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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.118 - Procedure for contesting refusal to register report of live birth or delayed report of live birth; rules.

(1) If the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics refuses to register a report of live birth or a delayed report of live birth under the provisions of ORS 432.088 or 432.113, the applicant may file a signed and sworn petition with a court of competent jurisdiction seeking an order establishing a record of the date and place of live birth and the parentage of the person whose birth is to be registered.
(2) The petition shall be made on a form prescribed and furnished or approved by the state registrar and shall allege:
(a) That the person for whom a record of live birth or a delayed record of live birth is sought was born in this state and no record of live birth or delayed record of live birth of the person can be found in the records of the Center for Health Statistics;
(b) That diligent efforts by the petitioner have failed to obtain the evidence required for submitting a report of live birth or a delayed report of live birth in accordance with ORS 432.088 or 432.113 and rules adopted under ORS 432.088 or 432.113;
(c) That the state registrar has refused to register a report of live birth or a delayed report of live birth; and
(d) Other allegations as may be required under ORS 183.484.
(3) The petition must be served on the state registrar and accompanied by all documentary evidence that was submitted to the state registrar in support of the petition.
(4) The court shall fix a time and place for hearing the petition and shall give the state registrar notice of the hearing. The state registrar or an authorized representative may appear and testify in the proceeding.
(5) If the court finds, from the evidence presented, that the person for whom a record of live birth or a delayed record of live birth is sought was born in this state, it shall make findings as to the place and date of live birth, parentage and such other findings as may be required and shall issue an order, on a form prescribed and furnished or approved by the state registrar, to establish a court-ordered record of live birth or delayed record of live birth. This order shall include the live birth data to be registered, a description of the evidence presented and the date of the court’s action.
(6) The clerk of the court shall forward a certified copy of each order to the state registrar twice a month as adopted by the state registrar by rule. The order must be used to register a report of live birth or a delayed report of live birth for the person. The record of live birth or delayed record of live birth must include a statement that it was registered on the basis of a court order. [Formerly 432.142]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.121

[1997 c.783 §15 (enacted in lieu of 432.120); 1999 c.254 §1; 1999 c.312 §3; 2001 c.838 §23; 2003 c.380 §8; 2007 c.703 §9; 2013 c.366 §33; renumbered 432.350 in 2013]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.138 - Court orders for records of death.

(1)(a) A death may be registered by the Chief Medical Examiner as specified in ORS 432.133 (8) or (9) upon receipt of an order from a court of competent jurisdiction.
(b) A court order that establishes a record of death shall include all of the following information:
(A) The decedent’s full legal name;
(B) The date of the decedent’s death as determined from evidence presented to the court; and
(C) The city, county and place in which the decedent died as determined from evidence presented to the court.
(c) A court order that establishes a record of death shall include, if available, all of the following information:
(A) The decedent’s date of live birth, city and state or country of live birth, race, ethnicity, sex and Social Security number and the name or names of the decedent’s parent or parents, as the name or names appear on a birth record;
(B) The decedent’s housing status and address, including street address, city, county, state and zip code at the time of death;
(C) The decedent’s marital status at the time of death;
(D) The name, as it appears on a birth record, of any surviving spouse; and
(E) The information necessary to complete the medical certification, including the cause and manner of death and, if the death occurred because of an injury, information on how and when the injury occurred, or, if the cause and manner of death are not known, a statement that the cause and manner of death are not known.
(2) On the basis of the information in the court order, the Chief Medical Examiner shall prepare a report of death. The State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics shall use a report of death prepared under this subsection to register the death.
(3) All records of death issued under this section shall show the date of the court order and the name of the court issuing the order.
(4) If the death was registered pursuant to ORS 432.133 (8) or (9), the record of death shall be flagged as being "Presumptive." [2013 c.366 §18; 2017 c.151 §26; 2021 c.417 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.141 - Annual reporting of opiate and opioid overdoses.

