling may be sold “as is” provided that the seller discloses in the bill of sale that the manufactured dwelling is being sold on an “as is” or “with all faults” basis, and that the entire risk as to the quality and performance of the manufactured dwelling is with the buyer. If the manufactured dwelling is found to be defective after purchase, the buyer shall assume the entire cost of all servicing and repair. The seller, manufacturer, distributor or retailer is not responsible for any cost for servicing and repair.

(4) Installations of manufactured dwellings must be in conformance with the standards adopted by the department for site preparation, foundation support, anchoring, structural and utility connections, electrical and plumbing tests, underfloor enclosures, ventilation, vapor barriers and steps used for access and egress. [1961 c.567 §2; 1969 c.295 §3; 1971 c.753 §43; 1989 c.527 §2; 1989 c.648 §16a; 1991 c.409 §1; 1995 c.251 §2; 2001 c.104 §184; 2005 c.89 §1; 2019 c.422 §2; 2019 c.585 §8]

Source: Section 446.155 — Sanitation and safety requirements; exceptions , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors446.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 441.030 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 441 / Section 441.030
441.030 Denial, suspension or revocation of licenses
Status: in_force

(1) The Oregon Health Authority or the Department of Human Services may assess a civil penalty and, pursuant to ORS 479.215 (Institution not to be licensed or certificated unless in compliance with fire safety requirements) , shall deny, suspend or revoke a license, in any case where the State Fire Marshal, or the representative of the State Fire Marshal, certifies that there is a failure to comply with all applicable laws, lawful ordinances and rules relating to safety from fire.

(2) The authority may:

(a) Assess a civil penalty or deny, suspend or revoke a license of a health care facility other than a long term care facility in any case where it finds that there has been a substantial failure to comply with ORS 441.015 (Licensing of facilities and health maintenance organizations) to 441.119 (Exemptions) and 441.993 (Civil penalties and administrative actions) or the rules or minimum standards adopted under ORS 441.015 (Licensing of facilities and health maintenance organizations) to 441.119 (Exemptions) and 441.993 (Civil penalties and administrative actions) .

(b) Assess a civil penalty or suspend or revoke a license issued under ORS 441.025 (License issuance) for failure to comply with an authority order arising from a health care facility’s substantial lack of compliance with the provisions of ORS 441.015 (Licensing of facilities and health maintenance organizations) to 441.119 (Exemptions) , 441.761 (Nurse Staffing Advisory Board) to 441.795 (Limitations on rulemaking authority of Oregon Health Authority) or 441.993 (Civil penalties and administrative actions) or the rules adopted under ORS 441.015 (Licensing of facilities and health maintenance organizations) to 441.119 (Exemptions) , 441.761 (Nurse Staffing Advisory Board) to 441.795 (Limitations on rulemaking authority of Oregon Health Authority) or 441.993 (Civil penalties and administrative actions) .

(c) Suspend or revoke a license issued under ORS 441.025 (License issuance) for failure to pay a civil penalty imposed under ORS 441.793 (Penalties) .

(3) The department may:

(a) Assess a civil penalty or deny, suspend or revoke a long term care facility’s license in any case where it finds that there has been a substantial failure to comply with ORS 441.015 (Licensing of facilities and health maintenance organizations) to 441.119 (Exemptions) and 441.993 (Civil penalties and administrative actions) or the rules or minimum standards adopted under ORS 441.015 (Licensing of facilities and health maintenance organizations) to 441.119 (Exemptions) and 441.993 (Civil penalties and administrative actions) .

(b) Assess a civil penalty or suspend or revoke a long term care facility’s license issued under ORS 441.025 (License issuance) for failure to comply with a department order arising from a long term care facility’s substantial lack of compliance with the provisions of ORS 441.015 (Licensing of facilities and health maintenance organizations) to 441.119 (Exemptions) and 441.993 (Civil penalties and administrative actions) or the rules adopted under ORS 441.015 (Licensing of facilities and health maintenance organizations) to 441.119 (Exemptions) and 441.993 (Civil penalties and administrative actions) .

