Chapter 433 — Chapter 433

ORS 433.312 Determining dosage; rules; notice to practitioners. (1) The Oregon Health Authority, in consultation with the Oregon Pediatric Society, shall establish by rule the appropriate dosage of vitamin K to be administered pursuant to ORS 433.306 and the most effective procedures for administering vitamin K

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ORS 433.313 [1973 c.470 §4; repealed by 1983 c.490 §3]

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ORS 433.314 Educational program. The Oregon Health Authority shall institute and carry on an educational program among physicians licensed under ORS 677.100 to 677.228, naturopathic physicians, chiropractors, midwives, potential parents and the public concerning the need for newborn infants to receive vitamin K within 24 hours after birth. [1983 c.585 §4; 2009 c.595 §659; 2017 c.409 §15]

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ORS 433.315 [Repealed by 1969 c.685 §23]

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ORS 433.318 Newborn pulse oximetry screening; rules. (1) As used in this section, “birthing facility” means a health care facility, as defined in ORS 442.015, that provides services related to the delivery of newborns

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ORS 433.320 [Repealed by 1969 c.685 §23]

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ORS 433.321 (1) In all Oregon hospitals and birthing centers where more than 200 live births occur per year, each newborn child must receive a newborn hearing screening test. A hospital or birthing center shall attempt to conduct the test required under this subsection prior to the discharge of the newborn child from the facility

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ORS 433.323 Newborn hearing screening test registry and tracking and recall system; rules. (1) As used in this section

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ORS 433.325 [Amended by 1969 c.685 §19; renumbered 438.420]

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ORS 433.326 Waiver of requirement of authorization to disclose information. The purpose of ORS 433.321, 433.323 and 433.327 and section 4, chapter 240, Oregon Laws 2003, is to waive the requirement of authorization to disclose information from, or provide information to, the record of a newborn child in the newborn hearing screening test registry and to waive confidentiality in regard to this information. The waiver allows providers, the Oregon Health Authority and local health departments and their agents, parents or guardians and diagnostic facilities to share information from the newborn hearing screening test registry without violating confidentiality. The newborn hearing screening test registry and the associated tracking and recall system are designed to increase early and appropriate intervention to minimize delays in developing language skills by the children of this state. [2003 c.240 §5; 2009 c.595 §662]

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ORS 433.327 Limitation on liability for good faith disclosure. A person may not maintain an action for damages against an Oregon hospital, birthing center, diagnostic facility or educational institution offering early intervention services as defined in ORS 343.035 or their employees for disclosures of information made in good faith in accordance with ORS 433.321 and 433.323. [2003 c.240 §3]

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ORS 433.329 Reporting known cases; records maintained. Any representative of a religious denomination, householder, nurse, parent, guardian or other person attending to, or in any way having knowledge of the existence of a case of pulmonary tuberculosis, including the affected person, must immediately report the fact to the Oregon Health Authority. The names and addresses of all persons reported as having pulmonary tuberculosis shall be recorded with the authority. [Formerly 437.010]

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ORS 433.330 [Repealed by 1969 c.685 §23]

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ORS 433.332 Investigation and control of reported cases; rules. The Oregon Health Authority shall, upon receiving a report that any person has tuberculosis, make such investigation of the case as is necessary to determine whether or not the person reported has communicable tuberculosis. Upon finding that any person has communicable tuberculosis, the authority shall exercise such control over the affected person and contacts with other persons as may be necessary for the protection of the public health, pursuant to its rules and regulations. In exercising such control over any person who has communicable tuberculosis the authority may make such rules or orders governing such person’s conduct as are necessary to prevent the spread of the disease. [Formerly 437.030]

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ORS 433.335 [Amended by 1969 c.685 §15; renumbered 438.450]

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ORS 433.340 Definitions for ORS 433.340 to 433.390. As used in ORS 433.340 to 433.390 unless the context requires otherwise

