Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 192.558 (2026)

Use or disclosure by health care provider or state health plan

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      192.558 Use or disclosure by health care provider or state health plan. A health care provider or state health plan:

      (1) May use or disclose protected health information of an individual in a manner that is consistent with an authorization provided by the individual or a personal representative of the individual.

      (2) May use or disclose protected health information of an individual without obtaining an authorization from the individual or a personal representative of the individual:

      (a) For the provider’s or plan’s own treatment, payment or health care operations; or

      (b) As otherwise permitted or required by state or federal law or by order of the court.

      (3) May disclose protected health information of an individual without obtaining an authorization from the individual or a personal representative of the individual:

      (a) To another covered entity for health care operations activities of the entity that receives the information if:

      (A) Each entity has or had a relationship with the individual who is the subject of the protected health information; and

      (B) The protected health information pertains to the relationship and the disclosure is for the purpose of:

      (i) Health care operations as listed in ORS 192.556 (4)(a) or (b); or

      (ii) Health care fraud and abuse detection or compliance;

      (b) To another covered entity or any other health care provider for treatment activities of a health care provider;

      (c) To another covered entity or any other health care provider for the payment activities of the entity that receives that information; or

      (d) In accordance with ORS 192.567 or 192.577. [Formerly 192.520; 2015 c.473 §5; 2017 c.484 §4]

 

      Note: See note under 192.553.

 

      192.559 [1991 c.825 §2; 1993 c.274 §2; 2001 c.962 §82; renumbered 192.591 in 2011]

 

      192.560 [1977 c.517 §3; renumbered 192.593 in 2011]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 2016–2026 · leading case: A. B. v. The Oregon Clinic, 321 Or. App. 60 (Or. Ct. App. 2022).
A. B. v. The Oregon Clinic, 321 Or. App. 60 (Or. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 5× “506 (c)(4); ORS 192.558, or to avert a serious threat to individual or public health or safety, 45 CFR § 164.”
State v. Miller, 395 P.3d 584 (Or. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 3× “553(1)(a) (“It is the policy of the State of Oregon that an individual has * * * [t]he right to have protected health information of the individual safeguarded from unlawful use or disclosure!.”
Oregon Health & Sci. Univ. v. Oregonian Publ'g Co., 373 P.3d 1233 (Multnomah Cty. Cir. Ct., O.R. 2016). · cites it 2× “Under ORS 192.558(2)(b), “protected health information” is to be disclosed only as “otherwise permitted or required by state or federal law or by order of the court” and, OHSU submits, no legal requirement to disclose exists.”
OHSU v. Oregonian Publ'g Co., LLC (Or. 2017). · cites it 13× “553 to ORS 192.558 is consistent with the foregoing analysis.”
OHSU v. Oregonian Publ'g Co., LLC (Or. 2017). · cites it 13× “553 to ORS 192.558 is consistent with the foregoing analysis.”
Dept. of Human Servs. v. M. A. H. (Or. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 5× “505, and ORS 192.558, all of which indicate that otherwise protected information is disclosable pursuant to a court order.”
M.R. v. Salem Health Hospitals & Clinics (D. Or. 2024). · cites it 2× “Protected Health Information Under Oregon Law Oregon law provides that “(1) It is the policy of the State of Oregon that an individual has:(a) The right to have protected health information of the individual safeguarded from unlawful use or disclosure.”
Eldred v. Oregon Anesthesiology Grp., 347 Or. App. 169 (Or. Ct. App. 2026). “520 (2003), renumbered as ORS 192.558 (2011), governing the use and disclosure of that information.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 192.558(1) — 2 cases
OHSU v. Oregonian Publ'g Co., LLC (Or. 2017). “553 to ORS 192.558 is consistent with the foregoing analysis.”
OHSU v. Oregonian Publ'g Co., LLC (Or. 2017). “553 to ORS 192.558 is consistent with the foregoing analysis.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 192.558(2)(a) — 3 cases
OHSU v. Oregonian Publ'g Co., LLC (Or. 2017). “553 to ORS 192.558 is consistent with the foregoing analysis.”
OHSU v. Oregonian Publ'g Co., LLC (Or. 2017). “553 to ORS 192.558 is consistent with the foregoing analysis.”
Dept. of Human Servs. v. M. A. H. (Or. Ct. App. 2024). “505, and ORS 192.558, all of which indicate that otherwise protected information is disclosable pursuant to a court order.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 192.558(2)(b) — 6 cases
A. B. v. The Oregon Clinic, 321 Or. App. 60 (Or. Ct. App. 2022). “506 (c)(4); ORS 192.558, or to avert a serious threat to individual or public health or safety, 45 CFR § 164.”
State v. Miller, 395 P.3d 584 (Or. Ct. App. 2017). “553(1)(a) (“It is the policy of the State of Oregon that an individual has * * * [t]he right to have protected health information of the individual safeguarded from unlawful use or disclosure!.”
Oregon Health & Sci. Univ. v. Oregonian Publ'g Co., 373 P.3d 1233 (Multnomah Cty. Cir. Ct., O.R. 2016). “Under ORS 192.558(2)(b), “protected health information” is to be disclosed only as “otherwise permitted or required by state or federal law or by order of the court” and, OHSU submits, no legal requirement to disclose exists.”
Dept. of Human Servs. v. M. A. H. (Or. Ct. App. 2024). “505, and ORS 192.558, all of which indicate that otherwise protected information is disclosable pursuant to a court order.”
OHSU v. Oregonian Publ'g Co., LLC (Or. 2017). “553 to ORS 192.558 is consistent with the foregoing analysis.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 192.558(3) — 1 case
A. B. v. The Oregon Clinic, 321 Or. App. 60 (Or. Ct. App. 2022). “506 (c)(4); ORS 192.558, or to avert a serious threat to individual or public health or safety, 45 CFR § 164.”
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