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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 431A - Public Health Programs and Activities › Section 431A.650 - Alzheimer’s Disease Research Fund.

(1) There is established as a separate and distinct fund in the State Treasury an Alzheimer’s Disease Research Fund. The Alzheimer’s Disease Research Fund shall consist of:
(a) An amount credited to the fund pursuant to ORS 305.690 to 305.753, which shall be transferred by the Department of Revenue to the fund.
(b) Gifts, grants and donations, in money or otherwise, for use as described in subsection (2) of this section, which the State Treasurer may solicit and accept from private and public sources and shall cause to be deposited and credited to the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Fund.
(c) Interest or other earnings on the amounts described in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection which shall inure to the benefit of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Fund.
(2) Moneys contained in the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Fund are continuously appropriated for the purpose of grants to the Alzheimer’s Disease Center of Oregon, a cooperative venture between Oregon Health and Science University, Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and the Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association to carry out research on Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders. [Formerly 431.855]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 431A - Public Health Programs and Activities › Section 431A.655 - Control of fund.

Oregon Health and Science University shall have access to and control of the moneys held in the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Fund established under ORS 431A.650 but shall use such moneys only for the purposes specified in ORS 431A.650 (2). [Formerly 431.860]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 431A - Public Health Programs and Activities › Section 431A.675 - Maternal Mental Health Patient and Provider Education Program; informational materials.

(1) The Maternal Mental Health Patient and Provider Education Program is created in the Oregon Health Authority. The goal of the program is to identify and address maternal mental health disorders and to prevent the associated long-term negative outcomes from the disorders that result for women, children and families.
(2) The authority shall develop informational materials for health care providers who serve pregnant and postpartum patients, including patients who have experienced a post-pregnancy loss. The informational materials must be based on the recommendations made in the report of the work group on maternal mental health disorders pursuant to section 1, chapter 624, Oregon Laws 2009.
(3) The authority shall post the informational materials developed under subsection (2) of this section to the authority’s website to educate the public about maternal mental health disorders. [Formerly 431.862]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 431A - Public Health Programs and Activities › Section 431A.680 - Dissemination of informational materials.

(1) Physicians, nurse midwives, naturopathic physicians and other licensed health care professionals who provide prenatal and postnatal care to patients may provide to each patient, and family members of the patient, if appropriate, the informational materials published by the Oregon Health Authority under ORS 431A.675 or other maternal mental health education materials that are approved by the authority.
(2) Hospitals and other health care facilities that provide maternity care may give postnatal and post-pregnancy loss patients, and family members of the patients, if appropriate, prior to the discharge of the patient, the informational materials published by the authority under ORS 431A.675 or other maternal mental health education materials that are approved by the authority. [Formerly 431.864; 2017 c.356 §60]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 431A - Public Health Programs and Activities › Section 431A.685 - Funding.

The Oregon Health Authority is authorized to apply for federal grants that are available under 42 U.S.C. 280g-11, 711 and 712 or any other appropriate federal funding source, and may solicit private gifts, grants or donations to carry out the provisions of ORS 431A.675. [Formerly 431.866]
Note:
Section 4, chapter 220, Oregon Laws 2011, provides:
Sec. 4.
(1) ORS 431.862 [renumbered 431A.675] and 431.864 [renumbered 431A.680] become operative on the date that the Office of the Legislative Counsel receives written notice from the Oregon Health Authority indicating that the authority has received an amount of moneys under ORS 431.866 [renumbered 431A.685] that is sufficient to carry out the provisions of ORS 431.862.
(2) The authority may take the actions described in ORS 431.866 before the operative date specified in subsection (1) of this section to obtain the moneys necessary to carry out the provisions of ORS 431.862.
(3) Until the operative date specified in subsection (1) of this section, the authority shall report on the actions taken by the authority pursuant to ORS 431.866 to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means at least once during an odd-numbered year regular session of the Legislative Assembly. [2011 c.220 §4; 2012 c.107 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 431A - Public Health Programs and Activities › Section 431A.700 - Oregon Health Authority to disseminate information.

