Oregon Administrative Code

333-018-0020 Reports from Local Public Health Administrators (1) The local public health administrator shall notify the Authority immediately of any reported cases of the following diseases and conditions: anthrax, botulism (foodborne), cholera, diphtheria, marine intoxications, …

333-018-0035 Procedures Involving Emergency Response Employees (1) Each person or local government employing persons to render emergency care shall designate a contact person or "designated officer" to receive reports from the local public health administrator made under ORS 433.…

333-018-0100 Health Care Acquired Infection Reporting and Public Disclosure: Definitions The following definitions apply to OAR 333-018-0100 through 333-018-0145: (1) "Adult ICU" means all specialty and non-specialty intensive care units that care for adults as defined in the NHS…

333-018-0105 Health Care Acquired Infection Reporting and Public Disclosure: Review Unless otherwise directed by the Authority, the committee shall review these rules (OAR 333-018-0100 through 333-018-0145) at least biennially. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 442.420, 2007 OL Ch. …

333-018-0110 HAI Reporting for Hospitals (1) Hospitals must report to the Authority the following HAIs: (a) CLABSI in: (A) Adult, pediatric, and neonatal ICUs; and (B) Adult and pediatric, medical, surgical, and medical/surgical wards. (b) SSIs for inpatient CBGB, COLO, HPRO, HYS…

333-018-0115 HAI Reporting for Ambulatory Surgery Centers All Ambulatory Surgical Centers must complete the Evidence-Based Elements of Patient Safety Performance (EBEPSP) Survey provided by the Authority, annually, no later than 30 days after receipt of the survey. Statutory/Othe…

333-018-0120 HAI Reporting for Long Term Care Facilities (1) All LTCFs must report urinary tract infections to the Authority except as provided in subsection (b) of this section. (a) A LTCF must report infections to the Authority in the same manner established by MDS, including b…

333-018-0125 HAI Reporting for Other Health Care Facilities (1) All dialysis facilities shall report dialysis events to the Authority. (2) A dialysis facility that reports dialysis events to NHSN may, in lieu of reporting the information directly to the Authority, permit the Auth…

333-018-0127 Annual Influenza Summary Each hospital, including licensed satellites, ASC, Dialysis facility, LTCF, and IRF must submit an annual survey to the Authority, no later than May 31, on a form prescribed by the Authority, regarding influenza vaccination of staff. Faciliti…

333-018-0130 HAI Public Disclosure (1) The Oregon Health Authority (Authority) may disclose state-level and facility-level HAI data, including but not limited to observed frequencies, expected frequencies, proportions, and ratios. (2) The Authority may use statistically valid met…

333-018-0135 HAI Data Security The Authority shall undertake precautions to prevent unauthorized disclosure of the raw data files. These precautions include but are not limited to: (1) Storing the raw data files on the internal storage hardware of a password-protected personal co…

333-018-0140 Health Care Acquired Infection Reporting and Public Disclosure: Prohibited Activities Unless specifically required by state or federal rules, regulations, or statutes, the Authority is prohibited from: (1) Disclosing individually identifiable patient, health care pro…

333-018-0145 Health Care Acquired Infection Reporting and Public Disclosure: Compliance (1) Health care facilities that fail to comply with these rules or fail to submit required data shall be subject to civil penalties not to exceed $500 per day per violation. (2) The Authority …

333-019-0000 Responsibility of Public Health Authorities to Investigate Reportable Diseases (1) The local public health administrator shall use all reasonable means to investigate in a timely manner all reports of reportable diseases, infections, or conditions. To identify possib…

333-019-0002 Cooperation with Public Health Authorities (1) Health care providers, health care facilities, and licensed laboratories shall cooperate with local public health administrators and the Authority in the investigation and control of reportable diseases and conditions. (…

333-019-0003 Providing Information to the Oregon Health Authority or Local Public Health Administrator (1) The Authority or local public health administrator (LPHA) may, as necessary to investigate a case of a reportable disease, disease outbreak or epidemic, require a health car…

333-019-0005 Conduct of Special Studies by Oregon Health Authority The Authority may conduct special studies concerning the causes and prevention of diseases and other significant health conditions. Special studies include any collection of information about the health status or …