(c) Suspend or revoke a license issued under ORS 441.025 (License issuance) for failure to pay a civil penalty imposed under ORS 441.710 (Civil penalties) .

(d) Order a long term care facility licensed under ORS 441.025 (License issuance) to restrict the admission of patients when the department finds an immediate threat to patient health and safety arising from failure of the long term care facility to be in compliance with ORS 441.015 (Licensing of facilities and health maintenance organizations) to 441.119 (Exemptions) and 441.993 (Civil penalties and administrative actions) and the rules adopted under ORS 441.015 (Licensing of facilities and health maintenance organizations) to 441.119 (Exemptions) and 441.993 (Civil penalties and administrative actions) .

(4) Any long term care facility that has been ordered to restrict the admission of patients pursuant to subsection (3)(d) of this section shall post a notice of the restriction, provided by the department, on all doors providing ingress to and egress from the facility, for the duration of the restriction. [Amended by 1959 c.222 §1; 1961 c.316 §7; 1971 c.730 §8; 1977 c.582 §46; 1987 c.428 §6; 1989 c.171 §55; 1991 c.734 §22; 2001 c.609 §8; 2001 c.900 §164; 2007 c.71 §125; 2009 c.595 §723; 2009 c.792 §57; 2015 c.669 §14; 2018 c.50 §13]

Source: Section 441.030 — Denial, suspension or revocation of licenses; restrictions on admission; penalties , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors441.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 442.610 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 442 / Section 442.610
442.610 Notice of financial assistance policies
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section:

(a) “Financial assistance policy” means a policy that meets the requirements of section 501(r) of the Internal Revenue Code and implementing regulations.

(b) “Hospital” has the meaning given that term in ORS 442.015 (Definitions) .

(c) “Nonprofit” has the meaning given that term in ORS 442.612 (Definitions) .

(2) A hospital shall have a written financial assistance policy that complies with the plain language standards for consumer contracts under ORS 180.545 (Plain language standards) (1).

(3) A hospital shall:

(a) Provide a paper copy of the financial assistance policy and an application form to apply for financial assistance to a patient upon request;

(b) Include on each billing statement, on the hospital’s website home page and on any website where the patient pays a bill or accesses information about the patient’s account, a prominently displayed notice of:

(A) The availability of financial assistance;

(B) The contact information for the office or department of the hospital that can provide information about obtaining financial assistance; and

(C) The Internet address for the financial assistance policy and the Internet address where an application for financial assistance may be accessed, completed and submitted online, including on a mobile device;

(c) Accept an application for financial assistance that is submitted:

(A) In an online application; or

(B) Sent by mail to or submitted in person at the hospital’s address as shown on the application; and

(d) Maintain public displays in locations in the hospital that are accessible to the public that notify and inform patients about the financial assistance policy. Locations that are accessible to the public include but are not limited to the emergency department, if any, and the areas where patient admissions are processed.

(4) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) A nonprofit hospital’s application for financial assistance, when completed by a resident of this state:

(A) May require the resident to provide only:

(i) The patient’s household income, for purposes of ORS 442.614 (Requirements for financial assistance policies) ; and

(ii) Information about any third party that may be liable for the cost of the services, as permitted by ORS 646A.677 (Requirement to screen for financial assistance before transferring medical debt for collection) .

(B) Must clearly mark as optional any other information, including information about the patient’s assets.

(b) A nonprofit hospital may not use information other than information listed in paragraph (a) of this subsection to deny financial assistance to a resident of this state.

(c) This subsection does not prohibit:

(A) A hospital from requiring a patient to respond to requests from the patient’s insurer as needed for the insurer to adjudicate the hospital’s claim for reimbursement, as permitted by ORS 646A.677 (Requirement to screen for financial assistance before transferring medical debt for collection) ; or

(B) A nonprofit hospital from requiring a patient to provide information that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services requires the hospital to collect for the purpose of cost reporting. [2018 c.50 §9; 2018 c.50 §10; 2023 c.263 §2]

Note: The amendments to 442.610 (Notice of financial assistance policies) by section 2, chapter 263, Oregon Laws 2023, become operative July 1, 2024. See section 6, chapter 263, Oregon Laws 2023. The text that is operative until July 1, 2024, is set forth for the user’s convenience.