(1) The Oregon Health Authority shall compile information on the following:
(a) The dangers associated with adrenal insufficiency;
(b) How to identify a person suffering an adrenal crisis; and
(c) The types of medications that treat adrenal insufficiency.
(2) The authority shall disseminate the information described in subsection (1) of this section to health care professionals and the public for the purpose of educating health care professionals and the public about adrenal insufficiency. The authority may disseminate the information through print or electronic publications, through video productions or by any other method determined to be cost-effective by the authority.
(3) In disseminating the information described in subsection (1) of this section, the authority shall consider the most effective means of providing the information to emergency medical services providers licensed under ORS chapter 682 and health care professionals who work in a hospital emergency department. [2015 c.501 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 431A - Public Health Programs and Activities › Section 431A.725 - Qualifying schools; certification; rules.

Using evidence-based data and best practices, the Oregon Health Authority shall promote oral health throughout this state by ensuring the availability of dental sealant programs to students attending school in this state. To fulfill its duties under this section, the authority shall:
(1) Screen, and ensure the provision of dental sealants to, appropriate student populations who attend an elementary school or a middle school in which at least 40 percent of all students attending the school are eligible to receive assistance under the United States Department of Agriculture’s National School Lunch Program.
(2) Where appropriate, directly provide the services described in subsection (1) of this section.
(3) Where appropriate, oversee the provision of services described in subsection (1) of this section by local dental sealant programs.
(4) Adopt by rule procedures and qualifications for:
(a) The certification of local dental sealant programs;
(b) The recertification of local dental sealant programs;
(c) The training of personnel who provide services through local dental sealant programs; and
(d) Monitoring and collecting data from local dental sealant programs.
(5) Upon making a determination that a local dental sealant program is capable of providing the services described in subsection (1) of this section for one or more schools:
(a) Develop a plan for transitioning the school or schools from receiving the services directly from the authority to receiving the services from the local dental sealant program; and
(b) Assist the school or schools in making the transition.
(6) Ensure that all dental sealant data collected by the authority or a local dental sealant program is integrated with data sets included as part of the comprehensive health care information system described in ORS 442.373. [2015 c.791 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 431A - Public Health Programs and Activities › Section 431A.750 - Examinations by state laboratory; rules; fees.

(1) For the better protection of the public health, the laboratory of the Oregon Health Authority shall make examinations of water, milk, blood, secretions, excretions, tissues or environmental samples required by any state or local agency in Oregon.
(2) In accordance with the rules of the authority, the authority may make examinations of water, milk, blood, secretions, excretions, tissues or environmental samples for any:
(a) Country or territory;
(b) Federal agency;
(c) Agency of another state;
(d) Tribal agency; or
(e) Health care practitioner licensed in any country, territory or state.
(3) The authority may adopt rules to implement this section and collect fees for tests performed in the state public health laboratory, subject to approval by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services prior to adopting a new fee or changing an existing fee.
(4) All moneys collected under subsection (3) of this section shall be deposited in the Public Health Account to be used for expenses of the state public health laboratory. [Formerly 431.310]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 431A - Public Health Programs and Activities › Section 431A.775 - Definitions.

As used in ORS 431A.775 and 431A.780:
(1) "Person" includes an individual, partnership, association, corporation, private institution or governmental entity.
(2) "Recombinant DNA research" means research on molecules that consist of segments of deoxyribonucleic acid from different organisms which are joined together in cell-free systems and which have the capacity to infect and replicate in some host cell, either autonomously or as an integrated part of the host genome. [Formerly 431.805]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 431A - Public Health Programs and Activities › Section 431A.800 - Hospital-based violence intervention grant program.

