Handles health records, in Oregon

ORS 192.553 to 192.581 · Read the law's page

• If you rely on an authorization to use or disclose protected health information, use a document written in plain language that contains the elements ORS 192.556(1) lists, including an expiration date or event, the signature and date, and statements on revocation, on conditioning treatment and on redisclosure (ORS 192.556(1)).
• If you are a health care provider or state health plan, use or disclose protected health information in a manner consistent with an authorization, or without one for your own treatment, payment or health care operations or as state or federal law or a court order permits or requires (ORS 192.558(1), (2)).
• Limit any disclosure of protected health information to a family member, friend or other person involved in the individual's care, or to notify such a person of the individual's location, condition or death, to the minimum necessary to accomplish the purpose (ORS 192.567(1), (4)).
• Charge no more than $30 for copying 10 or fewer pages, 50 cents per page for pages 11 through 50 and 25 cents for each additional page when you disclose protected health information under an authorization, plus postage and the actual cost of an explanation or summary the individual requests (ORS 192.563).
• If you are a covered entity, give an individual appealing the denial of Social Security disability benefits, on request, one copy of the individual's health information created between the alleged onset of disability and the administrative hearing, free of charge and in paper or electronic format at the individual's election (ORS 192.576(1)).
• If you are a health care provider that participates in a coordinated care organization, disclose protected health information to the other participating providers for treatment and to the organization for health care operations and payment, and to public health entities as required for health oversight (ORS 192.561(1)).
• If you are a hospital or a federally qualified health center, do not disclose information concerning a person's citizenship or immigration status or country of birth for the purpose of law enforcement unless state or federal law or a court order requires the disclosure (section 4, chapter 93, Oregon Laws 2026).