Title 36, Public Health and Safety

(1)(a) A report of death for each death that occurs in this state must be submitted through the state electronic reporting system to the Center for Health Statistics, or as otherwise directed by the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics, within five calendar days af…

(1)(a) A death may be registered by the Chief Medical Examiner as specified in ORS 432.133 (8) or (9) upon receipt of an order from a court of competent jurisdiction. (b) A court order that establishes a record of death shall include all of the following information: (A) The dece…

(1) From resources available to the Oregon Health Authority, the authority shall compile statistics on the total number of opioid and opiate overdoses and the total number of opioid and opiate overdose related deaths occurring in this state. (2) Not less than once every three mon…

(1)(a) A report of each fetal death of 350 grams or more or, if the weight is unknown, of 20 completed weeks gestation or more, calculated from the date the last normal menstrual period began to the date of the delivery, that occurs in this state shall be submitted within five ca…

(1) The State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics shall establish a Commemorative Certificate of Stillbirth. The certificate shall be signed by the state registrar. (2) The state registrar shall issue a Commemorative Certificate of Stillbirth for a stillbirth occurring …

The reports required under ORS 435.496 are statistical reports to be used only for medical and health purposes and shall not be incorporated into the permanent official records of the system of vital statistics. A schedule for the disposition of these reports may be provided by r…

(1) Human remains shall be disposed of in accordance with ORS chapter 97. (2) The funeral service practitioner or person acting as a funeral service practitioner who first assumes possession of a dead body or fetus shall submit written notice to the county registrar in the county…

Upon such conditions as the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics may prescribe to ensure compliance with the purposes of this chapter, by rule the state registrar may provide for the extension, not to exceed 60 days, of the periods prescribed in ORS 432.133, 432.14…

(1) A report of each marriage performed and domestic partnership registered by the state shall be submitted to the Center for Health Statistics. The State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics shall register a marriage or domestic partnership if the report of marriage or …

The State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics may register a marriage one year or more after the date of the marriage ceremony if: (1) The report of marriage is submitted by the county clerk or county official responsible for issuing marriage licenses; and (2) The repor…

(1) A report of each dissolution of marriage or dissolution of domestic partnership by a court of competent jurisdiction in this state shall be submitted by the clerk of the court to the Center for Health Statistics. The State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics shall r…

(1) For each judgment of adoption entered by a court of competent jurisdiction in this state, the court shall require the preparation of a report of adoption on a form prescribed and furnished by the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics. The report of adoption must…

(1) Upon receipt of a written application to the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics, an adopted person 21 years of age and older born in this state shall be issued a certified copy of the person’s unaltered, original and unamended record of live birth in the cust…

(1) A vital record registered under this chapter must be amended or corrected in accordance with this section or rules adopted by the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics for the purpose of protecting the integrity and accuracy of vital records. (2)(a) A vital reco…

(1) For a person born in this state, the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics shall amend a record of live birth and establish a replacement for the record of live birth if the state registrar receives one of the following: (a) A report of adoption as provided in O…

The documents forwarded to the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics or sealed under ORS 432.245 may be opened by the state registrar only upon receiving an order from a court of competent jurisdiction or when requested by an agency operating a voluntary adoption re…

(1) If an original record of live birth for a person at least 21 years of age was sealed under ORS 432.245 and was later opened under ORS 432.228 or 432.250, and the paternity or parentage of the person has been determined by DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) testing or by other means,…

(1) In consultation with the State Archivist, the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics shall develop and implement a preservation management program to preserve vital record documents and information and meet generally accepted standards for permanent preservation.…

(1)(a) Vital records and reports, and documents, data and information related to vital records and reports, are exempt from public disclosure under ORS 192.311 to 192.478. Except as provided in this section and ORS 432.380 or rules adopted by the State Registrar of the Center for…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a document recording a death filed in conjunction with owning or having a claim or interest in land that is in the custody of a county clerk or county recording officer is open and subject to full disclosure. A county clerk or county re…

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, notwithstanding any other provision of law, all marriage and domestic partnership records and all records of dissolution of marriage and dissolution of domestic partnership in the custody of a county clerk or county record…

(1)(a) A certified copy of a record of live birth or any part of a record of live birth that is issued under this section shall be considered the same as the original record of live birth and is prima facie evidence of the facts stated on the certified copy. However, the evidenti…

(1)(a) When the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics receives information that a record may have been registered, amended or corrected through fraud or misrepresentation, the state registrar may withhold issuance of certified copies related to that record pending a…

(1) Except as provided in ORS 432.445 and subsection (2) of this section, the Oregon Health Authority shall establish fees for the services provided under this chapter. (2) The State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics shall search the system of vital statistics and iss…

The Oregon Health Authority shall adopt, taking into consideration local service needs and interests, rules to allow a county registrar to sell, within six months of the date of the event occurring in the county, certified copies of records of live birth and death. [Formerly 432.…

(1) The State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics shall issue upon request and upon payment of a fee in an amount set by the state registrar a record of live birth representing that the birth of the person named on the record of live birth is recorded in the office of t…