442.610 (Notice of financial assistance policies) . (1) As used in this section:

(a) “Financial assistance policy” means a policy that meets the requirements of section 501(r) of the Internal Revenue Code and implementing regulations.

(b) “Hospital” has the meaning given that term in ORS 442.015 (Definitions) .

(2) A hospital shall have a written financial assistance policy that complies with the plain language standards for consumer contracts under ORS 180.545 (Plain language standards) (1).

(3) A hospital shall:

(a) Provide a paper copy of the financial assistance policy to a patient upon request;

(b) Include on each billing statement notice of:

(A) The availability of financial assistance;

(B) The contact information for the office or department of the hospital that can provide information about obtaining financial assistance; and

(C) The direct Internet address for the financial assistance policy; and

(c) Maintain public displays in locations in the hospital that are accessible to the public that notify and inform patients about the financial assistance policy. Locations that are accessible to the public include but are not limited to the emergency department, if any, and the areas where patient admissions are processed.

(4) The Oregon Health Authority shall make available to hospitals and the general public a uniform application for financial assistance, created by a trade association representing hospitals, that may be used in any hospital in this state to request financial assistance.

Note: 442.610 (Notice of financial assistance policies) to 442.630 (Community health needs assessment and three-year strategy) were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 442 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

Source: Section 442.610 — Notice of financial assistance policies; applications , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors442.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 450.788 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 450 / Section 450.788
450.788 Law applicable to dissolution of authority
Status: in_force

A water authority or a sanitary authority formed under ORS 450.600 (Joint authorities) to 450.989 (Apportionment of cost among serviced property owners) may be dissolved in the manner set forth in ORS 198.920 (Dissolution procedure) to 198.955 (Disposition of assets) for other districts. [1993 c.577 §12]

Note: 450.788 (Law applicable to dissolution of authority) was added to and made a part of 450.600 (Joint authorities) to 450.989 (Apportionment of cost among serviced property owners) by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

Source: Section 450.788 — Law applicable to dissolution of authority , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors450.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 442.386 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 442 / Section 442.386
442.386 Health Care Cost Growth Target program established
Status: in_force

(1) The Legislative Assembly intends to establish a health care cost growth target, for all providers and payers, to:

(a) Support accountability for the total cost of health care across all providers and payers, both public and private;

(b) Build on the state’s existing efforts around health care payment reform and containment of health care costs; and

(c) Ensure the long-term affordability and financial sustainability of the health care system in this state.

(2) The Health Care Cost Growth Target program is established. The program shall be administered by the Oregon Health Authority in collaboration with the Department of Consumer and Business Services, subject to the oversight of the Oregon Health Policy Board. The program shall establish a health care cost growth target for increases in total health expenditures and shall review and modify the target on a periodic basis.

(3) The health care cost growth target must:

(a) Promote a predictable and sustainable rate of growth for total health expenditures as measured by an economic indicator adopted by the board, such as the rate of increase in this state’s economy or of the personal income of residents of this state;

(b) Apply to all providers and payers in the health care system in this state;

(c) Use established economic indicators; and

(d) Be measurable on a per capita basis, statewide basis and health care entity basis.

(4) The program shall establish a methodology for calculating health care cost growth:

(a) Statewide;

(b) For each provider and payer, taking into account the health status of the patients of the provider or the beneficiary of the payer; and

(c) Per capita.

(5) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) The program shall establish requirements for providers and payers to report data and other information necessary to calculate health care cost growth under subsection (4) of this section.

(b) Based on a methodology determined by the authority, each provider shall report annually the provider’s aggregate amount of total compensation.

(6) Annually, the program shall:

(a) Hold public hearings on the growth in total health expenditures in relation to the health care cost growth in the previous calendar year;

(b) Publish a report on health care costs and spending trends that includes:

(A) Factors impacting costs and spending; and

(B) Recommendations for strategies to improve the efficiency of the health care system; and

(c) For providers and payers for which health care cost growth in the previous calendar year exceeded the health care cost growth target:

(A) Analyze the cause for exceeding the health care cost growth target; and

(B) Require the provider or payer to develop and undertake a performance improvement plan.