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ORS 433.345 Report of animal bites; rules; handling and disposition of animals. (1) If an animal bites a person and the bite causes a break in the skin, or if an animal is suspected of rabies or has been in close contact with an animal suspected of rabies, the facts shall be immediately reported to the local health officer by any person having direct knowledge

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ORS 433.350 Power of Oregon Health Authority to take possession and order destruction of animal. When confinement and observation of an animal for purposes of determining infection with rabies will not avoid the necessity of the application of painful or possibly dangerous preventative treatment to a person who has been bitten or scratched by such animal, the Director of the Oregon Health Authority may order possession of the animal to be immediately relinquished to the director or to the authorized representative of the director and may order the animal destroyed for examination of its bodily tissues. [1971 c.413 §3; 2009 c.595 §664]

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ORS 433.355 Procedure to force compliance with ORS 433.350. (1) In the event of the refusal of the owner or person in possession of an animal to comply with an order of the Director of the Oregon Health Authority under ORS 433.350, the director or the authorized representative of the director may petition the circuit court of the county in which such animal is located for an order requiring such owner or person to comply with such order

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ORS 433.360 Report of rabies cases; quarantine. (1) Whenever a case of animal rabies occurs, the fact shall be reported to the Director of the Oregon Health Authority and to the State Department of Agriculture immediately

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ORS 433.365 Inoculation against rabies; rules; exception; costs. (1) A dog that has permanent canine teeth or that is six months of age or older must be inoculated against rabies, unless specifically exempted by rule of the Oregon Health Authority or the State Department of Agriculture

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ORS 433.367 Oregon Health Authority to establish vaccination clinics; payment of costs by dog owners. The Oregon Health Authority shall be responsible for development and coordination of vaccination clinics at sufficient and reasonable times at various locations throughout the state for the inoculation of dogs against rabies. Costs of vaccination shall be borne by the dog owner. [1977 c.189 §2; 2009 c.595 §668]

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ORS 433.370 Inoculation certificate. Every veterinarian inoculating an animal against rabies shall supply to the owner evidence of inoculation which shall consist of a certificate issued and signed by the veterinarian. The form of the certificate shall be prescribed by the Oregon Health Authority. [1971 c.413 §8; 1975 c.750 §3; 1977 c.189 §6; 1985 c.793 §1; 2009 c.595 §669]

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ORS 433.375 Filing of inoculation certificate; certificate required for license; issuance of tag. (1) The owner of the animal shall present by mail or otherwise the inoculation certificate, together with the fee fixed pursuant to ORS 433.380, if any, to the clerk of the county in which the owner resides

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ORS 433.377 Issuance of license as verification of inoculation; issuance of tag not required. Notwithstanding ORS 433.375 or any other provision of law, a county or city may consider issuance of a license for a dog as verification of there being a certificate of inoculation on file and need not issue a tag pursuant to ORS 433.375 (2). [1977 c.189 §3]

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ORS 433.379 Disposal of inoculation certificates. Notwithstanding ORS 192.001 to 192.170, the county or city may dispose of certificates of inoculation upon their expiration date. [1977 c.189 §12]

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ORS 433.380 Tag fee; status of fee. A fee for the tag and replacement tag may be fixed in each county by the governing body of the county in such amount as it finds necessary to enable the county to carry out the provisions of ORS 433.365, 433.370 and 433.380 to 433.390 and the regulations promulgated hereunder and shall not be considered a license or tax within the meaning of ORS 609.100. [1971 c.413 §10]

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ORS 433.385 Impoundment of animals; notice to owner; redeeming animal; disposition of animals. (1) Any animal in violation of ORS 433.365 shall be apprehended and impounded

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ORS 433.390 County dog control fund; sources and uses. (1) All moneys received by a county under ORS 433.340 to 433.390 and 433.990 (6) shall be paid to the county dog control fund

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ORS 433.405 [Amended by 1973 c.779 §4; 1979 c.828 §5; repealed by 1981 c.198 §2]