(1) From resources available to the Oregon Health Authority, the authority shall compile statistics on the total number of opioid and opiate overdoses and the total number of opioid and opiate overdose related deaths occurring in this state.
(2) Not less than once every three months, the authority shall report to the Governor and each local health department, as defined in ORS 431.003, the statistics compiled under subsection (1) of this section.
(3) Not later than September 15 of each year, the authority shall report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health care, in the manner provided by ORS 192.245, the statistics compiled under subsection (1) of this section. [2017 c.683 §9]
Note:
432.141 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 432 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.146

[1991 c.245 §2; 1993 c.345 §1; 1997 c.636 §2; 2009 c.595 §613; 2013 c.366 §41; renumbered 432.435 in 2013]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.148 - Commemorative Certificate of Stillbirth; rules.

(1) The State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics shall establish a Commemorative Certificate of Stillbirth. The certificate shall be signed by the state registrar.
(2) The state registrar shall issue a Commemorative Certificate of Stillbirth for a stillbirth occurring on or after January 1, 1999, upon:
(a) Request of a biological parent of the stillborn fetus; and
(b) Payment of the fee adopted by the state registrar by rule.
(3) The state registrar shall adopt by rule:
(a) A form for the certificate;
(b) The type of information that may be included on the form; and
(c) The fee required for issuance of the certificate.
(4) A certificate issued under this section is for commemorative purposes only and has no legal effect. [Formerly 432.266]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.153 - Status of reports under ORS 435.496; rules.

The reports required under ORS 435.496 are statistical reports to be used only for medical and health purposes and shall not be incorporated into the permanent official records of the system of vital statistics. A schedule for the disposition of these reports may be provided by rule of the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics. [Formerly 432.337]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.163 - Extensions for submitting reports of death or fetal death.

Upon such conditions as the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics may prescribe to ensure compliance with the purposes of this chapter, by rule the state registrar may provide for the extension, not to exceed 60 days, of the periods prescribed in ORS 432.133, 432.143 and 432.158 for the submission of a report of death or fetal death and related documentation and for the obtaining of a permit for disposition of human remains in cases where compliance with the applicable prescribed period would result in undue hardship. [Formerly 432.327]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.165

[Amended by 1983 c.709 §22; 1985 c.207 §4; 1997 c.783 §21; 1999 c.80 §70; 2005 c.471 §4; 2013 c.366 §9; renumbered 432.083 in 2013]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.173 - Mandatory submission and registration of reports of marriage and reports of domestic partnership; persons required to report.

(1) A report of each marriage performed and domestic partnership registered by the state shall be submitted to the Center for Health Statistics. The State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics shall register a marriage or domestic partnership if the report of marriage or domestic partnership has been completed and submitted in accordance with this section and any rules adopted by the state registrar.
(2) The county clerk or county official who issues the marriage license or registers the Declaration of Domestic Partnership shall prepare the report of marriage or domestic partnership on a form prescribed and furnished by the state registrar, using information obtained from the parties to whom the marriage license or Declaration of Domestic Partnership is being issued.
(3) A person who performs a marriage shall certify the fact of marriage and submit the certification to the county clerk or county official who issued the license within five calendar days of the marriage ceremony.
(4) A county clerk or county official who issues marriage licenses or registers declarations of domestic partnership shall complete and submit the report of marriage or domestic partnership to the Center for Health Statistics within 15 calendar days of receiving the completed marriage license or registering the Declaration of Domestic Partnership. The report of marriage or domestic partnership must include a copy of the marriage license or Declaration of Domestic Partnership. [Formerly 432.405]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.178 - Delayed report of marriage.

The State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics may register a marriage one year or more after the date of the marriage ceremony if:
(1) The report of marriage is submitted by the county clerk or county official responsible for issuing marriage licenses; and
(2) The report of marriage indicates that the registration is delayed and identifies the date of registration. [2013 c.366 §24]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.183 - Mandatory submission and registration of reports of dissolution of marriage and reports of dissolution of domestic partnership; clerk of court to submit; rules.

