Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 676.160 (2026)

Definitions for ORS 676.165 to 676.180

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      676.160 Definitions for ORS 676.165 to 676.180. As used in ORS 676.165 to 676.180, “health professional regulatory board” means the:

      (1) State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology;

      (2) State Board of Chiropractic Examiners;

      (3) State Board of Licensed Social Workers;

      (4) Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists;

      (5) Oregon Board of Dentistry;

      (6) State Board of Massage Therapists;

      (7) State Mortuary and Cemetery Board;

      (8) Oregon Board of Naturopathic Medicine;

      (9) Oregon State Board of Nursing;

      (10) Oregon Board of Optometry;

      (11) State Board of Pharmacy;

      (12) Oregon Medical Board;

      (13) Occupational Therapy Licensing Board;

      (14) Oregon Board of Physical Therapy;

      (15) Oregon Board of Psychology;

      (16) Board of Medical Imaging;

      (17) Oregon State Veterinary Medical Examining Board; and

      (18) Oregon Health Authority, to the extent that the authority licenses emergency medical services providers. [1997 c.791 §1; 1999 c.537 §4; 2001 c.274 §4; 2009 c.43 §9; 2009 c.442 §44; 2009 c.595 §1051; 2009 c.768 §33; 2009 c.833 §25; 2011 c.630 §22; 2011 c.703 §45; 2015 c.674 §7; 2017 c.6 §23; 2017 c.101 §8; 2019 c.43 §6]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases (9 in the last 5 years), 2007–2025 · leading case: Koller v. Schmaing, 296 P.3d 529 (Or. Ct. App. 2012).
Koller v. Schmaing, 296 P.3d 529 (Or. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 2× “” ORS 676.160(19); ORS 676.165(1). Later that month, Miller informed Roller about the meeting with Burns and Schmaing’s assertions that Roller had been “conducting [himself] in an unprofessional and unethical manner” and that he had “euthanized an animal without the client’s…”
Farr v. Myers, 174 P.3d 1012 (Or. 2007). · cites it 8× “Under the proposed measure, health professional regulatory boards, as specified in ORS 676.160, may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew the license or registration of a person under their jurisdiction who performs such spinal manipulations without the requisite education and…”
Johnson v. Brown (D. Or. 2021). “individuals, paid and unpaid, working, learning, studying, assisting, observing or volunteering in a healthcare setting providing direct patient or resident care or who have the potential for direct or indirect exposure to patients, residents, or infectious materials, and…”
Johnson v. Brown (D. Or. 2022). “individuals, paid and unpaid, working, learning, studying, assisting, observing or volunteering in a healthcare setting providing direct patient or resident care or who have the potential for direct or indirect exposure to patients, residents, or infectious materials, and…”
Mathisen v. Oregon Health & Sci. Univ. (D. Or. 2023). “individuals, paid and unpaid, working, learning, studying, assisting, observing or volunteering in a healthcare setting providing direct patient or resident care or who have the potential for direct or indirect exposure to patients, residents, or infectious materials, and…”
Trusov v. Oregon Health & Sci. Univ. (D. Or. 2023). “individuals, paid and unpaid, working, learning, studying, assisting, observing or volunteering in a healthcare setting providing direct patient or resident care or who have the potential for direct or indirect exposure to patients, residents, or infectious materials, and…”
Brown v. NW Permanente, PC (D. Or. 2023). “individuals, paid and unpaid, working, learning, studying, assisting, observing or volunteering in a healthcare setting providing direct patient or resident care or who have the potential for direct or indirect exposure to patients, residents, or infectious materials, and…”
Trusov v. Oregon Health & Sci. Univ. (D. Or. 2025). “I]ndividuals, paid and unpaid, working, learning, studying, assisting, observing or volunteering in a healthcare setting providing direct patient or resident care or who have the potential for direct or indirect exposure to patients, residents, or infectious materials, and…”
Waggoner v. Am. Med. Response Nw., Inc. (D. Or. 2025). “I]ndividuals, paid and unpaid, working, learning, studying, assisting, observing or volunteering in a healthcare setting providing direct patient or resident care or who have the potential for direct or indirect exposure to patients, residents, or infectious materials, and…”
Besser v. Legacy Health (D. Or. 2025). “I]ndividuals, paid and unpaid, working, learning, studying, assisting, observing or volunteering in a healthcare setting providing direct patient or resident care or who have the potential for direct or indirect exposure to patients, residents, or infectious materials, and…”
Epley v. Oregon Health & Sci. Univ. (D. Or. 2025). “I]ndividuals, paid and unpaid, working, learning, studying, assisting, observing or volunteering in a healthcare setting providing direct patient or resident care or who have the potential for direct or indirect exposure to patients, residents, or infectious materials, and…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 676.160(19) — 1 case
Koller v. Schmaing, 296 P.3d 529 (Or. Ct. App. 2012). “” ORS 676.160(19); ORS 676.165(1). Later that month, Miller informed Roller about the meeting with Burns and Schmaing’s assertions that Roller had been “conducting [himself] in an unprofessional and unethical manner” and that he had “euthanized an animal without the client’s…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 676.160(3) — 1 case
Farr v. Myers, 174 P.3d 1012 (Or. 2007). “Under the proposed measure, health professional regulatory boards, as specified in ORS 676.160, may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew the license or registration of a person under their jurisdiction who performs such spinal manipulations without the requisite education and…”
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