Title 146 · ORS Chapter 146
146.460); repealed by 1973 c.408 �35] ����� 146.470 [1959 c.629 �15; 1961 c.434 �4; 1965 c.91 �5; repealed by 1973 c.408 �35] ����� 146.480 [1959 c.629 �17; repealed by 1973 c.408 �35] ���
Citation: ORS 146.460
Section: 146.460
146.460); repealed by 1973 c.408 �35]
����� 146.470 [1959 c.629 �15; 1961 c.434 �4; 1965 c.91 �5; repealed by 1973 c.408 �35]
����� 146.480 [1959 c.629 �17; repealed by 1973 c.408 �35]
����� 146.490 [1959 c.629 �18; repealed by 1973 c.408 �35]
����� 146.500 [1959 c.629 �19; repealed by 1973 c.408 �35]
����� 146.505 [1983 c.390 �1; renumbered 146.171 in 2007]
����� 146.510 [1959 c.629 �20; repealed by 1973 c.408 �35]
����� 146.515 [1983 c.390 �2; 2007 c.500 �5; renumbered 146.174 in 2007]
����� 146.520 [1959 c.629 �21; repealed by 1973 c.408 �35]
����� 146.525 [1983 c.390 �3; 1989 c.1059 �3; 2007 c.500 �3; renumbered 146.181 in 2007]
����� 146.530 [1959 c.629 �22; repealed by 1973 c.408 �35]
����� 146.535 [1983 c.390 �4; 2007 c.500 �6; renumbered 146.184 in 2007]
����� 146.540 [1959 c.629 �23; repealed by 1973 c.408 �35]
����� 146.545 [1983 c.390 �5; 2007 c.500 �7; renumbered 146.189 in 2007]
����� 146.550 [1959 c.629 �24; repealed by 1973 c.408 �35]
����� 146.560 [1959 c.629 �25; repealed by 1973 c.408 �35]
����� 146.565 [1961 c.434 �2; 1965 c.91 �6; 1965 c.439 �4; repealed by 1973 c.408 �35]
����� 146.570 [1959 c.629 �26; 1967 c.632 �1; repealed by 1973 c.408 �35]
����� 146.580 [1959 c.629 �27; 1961 c.434 �5; 1967 c.632 �2; repealed by 1973 c.408 �35]
����� 146.590 [1959 c.629 ��28,29; 1961 c.434 �6; 1967 c.632 �3; repealed by 1973 c.408 �35]
����� 146.600 [1959 c.629 �30; repealed by 1973 c.408 �35]
����� 146.610 [1959 c.629 �31; repealed by 1973 c.408 �35]
INVESTIGATIONS OF INJURIES
����� 146.710 Definition for ORS 146.710 to 146.780. As used in ORS 146.710 to 146.780, �injury� means:
����� (1) A physical injury caused by a knife, gun, pistol or other dangerous or deadly weapon; or
����� (2) A serious physical injury. [1963 c.621 �1; 1965 c.472 �1; 1967 c.545 �1; 1971 c.451 �9; 2007 c.294 �1]
����� 146.720 [1963 c.621 ��3,4; 1965 c.221 �17; repealed by 1965 c.472 �9]
����� 146.730 Investigation. A medical examiner or district attorney may investigate an injury whenever the injury occurred under suspicious or unknown circumstances. All authority granted to the medical examiner or district attorney by ORS 146.003 to 146.189 and 146.710 to 146.992 may be exercised in making such investigation. [1963 c.621 �2; 1965 c.221 �18; 1967 c.545 ��2,3; 1971 c.401 �7; 1971 c.451 �10; 1973 c.408 �26; 2007 c.294 �2]
����� 146.740 Reports of medical examiner. Whenever the medical examiner concludes that a crime may have been committed by any person in causing the injury, the medical examiner shall report the conclusion to the district attorney. [1963 c.621 ��5,6; 1965 c.221 �19; 1967 c.545 ��4,5; 1971 c.401 �8; 1971 c.451 �11; 1973 c.408 �27]
����� 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]
����� 146.760 Immunity of participant in making of report. Anyone participating in good faith in the making of a report pursuant to ORS 146.750 and who has reasonable grounds for the making thereof shall have immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed with respect to the making of such report. Any such participant shall have the same immunity with respect to participation in any judicial proceeding resulting from such report. [1965 c.472 �5; 1971 c.451 �13; 1989 c.171 �20]
����� 146.770 [1965 c.472 �6; 1971 c.451 �14; renumbered 418.775]
����� 146.780 Confidentiality of records and reports. Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS 192.311 to