(1) The Oregon Health Authority shall establish a program to provide grants for planning, provider training and certification and general capacity to hospitals and community-based organizations to develop hospital-based violence intervention programs in communities of need other than in Multnomah County to reduce and interrupt the chronic cycle of community violence.
(2) The authority shall require a hospital or organization receiving a grant under this section to demonstrate:
(a) A commitment to national best practices and standards of care; and
(b) An understanding of the hospital-based violence intervention model, the role of trusted community messengers and a plan to certify violence prevention professionals.
(3) The authority may adopt rules to implement this section. [2022 c.30 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 431A - Public Health Programs and Activities › Section 431A.862 - Receipt of prescription monitoring information by pharmacist.

A pharmacist who dispenses a prescription drug for which reporting is required under ORS 431A.860 may receive prescription monitoring information regarding:
(1) A patient who is an individual to whom a prescription drug is dispensed on behalf of an animal; and
(2) An animal for which a prescription drug is prescribed. [2023 c.438 §2]
Note:
431A.862 becomes operative January 1, 2025, and applies to drugs dispensed on or after January 1, 2025. See section 9, chapter 438, Oregon Laws 2023, as amended by section 9a, chapter 438, Oregon Laws 2023, and see section 10, chapter 438, Oregon Laws 2023.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 431A - Public Health Programs and Activities › Section 431A.866 - Prescribing practices.

The Oregon Health Authority shall coordinate with health professional regulatory boards to make resources available to practitioners regarding the best methods to change prescribing practices with respect to opioids and opiates and to incorporate alternative pain management options into prescribing practices. [2017 c.683 §21]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 431A - Public Health Programs and Activities › Section 431A.867 - Agreement for use of program information.

(1) The Oregon Health Authority may require a person requesting prescription monitoring program information under ORS 431A.865 (3)(b) to enter into a data use agreement under which the person:
(a) Describes the proposed use for the information;
(b) Agrees to any terms and conditions imposed on transferring the information;
(c) Agrees to any limitations imposed on using the information;
(d) Agrees to any terms and conditions imposed on keeping the information; and
(e) Agrees to destroy the information after completing the proposed use for the information.
(2) In determining whether to enter into an agreement under this section, the authority shall:
(a) Ensure that the agreement will benefit the health and safety of Oregonians;
(b) Determine whether the person making the request has the technical competence needed to meet any terms, conditions or limitations imposed under subsection (1) of this section and the ability to complete the proposed use for the information;
(c) If the proposed use for the information involves research, ensure that the proposed use has been approved by any involved institutional review board; and
(d) Consider any other factor that the authority determines is relevant.
(3) Using the factors described in subsection (2) of this section, the authority shall evaluate any agreement entered into under this section at least once per year for the purpose of determining whether to renew the agreement. [2017 c.683 §18; 2019 c.470 §11; 2019 c.583 §19]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 431A - Public Health Programs and Activities › Section 431A.869 - Sharing and use of program information with other states.

The Oregon Health Authority may enter into agreements governing the sharing and use of information described in ORS 431A.860 (1) with the authorities of other states that administer prescription monitoring programs. An agreement entered into under this section must adhere to the disclosure limitations listed under ORS 431A.865 (3). An agreement entered into under this section may:
(1) Provide for the transmission of information between electronic systems, provided that any electronic system to which the Oregon Health Authority transmits information meets the confidentiality, security and privacy standards adopted by the authority under ORS 431A.855; or
(2) Provide for the transmission of information to practitioners or pharmacists licensed to practice in another state. [2017 c.683 §22; 2019 c.470 §12]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 431A - Public Health Programs and Activities › Section 431A.870 - Duty of pharmacist to fill prescription.

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 at the time the patient requests that the prescription be filled. [Formerly 431.968]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 431A - Public Health Programs and Activities › Section 431A.875 - Reports to health professional regulatory boards.

If a practitioner or pharmacist authorized to obtain prescription information from the electronic system established under ORS 431A.855 discloses or uses information obtained from the electronic system in violation of ORS 431A.865, the Oregon Health Authority shall report the individual to the appropriate health professional regulatory board. [Formerly 431.970; 2017 c.683 §15]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 431A - Public Health Programs and Activities › Section 431A.877 - Duty to register; rules.