(1) A report of each dissolution of marriage or dissolution of domestic partnership by a court of competent jurisdiction in this state shall be submitted by the clerk of the court to the Center for Health Statistics. The State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics shall register the dissolution of marriage or dissolution of domestic partnership if the report of dissolution of marriage or dissolution of domestic partnership is completed and submitted in accordance with this section and any rules adopted by the state registrar. A report of dissolution of marriage or dissolution of domestic partnership shall be prepared by the petitioner for dissolution or the petitioner’s legal representative on a form prescribed by the state registrar and submitted to the clerk of the court with the petition for dissolution.
(2) The state registrar shall design the report of dissolution of marriage or dissolution of domestic partnership in a manner that allows, for judgments or orders issued in proceedings initiated under ORS 107.085 or 107.485, the state registrar, county clerks, county recording officers and courts to keep Social Security numbers confidential and exempt from public inspection. In all cases, the report of dissolution of marriage or dissolution of domestic partnership shall be completed and submitted to the clerk of the court prior to the issuance of the court’s final order.
(3) Twice a month, as adopted by the state registrar by rule, the clerk of the court shall complete and submit a report of dissolution of marriage or dissolution of domestic partnership for each judgment or final order of dissolution of marriage or dissolution of domestic partnership entered during the month. [Formerly 432.408]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.206

[1997 c.783 §23 (enacted in lieu of 432.205); 1999 c.254 §2; 1999 c.840 §1; 2001 c.455 §24; 2013 c.366 §10; renumbered 432.088 in 2013]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.223 - Reports of adoption; reports of amendments or annulments of judgment of adoption; persons required to report; rules.

(1) For each judgment of adoption entered by a court of competent jurisdiction in this state, the court shall require the preparation of a report of adoption on a form prescribed and furnished by the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics. The report of adoption must:
(a) Include facts that the state registrar deems necessary to locate and identify the report of live birth of the person adopted;
(b) If the person was born in a foreign country, provide evidence from sources determined to be reliable by the court of the date and place of live birth;
(c) Include information necessary to establish a replacement report of live birth of the person adopted;
(d) Identify the final order of the judgment of adoption; and
(e) Be certified or authenticated by the clerk of the court as provided by the state registrar by rule.
(2) Information necessary to prepare a report of adoption must be furnished by the petitioner for adoption or by the petitioner’s legal representative. The Department of Human Services or any other person having knowledge of the facts shall supply the court with additional information that is necessary to complete the report of adoption. A court must receive the information required by this subsection before issuing a judgment of adoption.
(3) Whenever a judgment of adoption is amended or annulled, the clerk of the court shall prepare a report of the amendment or annulment that includes the facts necessary to identify the original report of adoption and the facts amended in the judgment of adoption that are necessary to amend a report of live birth.
(4) Twice a month as adopted by the state registrar by rule, the clerk of the court shall submit to the Center for Health Statistics reports of adoption or reports prepared under subsection (3) of this section.
(5) When the state registrar receives a report under subsection (4) of this section for a person born in another state, the state registrar shall forward the report to the state registrar in the state of live birth.
(6) If a live birth occurred in a foreign country and the child is not a citizen of the United States at the time of live birth, the state registrar shall prepare a record of foreign live birth as provided in ORS 432.245. If the live birth occurred in a neighboring country, the state registrar shall also send a copy of the report of adoption or any report prepared under subsection (4) of this section to the appropriate authority.
(7) If a live birth occurred in a foreign country and through parentage the child is a citizen of the United States, the state registrar shall notify the parents adopting the child of the procedures for obtaining a revised live birth record for their child through the United States Department of State. The state registrar shall not prepare a record of foreign live birth for a live birth described in this subsection. [Formerly 432.415]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.228 - Issuance of certified copy of record of live birth to adopted persons; Contact Preference Form.