(7) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) The authority shall adopt by rule criteria for waiving the requirement for a provider or payer to undertake a performance improvement plan, if necessitated by unforeseen market conditions or other equitable factors.

(b) The authority shall collaborate with a provider or payer that is required to develop and undertake a performance improvement plan by:

(A) Providing a template for performance improvement plans, guidelines and a time frame for submission of the plan;

(B) Providing technical assistance such as webinars, office hours, consultation with technical assistance providers or staff, or other guidance; and

(C) Establishing a contact at the authority who can work with the provider or payer in developing the performance improvement plan.

(8) A performance improvement plan must:

(a) Identify key cost drivers and include concrete steps a provider or payer will take to address the cost drivers;

(b) Identify an appropriate time frame by which a provider or payer will reduce the cost drivers and be subject to an evaluation by the authority; and

(c) Have clear measurements of success.

(9) The authority shall adopt by rule criteria for imposing a financial penalty on any provider or payer that exceeds the cost growth target without reasonable cause in three out of five calendar years or on any provider or payer that does not participate in the program. The criteria must be based on the degree to which the provider or payer exceeded the target and other factors, including but not limited to:

(a) The size of the provider or payer organization;

(b) The good faith efforts of the provider or payer to address health care costs;

(c) The provider’s or payer’s cooperation with the authority or the department;

(d) Overlapping penalties that may be imposed for failing to meet the target, such as requirements relating to medical loss ratios; and

(e) A provider’s or payer’s overall performance in reducing cost across all markets served by the provider or payer.

(10) A provider shall not be accountable for cost growth resulting from the provider’s total compensation. [2019 c.560 §2; 2021 c.51 §2; 2023 c.393 §2]

Note: Section 7, chapter 51, Oregon Laws 2021, provides:

Sec. 7. A financial penalty described in ORS 442.386 (Health Care Cost Growth Target program established) (9), as amended by section 2 of this 2021 Act, may be imposed no earlier than January 1, 2026, for performance by a provider or payer in meeting cost growth targets during calendar years 2021 to 2025. [2021 c.51 §7]

Note: See note under 442.385 (Definitions for ORS 442.385 and 442.386) .

Source: Section 442.386 — Health Care Cost Growth Target program established; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors442.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 443.735 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 443 / Section 443.735
443.735 Issuance of license
Status: in_force

(1) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) Applications for a license to maintain and operate an adult foster home shall be made on forms provided by the licensing agency.

(b) Each application submitted to the Department of Human Services for an adult foster home serving individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities shall be accompanied by a fee prescribed by the department under ORS 427.021 (Application fees for providers of residential care to individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities) .

(c) Each application submitted to the Oregon Health Authority, or to the Department of Human Services for an adult foster home not serving individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities, shall be accompanied by a fee of $20 per bed requested for licensing.

(2) Upon receipt of an application and fee, the licensing agency shall conduct an investigation.

(3) The licensing agency shall not issue an initial license unless:

(a) The applicant and adult foster home are in compliance with ORS 443.002 (Providers with multiple facilities) and 443.705 (Definitions for ORS 443.705 to 443.825) to 443.825 (Disposition of penalties recovered) and the rules of the licensing agency;

(b) The licensing agency has completed an inspection of the adult foster home;

(c) The licensing agency has completed a criminal records check under ORS 181A.195 (Criminal records check) on the applicant and any person, other than a resident, 16 years of age or older who will be residing in the adult foster home. The criminal records check shall be conducted in accordance with rules adopted under ORS 181A.195 (Criminal records check) ;

(d) The licensing agency has determined that the registry maintained under ORS 441.678 (Review of finding that nursing assistant responsible for abuse) contains no finding that the applicant or any nursing assistant employed by the applicant has been responsible for abuse; and

(e) The applicant has demonstrated to the licensing agency the financial ability and resources necessary to operate the adult foster home. The licensing agency shall adopt rules as the agency deems appropriate that establish the financial standards an applicant must meet to qualify for issuance of a license and that protect financial information from public disclosure. The demonstration of financial ability under this paragraph shall include, but need not be limited to, providing the licensing agency with a list of any unsatisfied judgments, pending litigation and unpaid taxes and notifying the agency regarding whether the applicant is in bankruptcy. If the applicant is unable to demonstrate the financial ability and resources required by this paragraph, the licensing agency may require the applicant to furnish a financial guarantee as a condition of initial licensure.