(1) In order to ensure the development, administration and evaluation of best practices for prescribing opioids and opiates, a practitioner shall register with the electronic system established under ORS 431A.855.
(2) The Oregon Health Authority may adopt rules to administer this section. [2018 c.45 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 431A - Public Health Programs and Activities › Section 431A.880 - Licensing information; fees; rules.

(1) As used in this section, "board" means:
(a) The Oregon Medical Board;
(b) The Oregon Board of Dentistry;
(c) The Oregon Board of Naturopathic Medicine;
(d) The Oregon State Board of Nursing;
(e) The Oregon Board of Optometry; and
(f) The State Board of Pharmacy.
(2)(a) At the time of issuing or renewing a license, a board shall provide the Oregon Health Authority with the licensing information of each person licensed by the board who is authorized to prescribe or dispense controlled substances. The authority shall use the licensing information to qualify the licensee to report information to, or receive information from, the prescription monitoring program established under ORS 431A.855.
(b) A board by rule may adopt exceptions to the requirement described in paragraph (a) of this subsection.
(3)(a) In addition to other licensing fees imposed by a board on licensees, a board shall adopt rules imposing a fee of $35 per year on each person licensed by the board who is authorized to prescribe or dispense controlled substances. A board shall collect the fee at the same time the board collects other licensing fees imposed on licensees.
(b) A board shall retain 10 percent of the fees collected under paragraph (a) of this subsection to cover the costs of administering this section.
(c) On the first day of each calendar quarter, a board shall transmit 90 percent of the fees collected under paragraph (a) of this subsection during the preceding calendar quarter to the Oregon Health Authority Fund established in ORS 413.101. Moneys deposited in the fund under this paragraph may be used only for the purpose of carrying out ORS 431A.855 to 431A.900.
(4) A board may adopt rules necessary for the administration of this section. [Formerly 431.972; 2017 c.683 §16; 2021 c.191 §7; 2021 c.512 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 431A - Public Health Programs and Activities › Section 431A.895 - Term; meetings; rules; quorum; expenses.

(1) The term of office of each member of the Prescription Monitoring Program Advisory Commission is four years, but a member serves at the pleasure of the Oregon Health Authority. Before the expiration of the term of a member, the authority shall appoint a successor whose term begins on July 1 next following. A member is eligible for reappointment. If there is a vacancy for any cause, the authority shall make an appointment to become immediately effective.
(2) The commission shall elect one of its members to serve as chairperson.
(3) The commission shall meet at least once annually at a time and place specified by the chairperson of the commission. The commission may meet at other times and places specified by the call of the chairperson or of a majority of the members of the commission.
(4) The commission may adopt rules necessary for the operation of the commission.
(5) A majority of the members of the commission constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
(6) Official action by the commission requires the approval of a majority of the members of the commission.
(7) The authority shall provide staff support to the commission.
(8) Members of the commission are not entitled to compensation, but may be reimbursed for actual and necessary travel and other expenses incurred by them in the performance of their official duties in the manner and amounts provided for in ORS 292.495. Claims for expenses incurred in performing functions of the commission shall be paid out of funds appropriated to the authority for that purpose.
(9) All agencies of state government, as defined in ORS 174.111, are directed to assist the commission in the performance of its duties and, to the extent permitted by laws relating to confidentiality, to furnish such information and advice as the members of the commission consider necessary to perform their duties. [Formerly 431.978]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 431A - Public Health Programs and Activities › Section 431A.896 - Prescription Monitoring Program Prescribing Practices Review Subcommittee.

