Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 411.300 (2026)

Use and custody of records; authorization for department to combine data system with Oregon Health Authority; rules

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411.300 Use and custody of records; authorization for department to combine data system with Oregon Health Authority; rules. (1) The Department of Human Services shall adopt and enforce rules governing the custody, use and preservation of the records, papers, files and communications of the department in accordance with applicable privacy laws. The use of the records, papers, files and communications is limited to the purposes for which they are furnished and by the provisions of the law under which they may be furnished.

(2) The records, papers, files and communications of the department may be maintained in a single or combined data system accessible to the department and to the Oregon Health Authority for the administration of programs and the coordination of functions shared by the department and the authority. [Amended by 1953 c.500 §12; 1971 c.779 §16; 2005 c.381 §8; 2011 c.720 §99]

411.310 [Repealed by 1967 c.98 §1]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1967–1992 · leading case: Groff v. State Indus. Accident Comm'n, 426 P.2d 738 (Or. 1967).

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Groff v. State Indus. Accident Comm'n, 426 P.2d 738 (Or. 1967). “It directs its staff members when called as a witness to: “* * * bring to the attention of the presiding judge the state statute relating to confidentiality of the records in question (ORS 411.300, 411.320, 418.130 or 411.325) and will ask the court’s guidance in testifying…”

State Ex Rel. Dugan v. Tiktin, 837 P.2d 959 (Or. 1992). “The state counterparts to these federal confidentiality laws are found in ORS 411.300, ORS 411.320, and ORS 418.130.”

State v. Jones, 611 P.2d 1200 (Or. Ct. App. 1980). “See ORS 411.300; 411.320; OAR 461-08-070(2).”

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