(1) The Oregon Health Authority shall establish a grant program for the purpose of allowing an individual who is homeless to obtain a certified copy of the individual’s record of live birth at a reduced rate or free of charge. (2) In administering the program, the authority: (a) …

(1) There is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund, the Birth Certificates for Homeless Persons Fund. Interest earned by the Birth Certificates for Homeless Persons Fund shall be credited to the fund. All moneys in the Birth Certificates f…

As used in ORS 432.510 to 432.550 and 432.900: (1) “Clinical laboratory” means a facility where microbiological, serological, chemical, hematological, immunohematological, immunological, toxicological, cytogenetical, exfoliative cytological, histological, pathological or other ex…

(1) The Oregon Health Authority shall establish a uniform, statewide, population-based registry system for the collection of information determining the incidence of cancer and benign or borderline tumors of the brain and central nervous system and related data. The purpose of th…

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, any health care facility in which patients are diagnosed or provided treatment for cancer or benign or borderline tumors of the brain and central nervous system shall report each case of cancer or benign or borderline tumo…

(1) All identifying information regarding individual patients, health care facilities and practitioners reported pursuant to ORS 432.520 shall be confidential and privileged. Except as required in connection with the administration or enforcement of public health laws or rules, n…

(1) The Oregon Health Authority shall adopt rules under which confidential data may be used by third parties to conduct research and studies for the public good. Research and studies conducted using confidential data from the statewide registry must be reviewed and approved by th…

(1) No action for damages arising from the disclosure of confidential or privileged information may be maintained against any person, or the employer or employee of any person, who participates in good faith in the reporting of registry data for cancer or benign or borderline tum…

Nothing in ORS 432.510 to 432.550 and 432.900 shall prohibit a health care facility from operating its own registry for cancer and benign or borderline tumors of the brain and central nervous system or require a health care facility to operate its own registry for cancer and beni…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Maternal mortality” means the pregnancy-related death of a person within 365 days after the end of the pregnancy. (b) “Severe maternal morbidity” includes pregnancy-related outcomes that result in significant short-term or long-term consequences …

(1) In addition to any other liability or penalty provided by law, the Director of the Oregon Health Authority may impose a civil penalty on any person for willful failure to comply with any part of ORS 432.520. A civil penalty may be imposed against a health care facility for ea…

(1) A person commits the crime of unlawful use of a vital record or report if the person willfully and knowingly: (a) Makes a false statement to the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics in a report or application described in this chapter; (b) Without lawful author…

(1) The Director of the Oregon Health Authority may impose a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $10,000 for each violation described in ORS 432.993. Moneys received by the authority from civil penalties imposed under this section shall be deposited in the General Fund and a…

(1) A person commits the crime of obstructing the keeping of vital records or reports if the person knowingly and willfully: (a) Refuses to provide information required by this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter; (b) Transports or accepts for transportation, interment or…

As used in ORS 433.001 to 433.045 and 433.110 to 433.770 unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Communicable disease” has the meaning given that term in ORS 431A.005. (2) “Control” means a person without a reportable disease about whom information is collected for purposes o…

(1) The Oregon Health Authority shall by rule: (a) Specify reportable diseases and when the diseases must be reported under this section; (b) Identify those categories of persons who must report reportable diseases and the circumstances under which the reports must be made; (c) P…

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) or (3) of this section, in response to each report of a reportable disease, the local public health administrator shall ensure that investigations and control measures, as prescribed by Oregon Health Authority rule, are conducted. (2) If t…

(1)(a) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, information obtained by the Oregon Health Authority, a local public health administrator, a tribe or a tribal epidemiology center in the course of an investigation of a reportable disease or disease outbreak is confiden…

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 192.345 (3), 192.355 (2) and 433.045, if, during the course of a criminal investigation, a law enforcement unit acquires information that the person who is charged with a crime or sentenced for a crime has a reportable disease, the law enforcement unit sha…

(1) No person shall willfully cause the spread of any communicable disease within this state. (2) Whenever the laws of this state require a person to secure a health certificate, such certificate shall be acquired from a physician licensed by the Oregon Medical Board or the Orego…

The Oregon Health Authority shall provide the necessary laboratory examinations requested by local health departments for the diagnosis of those communicable diseases identified by rule of the authority to be a reportable disease. [1987 c.600 §7; 2009 c.595 §629]

(1) A licensed physician, physician associate licensed under ORS 677.505 to 677.525, naturopathic physician licensed under ORS chapter 685 or nurse practitioner licensed under ORS 678.375 to 678.390 attending a pregnant woman in this state for conditions relating to her pregnancy…

(1)(a) The Public Health Director or a local public health administrator may require testing or medical examination of any person who may have, or may have been exposed to, a communicable disease identified by rule of the Oregon Health Authority to be a reportable disease, a new …

(1) As used in this section, “vaccine” includes vaccines, immune products and chemoprophylactic medications. (2) When the State Health Officer of the Oregon Health Authority determines that there is clear evidence that adverse and avoidable health outcomes from a preventable and …