(1) The Prescription Monitoring Program Prescribing Practices Review Subcommittee is established as a subcommittee of the Prescription Monitoring Program Advisory Commission created under ORS 431A.890, for the purpose of advising the Oregon Health Authority and the commission on interpreting prescription information, understanding the clinical aspects of prescribing practices and evaluating prescribing practices.
(2)(a) The authority shall appoint the number of members to the subcommittee that the authority determines is necessary to fulfill the functions of the subcommittee.
(b) Members of the subcommittee must be practitioners who:
(A) Hold a valid license issued in this state or a valid emeritus license issued in this state;
(B) Are registered with the federal Drug Enforcement Administration to prescribe drugs classified in schedules II through IV; and
(C) Have at least five years of experience prescribing drugs classified in schedules II through IV.
(c) To the extent feasible, the authority shall appoint one member to the subcommittee for each type of practitioner in this state that prescribes drugs classified in schedules II through IV. [2017 c.683 §20]
Note:
The amendments to 431A.896 by section 8, chapter 438, Oregon Laws 2023, become operative January 1, 2025, and apply to members appointed on or after January 1, 2025. See section 9, chapter 438, Oregon Laws 2023, as amended by section 9a, chapter 438, Oregon Laws 2023, and see section 10, chapter 438, Oregon Laws 2023. The text that is operative on and after January 1, 2025, is set forth for the user’s convenience.
(1) The Prescription Monitoring Program Prescribing Practices Review Subcommittee is established as a subcommittee of the Prescription Monitoring Program Advisory Commission created under ORS 431A.890, for the purpose of advising the Oregon Health Authority and the commission on interpreting prescription information, understanding the clinical aspects of prescribing practices and evaluating prescribing practices.
(2)(a) The authority shall appoint the number of members to the subcommittee that the authority determines is necessary to fulfill the functions of the subcommittee.
(b) Members of the subcommittee must be practitioners who:
(A) Hold a valid license issued in this state or a valid emeritus license issued in this state;
(B) Are registered with the federal Drug Enforcement Administration to prescribe drugs classified in schedules II through V; and
(C) Have at least five years of experience prescribing drugs classified in schedules II through V.
(c) To the extent feasible, the authority shall appoint one member to the subcommittee for each type of practitioner in this state that prescribes drugs classified in schedules II through V.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 431A - Public Health Programs and Activities › Section 431A.898 - Practitioner training; rules.

(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 and the Prescription Monitoring Program Prescribing Practices Review Subcommittee established under ORS 431A.896, 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)(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 to 192.478; and
(b) Are not admissible as evidence in a civil or criminal proceeding. [2017 c.683 §19; 2019 c.583 §20]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 431A - Public Health Programs and Activities › Section 431A.900 - Civil penalty for violation of ORS 431A.855 to 431A.900.

(1) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, the Attorney General may impose a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 for each violation of ORS 431A.860, 431A.865 or 431A.870. Each improper release of information from the prescription monitoring program in violation of ORS 431A.865 is a separate violation.
(2) Civil penalties under this section shall be imposed as provided in ORS 183.745.
(3) The Department of Justice may adopt rules as required to carry out the provisions of this section.
(4) Penalties recovered under this section shall be paid into the State Treasury and credited to the General Fund. [Formerly 431.992]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.010 - Center for Health Statistics; standards.

(1) There is established in the Oregon Health Authority the Center for Health Statistics, which shall maintain, operate and advance the system of vital statistics throughout this state in cooperation with appropriate units of county government. The Center for Health Statistics shall be responsible for the proper administration of the system of vital statistics and for the preservation and security of its official records.
(2) In order to promote and maintain nationwide uniformity in the system of vital statistics, the forms for reports and records required by this chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter must include, at a minimum, the items recommended by the federal agency responsible for national vital statistics.
(3) Each report, record and other document required by this chapter shall be on a form or in a format prescribed by the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics.
(4) All records shall contain the date of registration.
(5) Information required in forms, reports or records authorized by this chapter may be submitted, verified, registered and stored by photographic, electronic or other means as prescribed by the state registrar. [Amended by 1983 c.709 §2; 1993 c.324 §2; 1997 c.783 §2; 2009 c.595 §605; 2013 c.366 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.015 - Rules.