(1) Upon receipt of a written application to the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics, an adopted person 21 years of age and older born in this state shall be issued a certified copy of the person’s unaltered, original and unamended record of live birth in the custody of the state registrar, with procedures, filing fees, and waiting periods as prescribed by the state registrar by rule.
(2) A birth parent may at any time request from the state registrar or from a voluntary adoption registry a Contact Preference Form that shall accompany a certified copy issued under subsection (1) of this section. The Contact Preference Form shall provide the following information to be completed at the option of the birth parent:
______________________________________________________________________________
(a) I would like to be contacted;
(b) I would prefer to be contacted only through an intermediary; or
(c) I prefer not to be contacted at this time. If I decide later that I would like to be contacted, I will register with the voluntary adoption registry. I have completed an updated medical history and have filed it with the voluntary adoption registry. Attached is a certificate from the voluntary adoption registry verifying receipt of the updated medical history.
______________________________________________________________________________
(3) A certificate from a voluntary adoption registry verifying receipt of an updated medical history under subsection (2) of this section shall be in a form prescribed by the Oregon Health Authority and shall be supplied upon request of the birth parent by the voluntary adoption registry.
(4) When the state registrar receives a completed Contact Preference Form from a birth parent, the state registrar shall match the Contact Preference Form with the adopted person’s record of live birth. The Contact Preference Form shall be made a part of the adopted person’s record of live birth when a match is made.
(5) A completed Contact Preference Form shall be confidential and shall be placed in a secure file until a match with the adopted person’s record of live birth is made and the Contact Preference Form is placed in the adopted person’s record.
(6) Only those persons who are authorized to process applications made under subsection (1) of this section may process Contact Preference Forms. [Formerly 432.240]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.250 - Access to adoption records.

The documents forwarded to the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics or sealed under ORS 432.245 may be opened by the state registrar only upon receiving an order from a court of competent jurisdiction or when requested by an agency operating a voluntary adoption registry established under ORS 109.450 for the purpose of facilitating the identification of persons registering under the provisions of ORS 109.425 to 109.507. [Formerly 432.420; 2015 c.200 §17]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.253 - Adding or changing biological parent on original record of live birth; rules; fees.

(1) If an original record of live birth for a person at least 21 years of age was sealed under ORS 432.245 and was later opened under ORS 432.250, and the paternity or parentage of the person has been determined by DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) testing or by other means, the person may apply to the Center for Health Statistics to add or change the name of a biological parent on the original record of live birth.
(2) An application under this section must include:
(a) Evidence of a DNA test or other evidence that shows that the person whose name is to be entered as a biological parent is the biological parent of the applicant; and
(b)(A) If the person whose name is to be entered as a biological parent is living, an affidavit attesting that the person is a biological parent of the applicant and that the name to be entered is that of the biological parent that was omitted from the original record of live birth; or
(B) If the person whose name is to be entered as a biological parent is deceased, an affidavit from the personal representative or a relative of the person attesting that the person is a biological parent of the applicant and that the name to be entered is that of the biological parent that was omitted from the original record of live birth.
(3) If the name of a biological parent is entered on an original record of live birth under this section:
(a) A person may only obtain a noncertified copy of a record of live birth amended under this section.
(b) A notation indicating that the record was amended must be shown on all copies of the record.
(c) The center shall prominently display the following language on all copies of the record: "THIS RECORD OF LIVE BIRTH MAY NOT BE USED FOR ANY LEGAL PURPOSE AND DOES NOT CREATE ANY LEGAL RIGHTS FOR THE CHILD OR THE PARENTS LISTED ON THE RECORD."
(4) The center shall adopt rules regarding:
(a) The establishment and collection of fees for the preparation and registration of an amended original record of live birth and for the issuance of a noncertified copy of an amended original record of live birth under this section.
(b) Consent and affidavit forms, proof of identification requirements and the evidentiary requirements to substantiate that a person is an omitted biological parent of an applicant under this section. [2023 c.157 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.287

[1995 c.514 §4; 1997 c.783 §27; 1999 c.80 §21; 2009 c.595 §615; 2013 c.366 §12; renumbered 432.098 in 2013]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.307

[1963 c.200 §2; 1965 c.221 §26; 1977 c.582 §33; 1983 c.709 §12; 1985 c.207 §5; 1997 c.783 §29; 1999 c.80 §71; 1999 c.724 §1; 2001 c.357 §2; 2003 c.104 §3; 2011 c.407 §1; 2013 c.366 §16; renumbered 432.133 in 2013]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.312

[1993 c.345 §3; 1997 c.783 §30; 2005 c.726 §3; 2009 c.132 §1; 2009 c.595 §616; 2009 c.709 §16; 2013 c.366 §42; renumbered 413.825 in 2013]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.317