(4) The licensing agency may not renew a license under this section unless:

(a) The applicant and the adult foster home are in compliance with ORS 443.002 (Providers with multiple facilities) , 443.012 (Disease outbreak and infection control training and protocols) and 443.705 (Definitions for ORS 443.705 to 443.825) to 443.825 (Disposition of penalties recovered) and the rules of the licensing agency;

(b) The licensing agency has completed an inspection of the adult foster home;

(c) The licensing agency has completed a criminal records check under ORS 181A.195 (Criminal records check) on the applicant and any person, other than a resident, 16 years of age or older who will be residing in the adult foster home. The criminal records check under this paragraph shall be conducted in accordance with rules adopted under ORS 181A.195 (Criminal records check) ; and

(d) The licensing agency has determined that the registry maintained under ORS 441.678 (Review of finding that nursing assistant responsible for abuse) contains no finding that the applicant or any nursing assistant employed by the applicant has been responsible for abuse.

(5) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) In seeking an initial license and renewal of a license when an adult foster home has been licensed for less than 24 months, the burden of proof shall be upon the provider and the adult foster home to establish compliance with ORS 443.705 (Definitions for ORS 443.705 to 443.825) to 443.825 (Disposition of penalties recovered) and the rules of the licensing agency.

(b) In proceedings for renewal of a license when an adult foster home has been licensed for at least 24 continuous months, the burden of proof shall be upon the licensing agency to establish noncompliance with ORS 443.705 (Definitions for ORS 443.705 to 443.825) to 443.825 (Disposition of penalties recovered) and the rules of the agency.

(6) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) Persons who have been convicted of one or more crimes that, as determined by rules of the licensing agency, are substantially related to the qualifications, functions or duties of a provider, substitute caregiver or other household member of an adult foster home shall be prohibited from operating, working in or residing in an adult foster home.

(b) The licensing agency shall adopt rules that distinguish the criminal convictions and types of abuse that permanently prohibit a person from operating, working in or living in an adult foster home from the convictions and types of abuse that do not permanently prohibit the person from operating, working in or living in an adult foster home.

(c) A provider may not hire, retain in employment or allow to live in an adult foster home, other than as a resident, any person who the provider knows has been convicted of a disqualifying crime or has been found responsible for a disqualifying type of abuse.

(7) A license under ORS 443.725 (License required) is effective for one year from the date of issue unless sooner revoked. Each license shall state the name of the resident manager of the adult foster home, the names of all providers who own the adult foster home, the address of the premises to which the license applies, the maximum number of residents and the classification of the adult foster home. If, during the period covered by the license, a resident manager changes, the provider must within 15 days request modification of the license. The request must be accompanied by a fee of $10.

(8) No license under ORS 443.725 (License required) is transferable or applicable to any location, persons operating the adult foster home or the person owning the adult foster home other than that indicated on the application for licensing.

(9) The licensing agency shall not issue a license to operate an additional adult foster home to a provider unless the provider has demonstrated the qualifications and capacity to operate the provider’s existing licensed adult foster homes and has demonstrated the ability to provide to the residents of those adult foster homes care that is adequate and substantially free from abuse and neglect.

(10) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) All moneys collected under ORS 443.725 (License required) to 443.780 (Exemption where county has licensing and inspection program) from adult foster homes that are licensed to serve persons with mental, emotional or behavioral disturbances or alcohol or drug dependence shall be deposited in a special account in the General Fund, and are appropriated continuously for payment of expenses incurred by the Oregon Health Authority.

(b) All moneys collected under ORS 443.725 (License required) to 443.780 (Exemption where county has licensing and inspection program) from adult foster homes licensed to serve persons who are elderly or have physical disabilities shall be deposited in the Quality Care Fund established in ORS 443.001 (Quality Care Fund) .