The State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics, under the supervision of the Director of the Oregon Health Authority, shall adopt rules in accordance with ORS chapter 183 that are necessary to the installation and efficient performance of an adequate system of vital statistics. [Amended by 1961 c.191 §4; 1983 c.709 §3; 1997 c.783 §3; 2009 c.595 §606; 2013 c.366 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.020 - State registrar; appointment.

The Director of the Oregon Health Authority shall appoint the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics who shall qualify in accordance with standards of education and experience as the director shall determine. [Amended by 1973 c.829 §34; 1983 c.709 §26; 2009 c.595 §607]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.025 - Assistant state registrars.

The State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics, with the approval of the Director of the Oregon Health Authority, may appoint, when necessary, assistant state registrars who shall be assistants to the state registrar. [Amended by 1983 c.709 §27; 2009 c.595 §608]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.030 - Duties of state registrar.

(1) The State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics shall:
(a) Administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter, and issue orders for the efficient administration of the system of vital statistics.
(b) Direct and supervise the system of vital statistics and the Center for Health Statistics, and be custodian of its records.
(c) Provide for the confidentiality and security of the system of vital statistics.
(d) Direct, supervise and control the activities of all persons engaged in activities pertaining to the operation of the system of vital statistics.
(e) Develop and conduct training programs to promote uniformity of policy and procedures throughout this state in matters pertaining to the system of vital statistics.
(f) Prescribe, furnish and distribute the forms required by this chapter or the rules adopted under this chapter, and prescribe other means for transmission of data, including electronic transmission of data, to accomplish the purpose of complete, accurate and timely reporting and registration.
(g) Prepare and publish reports of vital statistics of this state and such other reports as may be required by the Oregon Health Authority.
(h) Provide to local health agencies information derived from reports and records required under this chapter that the state registrar determines is necessary for local health planning and program activities.
(i)(A) Prepare a plan to provide for the continuity of operations of the system of vital statistics in the event of an emergency.
(B) The plan shall:
(i) Address, to the extent practicable, natural and man-made events that interrupt normal activities of the system of vital statistics;
(ii) Identify essential vital statistics services; and
(iii) Provide guidance for maintaining essential vital statistics services.
(C) Components of the plan shall include:
(i) Alternative locations for operations;
(ii) Identification of essential equipment and document needs, and a plan for obtaining those needs; and
(iii) Identification of essential staff and a means to communicate with that staff in an emergency.
(D) The plan is not subject to disclosure under ORS 192.311 to 192.478, except to the extent that the state registrar deems necessary to implement the plan.
(2) The state registrar may establish or designate offices in this state to aid in the efficient administration of the system of vital statistics.
(3) The state registrar may delegate functions and duties vested in the state registrar to employees of the Center for Health Statistics and to employees of an office designated under ORS 432.035. [Amended by 1975 c.605 §22; 1983 c.709 §4; 1997 c.783 §4; 2009 c.595 §609; 2013 c.366 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.035 - County registrars.

(1) The State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics shall designate for each county a government employee or, to the extent allowed under state and federal law, an employee of a local public health authority as defined in ORS 431.003, to act as a county registrar. In consultation with the state registrar, each county registrar may designate one or more deputy county registrars. The county registrar shall be sufficiently positioned within the county and have sufficient contact with deputy county registrars to ensure compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter.
(2) The county and deputy county registrars shall:
(a) Comply with all instructions of the state registrar;
(b) Check upon the compliance of others with the provisions of this chapter and with rules adopted under this chapter; and
(c) Make an immediate report to the state registrar of any violation of this chapter or of a rule adopted under this chapter coming to their notice by observation, upon complaint of a person or otherwise.
(3) The Oregon Health Authority, after taking into consideration county needs, shall adopt rules under which a county registrar may issue certified copies of records of live births or deaths that occur in the county within six months of the date of the live birth or death. [Amended by 1983 c.709 §5; 1985 c.207 §3; 1997 c.783 §5; 2013 c.366 §7; 2015 c.736 §75]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.075 - Duty to report information to state registrar; immunity.