[1963 c.200 §3; 1983 c.709 §16; 1985 c.207 §6; 1987 c.252 §9; 1989 c.669 §2; 1997 c.783 §31; 1999 c.724 §4; 2001 c.357 §3; 2003 c.104 §4; 2009 c.595 §617; 2013 c.366 §20; renumbered 432.158 in 2013]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.355 - Disclosure of death filed in conjunction with claims or interests in land.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a document recording a death filed in conjunction with owning or having a claim or interest in land that is in the custody of a county clerk or county recording officer is open and subject to full disclosure. A county clerk or county recording officer may not record a document that records a death filed in conjunction with owning or having a claim or interest in land if the document originated in this state and includes medical information related to the cause of death. [Formerly 432.124; 2014 c.60 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.360 - Records of dissolution of marriage and dissolution of domestic partnership subject to full disclosure; exemption.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, notwithstanding any other provision of law, all marriage and domestic partnership records and all records of dissolution of marriage and dissolution of domestic partnership in the custody of a county clerk or county recording officer and all records of dissolution of marriage and dissolution of domestic partnership in the custody of the state courts are open and subject to full disclosure.
(2) Records of dissolution of marriage and dissolution of domestic partnership in the custody of the state courts shall be completed and maintained in accordance with procedures established under ORS 107.840 to ensure that the Social Security numbers of parties to proceedings under ORS 107.085 and 107.485 are kept confidential and exempt from public inspection. [Formerly 432.412]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.408

[1997 c.783 §37; 2003 c.380 §9; 2003 c.576 §456a; 2007 c.99 §19; 2013 c.366 §25; renumbered 432.183 in 2013]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.415

[Amended by 1959 c.430 §2; 1983 c.709 §10; 1997 c.783 §38; 2003 c.576 §457; 2013 c.366 §26; renumbered 432.223 in 2013]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.420

[Amended by 1957 c.193 §1; 1983 c.672 §18; 1995 c.79 §221; 1995 c.730 §11; 1997 c.783 §39; 1999 c.254 §3; 2013 c.366 §31; renumbered 432.250 in 2013]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.435 - Fees.

(1) Except as provided in ORS 432.445 and subsection (2) of this section, the Oregon Health Authority shall establish fees for the services provided under this chapter.
(2) The State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics shall search the system of vital statistics and issue certified copies or other documents, as appropriate, without charge if the search or issuance is:
(a) Requested in connection with a pending application for benefits from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, if proof of the application is first submitted; or
(b) In response to an administrative error as determined by the state registrar.
(3) Fees collected under this section must be deposited in the Oregon Health Authority Fund and are continuously appropriated to the Center for Health Statistics for the purpose of administering this chapter. [Formerly 432.146; 2017 c.540 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.440 - County registrar sale of certified copies of records of live birth and death; rules.

The Oregon Health Authority shall adopt, taking into consideration local service needs and interests, rules to allow a county registrar to sell, within six months of the date of the event occurring in the county, certified copies of records of live birth and death. [Formerly 432.085]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.445 - Issuance of additional record of live birth; fee; form; distribution of funds received.

(1) The State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics shall issue upon request and upon payment of a fee in an amount set by the state registrar a record of live birth representing that the birth of the person named on the record of live birth is recorded in the office of the state registrar. The record of live birth issued under this section shall be in a form consistent with the need to protect the integrity of vital records but shall be suitable for display. It may bear the seal of the state and may be signed by the Governor.
(2) Of the funds received under subsection (1) of this section, the amount needed to reimburse the state registrar for expenses incurred in administering this section shall be credited to the Public Health Account. The remainder shall be credited to the subaccount created pursuant to section 36 (2), chapter 1084, Oregon Laws 1999, or a successor subaccount, account or fund.
(3) In setting the fee amount under subsection (1) of this section, the state registrar shall give substantial consideration to the amount suggested by the holder of the subaccount created pursuant to section 36 (2), chapter 1084, Oregon Laws 1999, or a successor subaccount, account or fund. [Formerly 432.090]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.450 - Grant program for issuance of certified copy of record of live birth to individual who is homeless; rules.

