146.750
Injuries to be reported to law enforcement agency. (1) Except as required in
subsection (3) of this section, a physician, including an intern and resident,
a physician associate licensed under ORS 677.505 to 677.525, a naturopathic
physician licensed under ORS chapter 685 or a registered nurse licensed under
ORS chapter 678, who has reasonable cause to suspect that a person brought to
the physician, physician associate, naturopathic physician or registered nurse
or coming before the physician, physician associate, naturopathic physician or
registered nurse for examination, care or treatment has had injury inflicted
upon the person other than by accidental means, shall report or cause reports
to be made in accordance with the provisions of subsection (2) of this section.
(2) An oral
report must be made immediately by telephone or otherwise, and followed as soon
thereafter as possible by a report in writing, to an appropriate law
enforcement agency.
(3) When an
injury, or abuse as defined in ORS 419B.005, occurs to an unmarried person who
is under 18 years of age, the provisions of ORS 419B.005 to 419B.050 apply. [1965
c.472 §§3,4; 1967 c.545 §6; 1971 c.401 §9; 1971 c.451 §12; 1973 c.408 §28; 1975
c.644 §1; 1993 c.546 §99; 2011 c.347 §1; 2014 c.45 §26; 2017 c.356 §18; 2024
c.73 §41]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
5
cases, 1979–2010 · leading case:
Colby v. Gunson, 199 P.3d 350 (Or. Ct. App. 2008).
Colby v. Gunson, 199 P.3d 350 (Or. Ct. App. 2008).
· cites it 6× “780, noted earlier, to confirm the confidentiality of injury reports to the medical examiner by physicians under ORS 146.750. Those parts of the 1973 medical examiner statutes were adopted at the same time as the 1973 Public Records Law, relate to the same subject matter, and…”
Seaton v. Mayberg, 610 F.3d 530 (9th Cir. 2010).
· cites it 2× “§ 453-14(a); Or.Rev. Stat. § 146.750; Wash. Rev.Code § 70.”
State v. Suttles, 597 P.2d 786 (Or. 1979).
· cites it 5× “770, which provided: "In the case of injury to a child neither the physician-patient privilege nor the husband-wife privilege shall be a ground for excluding evidence regarding a child’s injuries or the cause thereof, in any judicial proceeding resulting from a report made…”
State v. Suttles, 597 P.2d 786 (Or. 1979).
· cites it 5× “770, which provided: "In the case of injury to a child neither the physician-patient privilege nor the husband-wife privilege shall be a ground for excluding evidence regarding a child's injuries or the cause thereof, in any judicial proceeding resulting from a report made…”
State v. Bella, 220 P.3d 128 (Or. Ct. App. 2009).
· cites it 5× “As for the effect of the reporting requirements of ORS 146.750, the state argues that the mere fact that the law may impose on physicians an obligation to report certain suspicions to the medical examiner does not mean that the purpose of their interactions with their patients…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 146.750(1) — 1 case
State v. Bella, 220 P.3d 128 (Or. Ct. App. 2009).
“As for the effect of the reporting requirements of ORS 146.750, the state argues that the mere fact that the law may impose on physicians an obligation to report certain suspicions to the medical examiner does not mean that the purpose of their interactions with their patients…”
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