Title 36, Public Health and Safety

(1) The Oregon Health Authority shall make written materials available on the authority’s website to educate breast cancer patients about the availability of insurance coverage for breast reconstruction surgery and breast prostheses following a mastectomy. The authority shall upd…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Communicable disease” has the meaning given that term in ORS 431A.005. (b) “Good faith effort to obtain the voluntary consent of the source person” includes a good faith effort to locate or contact the source person. (c) “Significant exposure” me…

The Oregon Health Authority shall provide to the counties of this state pamphlets described in ORS 106.081. The authority may produce such pamphlets with moneys available for the purpose or may accept a gift of such pamphlets from any public or private source if the content is ac…

The Oregon Health Authority shall establish and implement appropriate education, prevention and outreach activities in communities that traditionally practice female circumcision, excision or infibulation for the purpose of informing: (1) Those communities of the health risks and…

(1) The Oregon Health Authority shall establish an acquired immune deficiency syndrome program: (a) To provide education and prevention services to its clients; and (b) To provide education and prevention services to the public. (2) Programs authorized by this section may be oper…

(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 De…

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] MATERNAL MENTAL HEALT…

(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 r…

(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 Or…

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…

(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 …

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 sh…

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 differen…

Persons carrying out recombinant DNA research must comply with the recombinant research guidelines adopted by the National Institutes of Health and any subsequent modifications thereof. [Formerly 431.810] COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAMS

(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 …

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Act of community violence” means an intentional act of interpersonal violence committed in public by someone who is not the victim’s family member or intimate partner. (b) “Certified violence prevention professional” means a person certified by a…

As used in ORS 431A.855 to 431A.900: (1) “Dental director” means a dentist, as defined in ORS 679.010, employed by a coordinated care organization, dental clinic or office, or a system of dental clinics or offices, for the purpose of overseeing the operations of the dental clinic…

(1)(a) The Oregon Health Authority, in consultation with the Prescription Monitoring Program Advisory Commission, shall establish and maintain a prescription monitoring program for monitoring and reporting: (A) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, prescription dr…

(1) Not later than 72 hours after dispensing a prescription drug that is subject to the prescription monitoring program established under ORS 431A.855, a pharmacy shall electronically report to the Oregon Health Authority: (a) For prescription drugs described in ORS 431A.855 (1)(…

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 w…

(1)(a) Except as provided under subsections (2) and (3) of this section, prescription monitoring information submitted under ORS 431A.860 to the prescription monitoring program established in ORS 431A.855: (A) Is protected health information under ORS 192.553 to 192.581. (B) Is c…

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 optio…

(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 conditi…

(1) The Oregon Health Authority may enter into agreements with the authorities of other states that administer prescription monitoring programs to share and use information described in ORS 431A.860 (1). An agreement entered into under this section must adhere to the disclosure l…

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]

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 ind…

(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…

(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…

(1) The Prescription Monitoring Program Advisory Commission is created for the purposes of: (a) Studying issues related to the prescription monitoring program established under ORS 431A.855; (b) Reviewing the program’s annual report and making recommendations to the Oregon Health…

(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 be…

(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 …

(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, …

(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 …

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Acknowledged parent” has the meaning given that term in ORS 109.002. (2) “Alkaline hydrolysis” or “hydrolysis” means the technical process for reducing human remains by placing the remains in a dissolution chamb…

(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 sh…

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 stat…

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 §60…

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]

(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…

(1) The Legislative Assembly finds that: (a) The system of vital statistics supports civil registration and creates information that is used for public health, health research, national security, statistical and administrative purposes; (b) Civil registration of each vital event …

(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 cons…

(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 dema…

(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 req…

(1) A report of live birth for each live birth that occurs in this state shall be submitted to the Center for Health Statistics, or as otherwise directed by the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics, within five calendar days after the live birth and shall be regist…

(1) Any health care facility as defined in ORS 442.015 shall make available to the parent who gave birth to a child and the alleged genetic parent of any child born live or expected to be born in the health care facility, a voluntary acknowledgment of parentage form when the faci…

(1)(a) The State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics shall adopt by rule forms for the voluntary acknowledgment of parentage. A valid acknowledgment of parentage is not affected by a later modification of the form. The form must include the minimum requirements specifie…

A determination of paternity or parentage by another state is entitled to full faith and credit. [Formerly 432.289; 2017 c.651 §47]

(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) …

(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 s…

(1) If the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics refuses to register a report of live birth or a delayed report of live birth under the provisions of ORS 432.088 or 432.113, the applicant may file a signed and sworn petition with a court of competent jurisdiction se…