(11) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or ORS 443.725 (License required) or 443.738 (Educational standards for providers, managers and caregivers) , the licensing agency may issue a 60-day provisional license to a qualified person if the agency determines that an emergency situation exists after being notified that the licensed provider of an adult foster home is no longer overseeing operation of the adult foster home. [1983 c.629 §4; 1985 c.663 §4; 1991 c.960 §5; 1995 c.180 §2; 1995 c.667 §10; 1999 c.205 §1; 2001 c.900 §189; 2005 c.730 §24; 2009 c.418 §4; 2009 c.595 §791f; 2009 c.828 §§20,89a; 2017 c.707 §6; 2019 c.592 §7; 2023 c.206 §4]

Source: Section 443.735 — Issuance of license; fee; standards; renewal; burden of proof; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors443.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 438.510 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 438 / Section 438.510
438.510 Prohibited acts
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for the owner of a clinical laboratory or the director of a clinical laboratory to:

(1) Operate or maintain a clinical laboratory unless the laboratory is under personal supervision of a director who is qualified to supervise the laboratory.

(2) Violate any provision of ORS 438.010 (Definitions for ORS 438.010 to 438.510) to 438.510 (Prohibited acts) . [1969 c.685 §11; 1987 c.669 §3; 2001 c.104 §177]

Source: Section 438.510 — Prohibited acts , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors438.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 433.282 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 433 / Section 433.282
433.282 Required immunizations at certain post-secondary educational institutions
Status: in_force

(1) The Oregon Health Authority may require each post-secondary educational institution, except a community college or a career school, to require, using procedures developed by the institution, each full-time student to be immunized, as required for children attending school pursuant to rules adopted by the authority under ORS 433.273 (Rules) , before the student’s second quarter or semester of enrollment on the campus of the institution.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the authority may require each post-secondary educational institution, except a community college or a career school, to document, using procedures developed by the institution, that each full-time student has been immunized, as required for children attending school pursuant to rules adopted by the authority under ORS 433.273 (Rules) , before the student attends classes if the student will be attending the institution pursuant to a nonimmigrant visa.

(3) The authority by rule shall establish immunization schedules for purposes of this section.

(4) The authority by rule may limit the students and programs to which the requirements of this section apply.

(5) The authority may conduct validation surveys to ensure compliance with the requirements of this section. [1991 c.255 §10; 1995 c.343 §48; 2005 c.343 §4; 2009 c.595 §654a; 2017 c.323 §3]

Source: Section 433.282 — Required immunizations at certain post-secondary educational institutions; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors433.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 442.470 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 442 / Section 442.470
442.470 Definitions for ORS 442.470 to 442.507
Status: in_force

As used in ORS 442.470 (Definitions for ORS 442.470 to 442.507) to 442.507 (Assistance to rural emergency medical service systems) :

(1) “Acute inpatient care facility” means a licensed hospital with an organized medical staff, with permanent facilities that include inpatient beds, and with comprehensive medical services, including physician services and continuous nursing services under the supervision of registered nurses, to provide diagnosis and medical or surgical treatment primarily for but not limited to acutely ill patients and accident victims.

(2) “Council” means the Rural Health Coordinating Council.

(3) “Office” means the Office of Rural Health.

(4) “Primary care physician” means a doctor licensed under ORS chapter 677 whose specialty is family practice, general practice, internal medicine, pediatrics or obstetrics and gynecology.

(5) “Rural critical access hospital” means a facility that meets the criteria set forth in 42 U.S.C. 1395i-4 (c)(2)(B) and that has been designated a critical access hospital by the Office of Rural Health.

(6) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) “Rural hospital” means a hospital characterized as one of the following:

(A) A type A hospital, which is a small and remote hospital that has 50 or fewer beds and is more than 30 miles from another acute inpatient care facility;

(B) A type B hospital, which is a small and rural hospital that has 50 or fewer beds and is 30 miles or less from another acute inpatient care facility;

(C) A type C hospital, which is considered to be a rural hospital and has more than 50 beds, but is not a referral center; or

(D) A rural critical access hospital.