333-019-0010 Disease Related School, Child Care, and Worksite Restrictions: Imposition of Restrictions (1) For purposes of this rule: (a) "Evidence of immunity": (A) To measles, mumps or rubella means meeting the criteria for presumptive evidence of immunity specified in the Morb…

333-019-0014 Disease Related School, Child Care, and Worksite Restrictions: Removal of Restrictions (1) Worksite, child care, and school restrictions can be removed by statement of the local public health administrator that the disease is no longer communicable to others or that …

333-019-0017 Pet Licensing, Animal Bites, and Rabies: Rabies Vaccination for Animals (1) Except where specifically exempt, all dogs at least three months old shall be immunized against rabies by the age of six months. The following are exempt: (a) Dogs brought temporarily into th…

333-019-0019 Pet Licensing, Animal Bites, and Rabies: Dog Licensing (1) Each dog shall be licensed by the local animal control agency in whose jurisdiction its owner resides. (2) No dog shall be licensed until the owner of a vaccinated dog presents, in person or by mail, the orig…

333-019-0022 Pet Licensing, Animal Bites, and Rabies: Wolf-Dog Hybrids For the purposes of dog licensing, immunization, and response to bites, wolf-dog hybrids shall be considered wild animals and not dogs. The status of an animal as a dog or as a wolf-dog hybrid shall be determi…

333-019-0024 Pet Licensing, Animal Bites, and Rabies: Management of Animal Bites (1) The circumstances surrounding bites of humans by mammals shall be investigated by the local public health administrator in accordance with the Investigative Guidelines published by the Authority.…

333-019-0027 Pet Licensing, Animal Bites, and Rabies: Management of Possibly Rabid Animals (1) An animal is considered to have been in close contact with an animal suspected of having rabies when, within the past 180 days, it has been bitten, mouthed, mauled by, or closely confin…

333-019-0031 Other Disease Specific Provisions: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/Human Immunodeficiency Virus Investigation of cases of HIV infection or AIDS. Investigations of HIV infection or AIDS shall be conducted to the extent that resources permit. The Authority, or the l…

333-019-0036 Other Disease Specific Provisions: Special Precautions Relating to Pregnancy and Childbirth (1)(a) Blood samples drawn from women during pregnancy or at delivery pursuant to ORS 433.017 shall be submitted for standard tests for reportable infectious diseases or condi…

333-019-0039 Other Disease Specific Provisions: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (1) In compliance with ORS 431.120(4), the Authority will conduct an epidemiologic investigation of each instance of sudden infant death syndrome. (2) In order to promote support of this effort, the Auth…

333-019-0041 Other Disease Specific Provisions: Tuberculosis (1) As used in this rule: (a) "Health care facility" has the meaning given that term in ORS 442.015; (b) "Health care setting" includes the facility types described in "Guidelines for preventing the transmission of Myco…

333-019-0042 Other Disease Specific Provisions: Tuberculosis Screening in Correctional Facilities (1) For purposes of this rule: (a) "Correctional facility" means a facility operated by the Oregon Department of Corrections or a local correctional facility as that is defined in OR…

333-019-0052 Other Disease Specific Provisions: Communication During Transfer of Patients with MDROs, C. difficile, or Any Organism Requiring Transmission-Based Precautions (1) As used in this rule: (a) “Facility” means: (A) A healthcare facility as that term is defined in ORS 44…

333-019-0061 Infection Prevention in Health Care Settings (1) As used in this rule: (a) "Health care setting" means: (A) A health care facility as that term is defined in ORS 442.015; (B) An infirmary (for example, in a jail or prison); (C) A residential facility or assisted livi…

333-019-1005 Public Health and Safety Requirements for Child Care Providers and Youth Programs (1) The requirements in this rule remain in effect unless the State Public Health Director or State Public Health Officer issues an order stating that the requirements in this rule are …

333-019-1011 Masking Requirements to Control COVID-19 in Health Care Settings (1) COVID-19 is an infection caused by a virus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This virus can be spread by infected persons without symptoms as well as those with symptoms…

