42 sections in this chapter.
ORS 435.010 License required for manufacture or sale of contraceptives; exception. (1) Appliances, drugs or medicinal preparations intended or that have special utility for the prevention of conception or sexually transmitted infections, or both, may not be manufactured or sold at wholesale in this state without a license issued by the State Board of Pharmacy, as provided in ORS 435.010 to 435.130. A license described in this subsection must be obtained in addition to other licenses required by law
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(2) The prohibitions of subsection (1) of this section do not apply to practitioners as defined in ORS 689.005. [Amended by 1969 c.328 §1; 1977 c.328 §1; 1979 c.777 §47; 2019 c.280 §16; 2019 c.456 §3]
ORS 435.020 Types of licenses; application; display. (1) The following types of licenses shall be issued by the State Board of Pharmacy under ORS 435.010 to 435.130
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(a) Wholesale licenses. (b) Manufacturing licenses. (2) The license application shall be made in writing on a form prescribed and furnished by the board and one such license shall be obtained for each wholesaler or manufacturer. Such licenses shall be publicly or conspicuously di…
ORS 435.030 Wholesale and manufacturer license. Wholesale and manufacturer licenses shall be issued only to persons authorized to sell or distribute the appliances, drugs or medicinal preparations mentioned in ORS 435.010. [Amended by 1969 c.328 §3; 1977 c.328 §2]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 435.035 [1973 c.104 §2; repealed by 1975 c.285 §8]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 435.040 [Amended by 1969 c.328 §4; 1973 c.104 §6; repealed by 1975 c.285 §8]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 435.050 License issuance; fee; duration; rules. (1) All licenses shall be issued by the State Board of Pharmacy on written application and payment of an annual license fee for each manufacturer or wholesale license, which fee shall not exceed $300
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(2) Licenses shall be in effect for one year from January 1 of each year or such date as may be specified by board rule. [Amended by 1963 c.96 §2; 1967 c.183 §1; 1973 c.104 §4; 1975 c.285 §2; 1993 c.18 §109; 1993 c.571 §23; 2007 c.768 §3]
ORS 435.060 Revocation of licenses and seizure of equipment. (1) Notwithstanding ORS chapter 183, the State Board of Pharmacy may revoke any license for violation of ORS 435.010 to 435.130 by notice in writing to the holder of such license, stating specifically the reasons for revocation
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(2) The board shall transmit a copy of such revocation to the Attorney General, who shall thereupon instruct the sheriff of the county in which such licensee is doing business thereunder to seize the written license. [Amended by 1969 c.328 §5; 1971 c.734 §49; 1975 c.285 §3]
ORS 435.070 Appeal of revocation and seizure orders. (1) A licensee may, within 30 days from the date of the service of notice of revocation, appeal to the circuit court of the county in which the licensee is doing business under the license for a review of the action of the State Board of Pharmacy in revoking the license and of the action of the sheriff in making a seizure thereunder
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(2) The appeal shall be taken by filing in the circuit court a copy of the notice of revocation and a denial or statement in writing and sworn to by the licensee putting in issue such facts in connection therewith as the licensee may desire to dispute or put in controversy. A cop…
ORS 435.080 Publication of licensing regulations. The State Board of Pharmacy shall prepare, print and distribute rules and regulations not inconsistent with law, for the conduct of proceedings for the issue, enforcement and revocation of the licenses provided in ORS 435.010 to 435.130. [Amended by 1995 c.79 §222]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 435.090 Labeling; standards; expiration date. (1) Goods of the class specified in ORS 435.010 shall be sold at wholesale or at retail in this state only if they
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(a) Specifically identify the manufacturer, date of manufacture or an expiration date and the distributor thereof by firm name and address on the container in which the goods are sold or are intended to be distributed. All such goods manufactured after December 31, 1994, shall be…
ORS 435.100 Standards; rules regarding enforcement. (1) The Oregon Health Authority shall adopt and promulgate from time to time and have jurisdiction over the establishing of such standards relating to and governing the articles and medicinal preparations mentioned in ORS 435.010 as may be deemed necessary by the authority in the interest of disease prevention
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(2) The State Board of Pharmacy may adopt other rules to enforce and carry out the provisions of ORS 435.010 to 435.130 in cooperation with the authority. (3) The authority shall cause to have published the brand names of all goods of the class specified in ORS 435.010 that compl…
ORS 435.105 Inspection program of certain stock of vendors. In lieu of its own inspection program, the State Board of Pharmacy may enter into an agreement with the Oregon Health Authority or a local public health authority, as defined in ORS 431.003. The agreement shall authorize the Oregon Health Authority or the local public health authority to make inspections of the condom stock to determine that the stock consists only of brands that comply with standards promulgated under ORS 435.100 (1). The agreement shall include authority to enforce applicable rules of the State Board of Pharmacy. [1973 c.104 §3; 1975 c.285 §6; 2009 c.595 §691; 2015 c.736 §85]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 435.110 [Amended by 1969 c.328 §6; repealed by 1975 c.285 §8]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 435.120 Disposition of receipts. All license fees collected under ORS 435.010 to 435.130 shall be retained and used by the board in carrying out and enforcing ORS 435.010 to 435.130, except as provided in this section. [Amended by 1987 c.905 §23]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 435.130 Jurisdiction over prosecutions. Justice courts have concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit courts over all violations of ORS 435.010 to 435.130