(1) The Oregon Health Authority shall establish a grant program for the purpose of allowing an individual who is homeless to obtain a certified copy of the individual’s record of live birth at a reduced rate or free of charge.
(2) In administering the program, the authority:
(a) Shall award grants to state, regional and local agencies and organizations listed in ORS 458.528 for the purpose specified in subsection (1) of this section;
(b) Shall develop criteria for receiving a grant under this section and processes for applying for a grant under this section;
(c) May require recipients of a grant to report to the authority on the use of grant funds; and
(d) Shall adopt by rule a definition for the term "individual who is homeless" that gives the term the same meaning as provided in 42 U.S.C. 11302 for the terms "homeless," "homeless individual" and "homeless person." [2017 c.540 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.455 - Birth Certificates for Homeless Persons Fund.

(1) There is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund, the Birth Certificates for Homeless Persons Fund. Interest earned by the Birth Certificates for Homeless Persons Fund shall be credited to the fund. All moneys in the Birth Certificates for Homeless Persons Fund are continuously appropriated to the Oregon Health Authority for purposes of ORS 432.450.
(2) The Birth Certificates for Homeless Persons Fund shall consist of all moneys credited to the fund, including moneys appropriated or transferred to the fund by the Legislative Assembly. [2017 c.540 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.500 - Definitions.

As used in ORS 432.510 to 432.550 and 432.900:
(1) "Clinical laboratory" means a facility where microbiological, serological, chemical, hematological, immunohematological, immunological, toxicological, cytogenetical, exfoliative cytological, histological, pathological or other examinations are performed on material derived from the human body, for the purpose of diagnosis, prevention of disease or treatment of patients by physicians, dentists and other persons who are authorized by license to diagnose or treat humans.
(2) "Health care facility" means a hospital, as defined in ORS 442.015, an ambulatory surgical center, as defined in ORS 442.015, or any other facility in which patients are diagnosed or provided treatment for cancer or benign or borderline tumors of the brain and central nervous system.
(3) "Practitioner" means any person whose professional license allows the person to diagnose or treat cancer in patients. [1995 c.585 §1; 2001 c.104 §154; 2003 c.14 §243; 2003 c.269 §1; 2009 c.595 §618; 2009 c.792 §35; 2011 c.720 §191; 2017 c.101 §35]
Note:
432.500 to 432.570 and 432.900 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 432 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.530 - Confidentiality of information.

(1) All identifying information regarding individual patients, health care facilities and practitioners reported pursuant to ORS 432.520 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. 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 (1). [1995 c.585 §5; 2003 c.269 §4; 2009 c.595 §621; 2017 c.101 §38]
Note:
See note under 432.500.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.540 - Use of confidential data; rules.

(1) The Oregon Health Authority shall adopt rules under which confidential data may be used by third parties to conduct research and studies for the public good. Research and studies conducted using confidential data from the statewide registry must be reviewed and approved by the Committee for the Protection of Human Research Subjects established in accordance with 45 C.F.R. 46.
(2) The authority may enter into agreements to exchange information with other registries for cancer and benign or borderline tumors of the brain and central nervous system in order to obtain complete reports of Oregon residents diagnosed or treated in other states and to provide information to other states regarding the residents of other states diagnosed or treated in Oregon. Prior to providing information to any other registry, the authority shall ensure that the recipient registry has comparable confidentiality protections. [1995 c.585 §6; 2003 c.269 §6; 2009 c.595 §622; 2017 c.101 §39]
Note:
See note under 432.500.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.550 - Action for damages; license; disciplinary action prohibited for good faith participation in reporting of data.

(1) No action for damages arising from the disclosure of confidential or privileged information may be maintained against any person, or the employer or employee of any person, who participates in good faith in the reporting of registry data for cancer or benign or borderline tumors of the brain and central nervous system or data for cancer morbidity or mortality studies in accordance with ORS 432.510 to 432.540 and 432.900.
(2) No license of a health care facility or practitioner may be denied, suspended or revoked for the good faith disclosure of confidential or privileged information in the reporting of registry data for cancer or benign or borderline tumors of the brain and central nervous system or data for cancer morbidity or mortality studies in accordance with ORS 432.510 to 432.540 and 432.900.
(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to the unauthorized disclosure of confidential or privileged information when such disclosure is due to gross negligence or willful misconduct. [1995 c.585 §7; 2003 c.269 §5; 2017 c.101 §40]
Note:
See note under 432.500.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.570 - No requirement or prohibition regarding operation of separate cancer and tumor registry.