(1) A person having knowledge of the facts shall furnish all information the person may possess regarding a live birth, death, fetal death, induced termination of pregnancy, marriage, declaration of domestic partnership or dissolution of marriage or domestic partnership upon demand of the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics.
(2) A person required to report information under this chapter or the rules adopted under this chapter shall provide the information to the state registrar within five calendar days of receiving the information.
(3) Within five calendar days of receipt of autopsy results or other information that would provide pending or missing information or correct errors in a reported cause of death, the medical certifier or medical examiner required to report the death under ORS 432.133 shall submit an affidavit on the cause of death to amend the record.
(4) A person or institution that in good faith provides information required by this chapter or by rules adopted under this chapter shall not be subject to an action for civil damages.
(5) The state registrar may require alternative documentation from the provider of information relating to the occurrence of a vital event for the purpose of quality assurance. [1983 c.709 §23; 1997 c.783 §6; 2013 c.366 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.083 - Requirements for institutions, health care practitioners and persons who transport dead bodies.

(1) A person in charge of an institution shall keep a record of personal data concerning each person admitted or confined to the institution. The record shall include information as required for the reports of live birth, death, fetal death or induced termination of pregnancy required by this chapter. The record shall be made at the time of admission from information provided by the person being admitted or confined, but when it cannot be so obtained, the information shall be obtained from relatives or other persons acquainted with the facts. The name and address of the person providing the information shall be a part of the record.
(2) A licensed health care practitioner shall keep a record of personal data concerning each person under the practitioner’s care for a condition that results in a reportable vital event if a record for that event is not maintained by an institution as described in subsection (1) of this section. The record shall include information as required for the reports of live birth, death, fetal death or induced termination of pregnancy required by this chapter. The record shall include information provided by the person under the practitioner’s care. If the person being treated cannot provide the information, then the practitioner shall obtain the information from relatives or other persons acquainted with the facts. The name and address of the person providing the information shall be a part of the record.
(3) When a dead body or fetus is released or disposed of by an institution, the person in charge of the institution shall keep a record showing the name of the decedent, Social Security number, if issued, date of death, name and address of the person to whom the body or fetus is released and date of removal from the institution. If final disposition is made by the institution, the date, place and manner of disposition shall also be recorded.
(4) A funeral service practitioner, embalmer, sexton or other person who removes from the place of death, transports or makes final disposition of a dead body or fetus, in addition to filing a report required by this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter, shall keep a record that identifies the body and that includes information pertaining to the receipt, removal, delivery and final disposition of the body as may be required by rules adopted by the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics.
(5) Copies of records described in subsections (1) to (3) of this section shall be sent to the state registrar at least monthly. Records maintained under this section shall be retained for a period of not less than seven years and shall be made available for inspection by the state registrar or a representative of the state registrar upon demand. [Formerly 432.165]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.085

[1985 c.397 §2; 1993 c.18 §108; 1997 c.783 §9; 2009 c.595 §611; 2013 c.366 §39; renumbered 432.440 in 2013]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.093 - Availability of voluntary acknowledgment of paternity form; responsibility of health care facility and parents.

Any health care facility as defined in ORS 442.015 shall make available to the biological parents of any child born live or expected to be born in the health care facility, a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity form when the facility has reason to believe that the mother of the child is unmarried. The responsibility of the health care facility is limited to providing the form and submitting the form with the report of live birth to the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics. The biological parents are responsible for ensuring that the form is accurately completed. This form shall be as prescribed by ORS 432.098. [Formerly 432.285]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.098 - Voluntary acknowledgment of paternity form; rules; filing; when form is sworn document; copy to child support agency.