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REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RIGHTS, INFORMATION AND SERVICES
ORS 435.190 Definitions for 435.190 to 435.245. As used in ORS 435.190 to 435.245
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(1) “Contraception” includes: (a) Steroidal, chemical, physical or barrier, natural or permanent methods for preventing the union of an ovum with the spermatozoon, or for preventing the subsequent implantation of the fertilized ovum in the uterus; (b) All postcoital methods, drug…
ORS 435.200 [2007 c.182 §7; repealed by 2023 c.228 §52]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 435.205 Family planning and birth control services by public agencies; fees. (1) The Oregon Health Authority and every local health department shall offer family planning and birth control services within the limits of available funds. Both agencies jointly may offer the services described in this subsection. The Director of the Oregon Health Authority or a designee shall initiate and conduct discussions of family planning with each person who might have an interest in and benefit from the services. The authority shall furnish consultation and assistance to local health departments
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(2) Family planning and birth control services may include, but are not limited to: (a) Interviews with trained personnel; (b) Distribution of literature; (c) Referral to a physician licensed under ORS chapter 677, physician associate licensed under ORS 677.505 to 677.525, naturo…
ORS 435.210 Right to make decisions about individual’s reproductive health. Every individual has a fundamental right to make decisions about the individual’s reproductive health, including the right to make decisions about the individual’s reproductive health care, to use or refuse contraception, to continue the individual’s pregnancy and give birth or to terminate the individual’s pregnancy. [2023 c.228 §3]
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Note: 435.210 was made a part of 435.190 to 435.245 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
ORS 435.215 Right to accept or refuse services protected. (1) An individual’s acceptance or refusal to accept reproductive health care information and services may not
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(a) Be grounds for the loss of any privilege or immunity to which the individual is otherwise entitled; or (b) Affect the individual’s right to receive public assistance, medical assistance, as defined in ORS 414.025, or any other public benefit. (2) An officer, employee or agent…
ORS 435.225 Refusal to offer information and services. (1) An officer, employee or agent of a public body may refuse to accept the duty of offering reproductive health care information and services to the extent that such duty is contrary to the personal or religious beliefs of the officer, employee or agent. However, such officer, employee or agent shall notify the immediate supervisor in writing of such refusal in order that arrangements may be made for eligible individuals to obtain such information and services from another officer, employee or agent
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(2) If an officer, employee or agent of a public body refuses to provide reproductive health care information and services as provided in subsection (1) of this section, the public body shall immediately make arrangements for an individual to receive reproductive health care info…
ORS 435.230 Reproductive health services and education programs; rules. (1) The Oregon Health Authority may, subject to available funds, implement reproductive health services and education programs and provide funding for reproductive health services and education in this state
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(2) In order to receive state or federal funding or reimbursement from the authority for the provision of reproductive health services, a health care provider must be certified by the authority pursuant to rules adopted under subsection (3) of this section. (3) The authority may …
ORS 435.235 Construction of ORS 435.205 to 435.235. ORS 435.205 to 435.235 shall be liberally construed to protect the rights of all individuals to pursue their religious beliefs, to follow the dictates of their own consciences, to prevent the imposition upon any individual of practices offensive to the individual’s moral standards, to respect the right of every individual to self-determination in the procreation of children, and to insure a complete freedom of choice in pursuance of constitutional rights. [1967 c.491 §5]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 435.240 Prohibitions relating to individual’s exercise of reproductive health rights. (1) A public body or, except as provided in ORS 435.225, an officer, employee or agent of a public body may not
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(a) Deprive a consenting individual of the choice of exercising the individual’s reproductive health rights under ORS 435.210; (b) Interfere with or restrict, in the regulation of benefits, facilities, services or information, the choice of a consenting individual to exercise the…
ORS 435.245 Injunctive relief; attorney fees. (1) Any person may bring an action against a public body, or an officer, employee or agent of a public body, for injunctive relief to enforce the requirements of ORS 435.190 to 435.245