Nothing in ORS 432.510 to 432.550 and 432.900 shall prohibit a health care facility from operating its own registry for cancer and benign or borderline tumors of the brain and central nervous system or require a health care facility to operate its own registry for cancer and benign or borderline tumors. [1995 c.585 §9; 2003 c.269 §7; 2017 c.101 §41]
Note:
See note under 432.500.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.900 - Civil penalty.

(1) In addition to any other liability or penalty provided by law, the Director of the Oregon Health Authority may impose a civil penalty on any person for willful failure to comply with any part of ORS 432.520. A civil penalty may be imposed against a health care facility for each day compliance is refused. The penalty shall be $50 per day for the first 30 days and $500 per day thereafter. A civil penalty of $50 may be imposed against a practitioner for each day compliance is refused.
(2) Any amounts collected pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall be paid into the State Treasury and deposited in the General Fund.
(3) Civil penalties described in subsection (1) of this section shall be imposed in the manner provided in ORS 183.745. [1995 c.585 §4; 2009 c.595 §623; 2011 c.597 §195]
Note:
See note under 432.500.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.993 - Unlawful use of vital record or report; criminal penalty.

(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, 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]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.994 - Unlawful use of vital record or report; civil penalty.

(1) The Director of the Oregon Health Authority may impose a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $10,000 for each violation described in ORS 432.993. Moneys received by the authority from civil penalties imposed under this section shall be deposited in the General Fund and are available for general governmental expenses.
(2) Civil penalties under this section shall be imposed in the manner provided in ORS 183.745. [2013 c.366 §44]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.995 - Obstructing the keeping of vital records or reports; criminal penalty.

(1) A person commits the crime of obstructing the keeping of vital records or reports if the person knowingly and willfully:
(a) Refuses to provide information required by this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter;
(b) Transports or accepts for transportation, interment or other disposition a dead body without an accompanying permit as provided in this chapter; or
(c) Fails to perform in a timely manner any of the provisions of this chapter.
(2) The provisions of subsection (1)(c) of this section do not apply to the officers or employees of the courts of this state acting in an official capacity.
(3) Obstructing the keeping of vital records or reports is a Class A misdemeanor. [1997 c.783 §43; 2013 c.366 §46]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 433 - Disease and Condition Control; Mass Gatherings; Indoor Air › Section 433.001 - Definitions for ORS 433.001 to 433.045 and 433.110 to 433.770.

As used in ORS 433.001 to 433.045 and 433.110 to 433.770 unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Communicable disease" has the meaning given that term in ORS 431A.005.
(2) "Control" means a person without a reportable disease about whom information is collected for purposes of comparison to a person or persons with the reportable disease.
(3) "Disease outbreak" has the meaning given that term in ORS 431A.005.
(4) "Epidemic" has the meaning given that term in ORS 431A.005.
(5) "Health care provider" has the meaning given that term in ORS 433.443.
(6) "Individually identifiable health information" has the meaning given that term in ORS 433.443.
(7) "Isolation" means the physical separation and confinement of a person or group of persons who are infected or reasonably believed to be infected with a communicable disease or possibly communicable disease from nonisolated persons to prevent or limit the transmission of the disease to nonisolated persons.
(8) "Local public health administrator" has the meaning given that term in ORS 431.003.
(9) "Property" means animals, inanimate objects, vessels, public conveyances, buildings and all other real or personal property.
(10) "Public health measure" has the meaning given that term in ORS 431A.005.
(11) "Quarantine" means the physical separation and confinement of a person or group of persons who have been or may have been exposed to a communicable disease or possibly communicable disease and who do not show signs or symptoms of a communicable disease, from persons who have not been exposed to a communicable disease or possibly communicable disease, to prevent or limit the transmission of the disease to other persons.
(12) "Reportable disease" has the meaning given that term in ORS 431A.005.
(13) "Simultaneous electronic transmission" means transmission by television, telephone or any other electronic or digital means if the form of transmission allows:
(a) The court and the person making the appearance to communicate with each other during the proceeding; and
(b) A person who is represented by legal counsel to consult privately with the person’s attorney during the proceeding.
(14) "Toxic substance" has the meaning given that term in ORS 431A.005. [1973 c.259 §2; 1987 c.600 §1; 2001 c.900 §155; 2007 c.445 §6; 2009 c.268 §1; 2009 c.595 §624; 2011 c.721 §1; 2015 c.736 §76]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 433 - Disease and Condition Control; Mass Gatherings; Indoor Air › Section 433.006 - Investigation and control measures; rules.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, in response to each report of a reportable disease, the local public health administrator shall ensure that investigations and control measures, as prescribed by Oregon Health Authority rule, are conducted.
(2) If there has been a transfer of responsibility from a local public health authority to the Oregon Health Authority under ORS 431.382, the Oregon Health Authority shall ensure that investigations and control measures are conducted, as funding allows, pursuant to rules adopted by the Oregon Health Authority. [1987 c.600 §4; 2009 c.595 §626; 2021 c.191 §11]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 433 - Disease and Condition Control; Mass Gatherings; Indoor Air › Section 433.008 - Confidentiality of disclosure; exceptions; privilege.