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ORS 433.407 Definitions for ORS 433.407 to 433.423. As used in ORS 433.407 to 433.423 unless the context requires otherwise

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ORS 433.410 [Amended by 1973 c.779 §5; repealed by 1981 c.198 §2]

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ORS 433.411 Legislative finding. The Legislative Assembly finds that by reason of and in the course of their employment, health care workers and emergency response employees, are subject to exposure to infectious diseases, that this exposure is not fully preventable due to the nature of their duties and that health care workers should be informed of exposure to infectious diseases as soon as is practicable to initiate appropriate medical care and to prevent exposing other persons to infectious diseases. [1989 c.949 §1]

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ORS 433.415 [Amended by 1973 c.779 §6; 1979 c.590 §1; 1979 c.828 §6; repealed by 1981 c.198 §2]

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ORS 433.416 When employer to provide preventive immunization. (1) An employer of a health care worker at risk of contracting an infectious disease in the course of employment shall provide to the worker preventive immunization for infectious disease if such preventive immunization is available and is medically appropriate

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ORS 433.419 Notice to employer and worker of exposure. When a local health department or the Oregon Health Authority learns of a case or suspected case of an infectious disease which may have exposed a worker to risk of infection, the local health department or the authority shall make every reasonable effort to notify the worker and employer of the exposure as soon as medically appropriate given the urgency of the disease or suspected disease. Notification shall include recommendations to the worker and employer that are medically appropriate. [1989 c.949 §4; 2009 c.595 §672]

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ORS 433.420 [Amended by 1973 c.779 §7; 1979 c.828 §7; repealed by 1981 c.198 §2]

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ORS 433.423 Content of rules. (1) The Oregon Health Authority shall adopt rules implementing ORS 433.407 to 433.423. Such rules shall include, but need not be limited to

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ORS 433.425 [Amended by 1973 c.779 §8; repealed by 1981 c.198 §2]

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ORS 433.430 [Amended by 1973 c.779 §9; repealed by 1981 c. 198 §2]

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ORS 433.435 [Amended by 1973 c.779 §10; repealed by 1981 c.198 §2]

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ORS 433.440 [Repealed by 1981 c.198 §2]

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ORS 433.441 Declaration of public health emergency. (1) Upon the occurrence of a public health emergency, the Governor may declare a state of public health emergency as authorized by ORS 433.441 to 433.452 to protect the public health

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ORS 433.442 Definitions for ORS 433.441 to 433.452. As used in ORS 433.441 to 433.452

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ORS 433.443 Authority of Public Health Director during public health emergency; penalties; access to and use of individually identifiable health information; rules. (1) As used in this section

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ORS 433.444 Authority of Public Health Director during disease outbreak. During a disease outbreak, as defined in ORS 431A.005, the Public Health Director may authorize pharmacists licensed under ORS chapter 689 to administer vaccines to persons who are three years of age or older for a specified period of time if the Public Health Director determines that such authorization is necessary to protect the public’s health. [2013 c.332 §2]

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ORS 433.445 [Amended by 1973 c.779 §11; repealed by 1981 c.198 §2]

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ORS 433.446 Authority of Governor during state of public health emergency. The Governor may seek assistance under the Emergency Management Assistance Compact during a state of public health emergency to obtain additional resources for providing services directly related to mitigation of the crisis. [2003 c.555 §4; 2007 c.445 §25]

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ORS 433.448 Use of immunization registry and tracking and recall system during state of public health emergency. (1)(a) During a state of public health emergency declared under ORS 433.441 or during a state of emergency declared under ORS 401.165 that is related to a state of public health emergency that has not expired, the immunization registry and tracking and recall system established under ORS 433.094 may be used as a vaccination management and tracking system for the purpose of preventing the spread of diseases that can be prevented by vaccination or for tracking the mass administration of antibiotic prophylaxis

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ORS 433.449 Disposal of human remains during state of public health emergency. (1) As used in this section

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