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(2) The court may award reasonable attorney fees and costs to a prevailing plaintiff in an action under this section. (3) ORS 30.260 to 30.300 apply to an action under this section. [2023 c.228 §4] EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION
ORS 435.250 Policy. The Legislative Assembly declares that
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(1) It is the public policy of this state that all Oregonians’ right to freedom from unreasonable government intrusion into their private lives, and specifically the right of consenting individuals to obtain and use methods of contraception without interference by governmental en…
ORS 435.252 Definitions for ORS 435.252 and 435.254. As used in this section and ORS 435.254
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(1) “Care to a victim of sexual assault” means a medical examination, procedure or service provided by a licensed medical provider to a victim of sexual assault. (2) “Culturally competent” means sensitive to the patient’s faith, race, ethnicity and national origin. (3) “Emergency…
ORS 435.254 Hospital duty to provide information about emergency contraception and to make emergency contraception available to victim of sexual assault; informational materials; rules. (1) A hospital providing care to a female victim of sexual assault shall
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(a) Promptly provide the victim with unbiased, medically and factually accurate written and oral information about emergency contraception; (b) Promptly orally inform the victim of her option to be provided emergency contraception at the hospital; and (c) If requested by the vict…
ORS 435.256 Civil penalty. The Oregon Health Authority may impose a civil penalty against a hospital for each violation of the rules adopted under ORS 435.254. A civil penalty imposed under this section may not exceed $1,000 for each violation upon inspection or each substantiated complaint filed. [2007 c.182 §6; 2009 c.595 §695]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 435.305 [1967 c.441 §15; 1969 c.31 §1; 1973 c.479 §1; 1975 c.591 §1; 1987 c.158 §82; 2005 c.471 §5; 2014 c.45 §57; 2017 c.356 §66; 2017 c.381 §1; 2024 c.73 §85; renumbered 436.200 in 2025]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 435.405 [1969 c.684 §1; 1971 c.743 §370; repealed by 1983 c.470 §1]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 435.415 [1969 c.684 §3; repealed by 1983 c.470 §1]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 435.425 [1969 c.684 §4; repealed by 1983 c.470 §1]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 435.435 [1969 c.684 §§7,12; 1983 c.470 §5; repealed by 2023 c.228 §52]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 435.445 [1969 c.684 §8; repealed by 1983 c.470 §1]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 435.455 [1969 c.684 §§2,5; repealed by 1983 c.470 §1]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 435.465 [1969 c.684 §6; repealed by 1983 c.470 §1]
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TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY
ORS 435.475 Refusal to admit patient for termination. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, no hospital is required to admit any patient for the purpose of terminating a pregnancy. No hospital is liable for its failure or refusal to participate in such termination if the hospital has adopted a policy not to admit patients for the purposes of terminating pregnancies. However, the hospital must notify the person seeking admission to the hospital of its policy
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(2) All hospitals that have not adopted a policy not to admit patients seeking termination of a pregnancy shall admit patients seeking such termination in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as imposed on any other patient seeking admission to the hospital. (3) No …
ORS 435.485 Medical personnel not required to participate in termination. (1) A physician or naturopathic physician is not required to give advice with respect to or participate in any termination of a pregnancy if the refusal to do so is based on an election not to give such advice or to participate in such terminations and the physician or naturopathic physician so advises the patient
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(2) A hospital employee or member of the hospital medical staff is not required to participate in any termination of a pregnancy if the employee or staff member notifies the hospital of the election not to participate in such terminations. [1969 c.684 §§10,11; 1983 c.470 §3; 2017…
ORS 435.495 [1969 c.684 §13; repealed by 1983 c.470 §1 and 1983 c.709 §14 (435.496 enacted in lieu of 435.495)]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 435.496 Report to Center for Health Statistics; who has duty; report content. (1) Each induced termination of pregnancy which occurs in this state, regardless of the length of gestation, shall be reported to the Center for Health Statistics within 30 days by the person in charge of the institution in which the induced termination of pregnancy was performed. If the induced termination of pregnancy was performed outside an institution, the attending physician or the naturopathic physician shall prepare and file the report
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(2) If the person who is required to file the report under subsection (1) of this section has knowledge that the person who underwent the induced termination of pregnancy also underwent a follow-up visit or had follow-up contact with a health care provider, the person shall inclu…
ORS 435.990 Penalties. (1) Violation of any of the provisions of ORS 435.010 to 435.130 is a Class C misdemeanor
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(2) Sale at wholesale or retail of any goods of the class specified in ORS 435.010 that do not comply with standards promulgated under ORS 435.100 (1) is a Class C misdemeanor. [Subsection (2) enacted as 1975 c.285 §7; 2011 c.597 §196] _______________