333-019-1015 Masking Requirements in Schools (1) The Oregon Health Authority has the authority to adopt rules to prescribe measures and methods for controlling reportable diseases, including COVID-19. Children are required to attend school, which is a congregate setting where COV…

333-019-1025 Masking Requirements for Indoor Spaces (1) COVID-19 infection is transmitted predominately by inhalation of respiratory droplets generated when people cough, sneeze, sing, talk, or breathe. Studies show that masks and face coverings block the release of respiratory d…

333-020-0125 Definitions As used in OAR 333-020-0125 through 333-020-0187: (1) "Advisory committee" means the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Advisory Committee. (2) "Authority" means the Oregon Health Authority. (3) "Birthing center" has the same meaning as "free…

333-020-0128 Determining Facility Requirements to Provide Hearing Screenings in Newborns (1) A non-mandated facility whose reports of live births increases to more than 200 following the end of a calendar year shall be required to begin providing newborn hearing screening on or b…

333-020-0130 Facility Requirements to Provide Hearing Screenings in Newborns (1) In all mandated facilities, each newborn shall receive a hearing screening, consistent with the Hearing Screening Protocol, prior to discharge from the facility. (2) A mandated facility may not refus…

333-020-0132 Follow Up Requirements for Facilities Conducting Hearing Screenings All screening facilities shall: (1) Provide to the parent or guardian of the child, the following: (a) Hearing screening results verbally and in writing within 10 days of the screening. (A) This info…

333-020-0135 Facility Responsibility if Hearing Screening is Not Conducted Timely (1) If a newborn is discharged from a mandated facility prior to completion of a newborn hearing screening, the mandated facility shall arrange for the provision of screening. (2) If a newborn is ad…

333-020-0150 Reporting Responsibility for Facilities Conducting Hearing Screenings (1) Within 10 days of screening a child, a screening facility shall report, at a minimum, the following information to the Oregon Health Authority (Authority) via the confidential reporting mechani…

333-020-0151 Reporting Responsibility for Facilities Conducting Diagnostic Testing for Hearing Loss in Children (1) Within 10 days of testing of a child who has a "Refer" result on the hearing screening, or who presents for an initial or completion of a hearing screening, or who …

333-020-0155 Responsibility for Issuing Reports The Oregon Health Authority shall issue an annual report and analysis of aggregated data submitted by all screening facilities, diagnostic facilities, and early intervention facilities. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 433.323 Statute…

333-020-0160 Appointment of an Advisory Committee The Director may appoint an advisory committee. (1) Individuals eligible to serve on an advisory committee include but are not limited to representatives from the following categories: (a) Parent or guardian of a deaf or hard of h…

333-020-0165 Exemptions from Hearing Screening (1) A mandated facility directed to provide hearing screenings is exempt from the requirements specified in these rules if the parent or guardian of the newborn child objects to the screening procedure on the grounds that it conflict…

333-020-0170 Facility Requirements to Provide Congenital Cytomegalovirus (cCMV) Screening to Newborns (1) No later than April 1, 2026, all birthing facilities must conduct congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) screening on every newborn within 14 days of birth and prior to discharge …

333-020-0175 Follow Up Requirements for Facilities Conducting Congenital Cytomegalovirus (cCMV) Screenings If a newborn has a positive screening result for congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV), the birthing facility: (1) Shall notify the parent or guardian and the primary care provi…

333-020-0180 Facility Responsibility if Transfer Occurs Prior to Congenital Cytomegalovirus (cCMV) Screening If a newborn is admitted to a hospital as a result of transfer from another hospital or birthing center, the receiving hospital from which the child is discharged to home …

333-020-0185 Exemptions from Congenital Cytomegalovirus (cCMV) Screening A hospital or birthing center is exempt from conducting congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) screening if the parent or guardian of the newborn objects in writing. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 433.321 & ORS 4…

333-020-0187 Dissemination of Cytomegalovirus Information (1)(a) The Oregon Health Authority (Authority) shall disseminate information about congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV), as described in ORS 433.298, to the following entities: (A) Prenatal healthcare providers; (B) Hospitals…