Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 746.135 (2026)

Genetic tests and information; rules

✓ current as of May 2026

Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section ORSoregonlegislature.gov JustiaChapter on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

746.135 Genetic tests and information; rules. (1) If a person asks an applicant for insurance to take a genetic test in connection with an application for insurance, the use of the test shall be revealed to the applicant and the person shall obtain the specific authorization of the applicant using a form adopted by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services by rule.

(2) A person may not use favorable genetic information to induce the purchase of insurance.

(3) A person may not use genetic information to reject, deny, limit, cancel, refuse to renew, increase the rates of, affect the terms and conditions of or otherwise affect any policy for hospital or medical expenses.

(4) A person may not use genetic information about a blood relative to reject, deny, limit, cancel, refuse to renew, increase the rates of, affect the terms and conditions of or otherwise affect any policy of insurance.

(5) For purposes of this section, “blood relative,” “genetic information” and “genetic test” have the meanings given those terms in ORS 192.531. [1995 c.680 §8; 2001 c.588 §17]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1996–1996 · leading case: State v. Lyons, 924 P.2d 802 (Or. 1996).

Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment

State v. Lyons, 924 P.2d 802 (Or. 1996). “700 et seq (genetic privacy); ORS 746.135 (insurance: use of genetic tests).”

Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.