(1)(a) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, information obtained by the Oregon Health Authority or a local public health administrator in the course of an investigation of a reportable disease or disease outbreak is confidential and is exempt from disclosure under ORS 192.311 to 192.478.
(b) Except as required for the administration or enforcement of public health laws or rules, a state or local public health official or employee may not be examined in an administrative or judicial proceeding about the existence or contents of a reportable disease report or other information received by the authority or local public health administrator in the course of an investigation of a reportable disease or disease outbreak.
(2) The authority or a local public health administrator may release information obtained during an investigation of a reportable disease or disease outbreak to:
(a) State, local or federal agencies authorized to receive the information under state or federal law;
(b) Health care providers if necessary for the evaluation or treatment of a reportable disease;
(c) Law enforcement officials to the extent necessary to carry out the authority granted to the Public Health Director and local public health administrators under ORS 433.121, 433.128, 433.131, 433.138 and 433.142;
(d) A person who may have been exposed to a communicable disease;
(e) A person with information necessary to assist the authority or local public health administrator in identifying an individual who may have been exposed to a communicable disease; and
(f) The individual who is the subject of the information or the legal representative of that individual.
(3) The authority or local public health administrator may release individually identifiable information under subsection (2)(d) or (e) of this section only if there is clear and convincing evidence that the release is necessary to avoid an immediate danger to other individuals or to the public.
(4) The authority or local public health administrator may release only the minimum amount of information necessary to carry out the purpose of the release pursuant to subsection (2) of this section.
(5) A decision not to disclose information under this subsection, if made in good faith, shall not subject the entity or person withholding the information to any liability.
(6) Nothing in this section:
(a) Prevents the authority or a local public health administrator from publishing statistical compilations and reports relating to reportable disease investigations if the compilations and reports do not identify individual cases or sources of information;
(b) Affects the confidentiality or admissibility into evidence of information not otherwise confidential or privileged that is obtained from sources other than the authority; or
(c) Prevents dispositions of information pursuant to ORS 192.105. [1987 c.600 §5; 2009 c.268 §3; 2009 c.828 §18; 2021 c.92 §§2,3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 433 - Disease and Condition Control; Mass Gatherings; Indoor Air › Section 433.009 - Reporting by law enforcement unit.

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 192.345 (3), 192.355 (2) and 433.045, if, during the course of a criminal investigation, a law enforcement unit acquires information that the person who is charged with a crime or sentenced for a crime has a reportable disease, the law enforcement unit shall disclose that information to the public health authorities who shall confirm the diagnosis and notify any police officer, corrections officer or emergency medical services provider who had significant exposure to the person.
(2) As used in this section:
(a) "Emergency medical services provider" has the meaning given that term in ORS 682.025.
(b) "Law enforcement unit," "police officer" and "corrections officer" have the meanings given those terms in ORS 181A.355.
(c) "Reportable disease" means a disease or condition, the reporting of which enables a public health authority to take action to protect or to benefit the public health. [1995 c.657 §10; 2003 c.86 §10; 2007 c.445 §6b; 2011 c.703 §37]
Note:
433.009 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 433 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.