(1) The Director of the Oregon Health Authority shall adopt by rule a form of a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity that includes the minimum requirements specified by the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services. When the form is signed by both biological parents and witnessed by a third party, the form establishes parentage for all purposes when filed with the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics, provided there is no second parent already named in the report of live birth. Establishment of parentage under this section is subject to the provisions and the requirements in ORS 109.070. When there is no second parent named on the child’s record of live birth, the filing of such voluntary acknowledgment of paternity form shall cause the state registrar to place the name of the parent who has signed the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity form on the record of live birth of the child or, if appropriate, establish a replacement for the record containing the name of the child’s parent, as that parent is named in the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity form. When signed by both parents in the health care facility of the child’s birth within five days after the birth, the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity form is not a sworn document. When thus signed, a staff member of the health care facility shall witness the signatures of the parents. In all other circumstances, the form is a sworn document. The filing of the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity form created by this section is subject to the payment of any fees that may apply.
(2) The voluntary acknowledgment of paternity form must contain:
(a) A statement of rights and responsibilities including any rights afforded to a minor parent;
(b) A statement of the alternatives to and consequences of signing the acknowledgment;
(c) Instructions on how to file the form with the state registrar and information about any fee required;
(d) Lines for the Social Security numbers and addresses of the parents; and
(e) A statement that the rights, responsibilities, alternatives and consequences listed on the acknowledgment were read to the parties prior to signing the acknowledgment.
(3) Upon request, the state registrar shall provide a copy of any voluntary acknowledgment of paternity form to the state agency responsible for administration of the child support enforcement program created under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act. The duty imposed upon the state registrar by this section is limited to records of live birth executed and filed with the state registrar after October 1, 1995. [Formerly 432.287; 2017 c.651 §46]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.108 - Report of live birth for child of unknown parentage.

(1) A person who assumes the custody of a child of unknown parentage shall report on a form and in a manner prescribed by the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics, within five calendar days of assuming custody, to the state registrar the following information:
(a) The date and the city or county, or both, where the child was found.
(b) Sex and approximate live birth date of child.
(c) Name and address of the person or institution with whom the child has been placed for care.
(d) Name given to the child by the custodian of the child.
(e) Other data required by the state registrar.
(2) The place where the child was found shall be entered as the place of live birth.
(3) Information submitted under this section shall constitute the report of live birth for the child.
(4) If the child is identified and a live birth registration is found or obtained, the report submitted under this section and the live birth registration resulting from that report shall be voided and placed under seal and shall not be subject to inspection except upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction or as provided by rule of the state registrar. [Formerly 432.430]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 432 - Vital Statistics › Section 432.113 - Delayed reports of live birth; rules.

(1) When a report of live birth of a person born in this state has not been registered within one year after the date of birth, a delayed report of live birth may be submitted in accordance with rules of the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics. No delayed report shall be registered until the evidentiary requirements as specified by rule have been met.
(2) A certified copy issued as a result of a report of live birth submitted under this section shall indicate the delayed registration and show the date of the registration. The record of live birth shall contain a summary statement of the evidence submitted in support of the delayed registration.
(3) All delayed reports of live birth shall be processed and registered at the Center for Health Statistics.
(4) All certified copies of delayed registrations shall be issued by the state registrar.
(5) A delayed report of live birth may not be registered for a deceased person.
(6)(a) When an applicant does not submit the minimum documentation required by rule of the state registrar for delayed registration or when the state registrar has cause to question the validity or adequacy of the applicant’s sworn statement or the documentary evidence, and if the deficiencies are not corrected, the state registrar, in the state registrar’s discretion, may refuse to register the delayed report of live birth and shall enter an order to that effect stating the reasons for the action. The state registrar shall advise the applicant of the right to appeal under ORS 183.484.
(b) The state registrar by rule may provide for the dismissal of an application that is not actively prosecuted. [Formerly 432.140]