(b) “Rural hospital” does not include a hospital of any class that was designated by the federal government as a rural referral hospital before January 1, 1989. [1979 c.513 §1; 1987 c.660 §12; 1987 c.918 §5; 1989 c.893 §8a; 1991 c.947 §1; 2001 c.875 §2; 2017 c.718 §6]

Source: Section 442.470 — Definitions for ORS 442.470 to 442.507 , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors442.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 450.150 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 450 / Section 450.150
450.150 Hearing of objections to proposed improvements
Status: in_force

(1) The board shall appoint a time for the hearing of remonstrances or objections against any proposed improvement regardless of the method of payment. At the time appointed all objectors or remonstrators shall have the right to be heard.

(2) If two-thirds or more of the owners of the property directly benefited, which is liable for any of the cost of the sewers, drains or sewage disposal plants, file written remonstrances objecting to the proposed improvement, the board shall sustain the remonstrances, and no further proceedings in the matter of proposed improvements shall be had for a period of six months.

(3) If two-thirds of the owners of the property directly benefited by the proposed improvements do not file written remonstrances against the improvement, the board may proceed with the making of the improvement.

Source: Section 450.150 — Hearing of objections to proposed improvements , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors450.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 442.835 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 442 / Section 442.835
442.835 Appointment of administrator
Status: in_force

The Oregon Patient Safety Commission Board of Directors shall appoint an administrator of the Oregon Patient Safety Commission. Subject to the supervision of the board, the administrator has authority to direct the affairs of the commission. The administrator may not be a voting member of the board. [2003 c.686 §11]

Note: See note under 442.819 (Definitions for ORS 442.819 to 442.851) .

Source: Section 442.835 — Appointment of administrator , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors442.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 440.327 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 440 / Section 440.327
440.327 First board of directors
Status: in_force

(1) At the election for the first board of directors, five directors shall be elected. Their terms shall commence on the 30th day after the election. The terms of the candidates for the first board of directors who receive the first and second highest number of votes expire June 30 next following the second regular district election. The terms of the candidates who receive the third, fourth and fifth highest votes expire June 30 next following the first regular district election.

(2) Not later than the 10th day after the issuance of the order of formation, the directors of the first board shall take and subscribe an oath of office and then meet and organize.

(3) Except as provided in subsection (1) of this section, the term of a director is four years.

(4) The board of directors shall fill any vacancy on the board as provided in ORS 198.320 (Filling of vacancies on governing bodies of certain districts) . [1983 c.350 §257]

Source: Section 440.327 — First board of directors; how first terms computed; oath; terms; vacancy , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors440.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 441.703 — OR Code / Title 36 / Chapter 441 / Section 441.703
441.703 Complaint file
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the Department of Human Services shall maintain a listing of all long term care facilities, as defined in ORS 442.015 (Definitions) , by name and address and for each indicating:

(a) The complaint file number.

(b) The category of the complaint, whether staffing, food, patient care or other.

(c) A brief description of the complaint.

(d) The department’s finding.

(e) Action taken by the department.

(f) Fines assessed, if any.

(g) Fines paid, if any.

(2) The department shall maintain a separate listing of all complaints it considers unsupported by findings indicating the information required by subsection (1)(a) to (d) of this section.

(3) The information described in subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall be noted in summary form on annual cover sheets for the file on a particular facility. The cover sheets shall not contain any of the information made confidential under ORS 441.671 (Confidentiality of reports) . Copies of the cover sheets shall be made available to the public at cost on request. Upon such request, the department shall provide only copies of the cover sheets described in subsection (1) of this section unless the information described in subsection (2) of this section is specifically requested.

(4) The listing maintained pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall contain the following notice:

NOTICE: This cover sheet does not contain information on complaints that the Department of Human Services considers unsupported by findings or on complaints still under investigation by the department. The department will make information regarding such complaints available upon request.

(5) The department shall provide a written explanation summarizing the complaint system with each copy of a cover sheet provided under subsection (3) of this section. [1981 c.721 §1; 1987 c.428 §34]

Source: Section 441.703 — Complaint file; summary; availability on request , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors441.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).