163.427, 163.465, 163.467 or 163.525. ����� (f) Verbal abuse. ����� (g) Financial exploitation. ����� (h) Sexual abuse. ����� (i) Involuntary seclusion of an elderly person for the convenience of

163.427, 163.465, 163.467 or 163.525.

����� (f) Verbal abuse.

����� (g) Financial exploitation.

����� (h) Sexual abuse.

����� (i) Involuntary seclusion of an elderly person for the convenience of a caregiver or to discipline the person.

����� (j) A wrongful use of a physical or chemical restraint of an elderly person, excluding an act of restraint prescribed by a physician licensed under ORS chapter 677 and any treatment activities that are consistent with an approved treatment plan or in connection with a court order.

����� (2) �Elderly person� means any person 65 years of age or older who is not subject to the provisions of ORS 441.640 to 441.665.

����� (3) �Facility� means:

����� (a) A long term care facility as that term is defined in ORS 442.015.

����� (b) A residential facility as that term is defined in ORS 443.400, including but not limited to an assisted living facility.

����� (c) An adult foster home as that term is defined in ORS 443.705.

����� (4) �Financial exploitation� means:

����� (a) Wrongfully taking the assets, funds or property belonging to or intended for the use of an elderly person or a person with a disability.

����� (b) Alarming an elderly person or a person with a disability by conveying a threat to wrongfully take or appropriate money or property of the person if the person would reasonably believe that the threat conveyed would be carried out.

����� (c) Misappropriating, misusing or transferring without authorization any money from any account held jointly or singly by an elderly person or a person with a disability.

����� (d) Failing to use the income or assets of an elderly person or a person with a disability effectively for the support and maintenance of the person.

����� (5) �Intimidation� means compelling or deterring conduct by threat.

����� (6) �Law enforcement agency� means:

����� (a) Any city or municipal police department.

����� (b) Any county sheriff�s office.

����� (c) The Oregon State Police.

����� (d) Any district attorney.

����� (e) A police department established by a university under ORS 352.121 or 353.125.

����� (7) �Neglect� means failure to provide basic care or services that are necessary to maintain the health or safety of an elderly person.

����� (8) �Person with a disability� means a person described in:

����� (a) ORS 410.040 (7); or

����� (b) ORS 410.715.

����� (9) �Public or private official� means:

����� (a) Physician or physician associate licensed under ORS chapter 677, naturopathic physician or chiropractor, including any intern or resident.

����� (b) Licensed practical nurse, registered nurse, nurse practitioner, nurse�s aide, home health aide or employee of an in-home health service.

����� (c) Employee of the Department of Human Services or community developmental disabilities program.

����� (d) Employee of the Oregon Health Authority, local health department or community mental health program.

����� (e) Peace officer.

����� (f) Member of the clergy.

����� (g) Regulated social worker.

����� (h) Physical, speech or occupational therapist.

����� (i) Senior center employee.

����� (j) Information and referral or outreach worker.

����� (k) Licensed professional counselor or licensed marriage and family therapist.

����� (L) Elected official of a branch of government of this state or a state agency, board, commission or department of a branch of government of this state or of a city, county or other political subdivision in this state.

����� (m) Firefighter or emergency medical services provider.

����� (n) Psychologist.

����� (o) Provider of adult foster care or an employee of the provider.

����� (p) Audiologist.

����� (q) Speech-language pathologist.

����� (r) Attorney.

����� (s) Dentist.

����� (t) Optometrist.

����� (u) Chiropractor.

����� (v) Personal support worker, as defined in ORS 410.600.

����� (w) Home care worker, as defined in ORS 410.600.

����� (x) Referral agent, as defined in ORS 443.370.

����� (y) A person providing agency with choice services under ORS 427.181 or 443.360.

����� (10) �Services� includes but is not limited to the provision of food, clothing, medicine, housing, medical services, assistance with bathing or personal hygiene or any other service essential to the well-being of an elderly person.

����� (11)(a) �Sexual abuse� means:

����� (A) Sexual contact with an elderly person who does not consent or is considered incapable of consenting to a sexual act under ORS 163.315;

����� (B) Verbal or physical harassment of a sexual nature, including but not limited to severe or pervasive exposure to sexually explicit material or language;

����� (C) Sexual exploitation;

����� (D) Any sexual contact between an employee of a facility or paid caregiver and an elderly person served by the facility or caregiver; or

����� (E) Any sexual contact that is achieved through force, trickery, threat or coercion.

����� (b) �Sexual abuse� does not mean consensual sexual contact between an elderly person and:

����� (A) An employee of a facility who is also the spouse of the elderly person; or

����� (B) A paid caregiver.

����� (12) �Sexual contact� has the meaning given that term in ORS 163.305.

����� (13) �Verbal abuse� means to threaten significant physical or emotional harm to an elderly person or a person with a disability through the use of:

����� (a) Derogatory or inappropriate names, insults, verbal assaults, profanity or ridicule; or

����� (b) Harassment, coercion, threats, intimidation, humiliation, mental cruelty or inappropriate sexual comments. [Formerly 410.610; 1999 c.463 �6; 2001 c.104 �36; 2005 c.671 �4; 2007 c.70 �29; 2009 c.442 �33; 2009 c.595 �84; 2009 c.708 �1; 2009 c.837 �9; 2011 c.36 �3; 2011 c.506 �5; 2011 c.703 �23; 2013 c.129 �23; 2013 c.180 �7; 2013 c.352 �5; 2014 c.104 �9; 2015 c.179 �2; 2015 c.416 �1; 2015 c.736 �49; 2017 c.656 �4; 2018 c.75 ��7,8; 2021 c.251 �1; 2022 c.91 �7; 2024 c.37 �4; 2024 c.73 �32]

����� 124.055 Policy. The Legislative Assembly finds that for the purpose of preventing abuse, safeguarding and enhancing the welfare of elderly persons, it is necessary and in the public interest to require mandatory reports and investigations of allegedly abused elderly persons. [Formerly 410.620]

����� 124.060 Duty of officials to report; exceptions. (1) Any public or private official having reasonable cause to believe that any person 65 years of age or older with whom the official comes in contact has suffered abuse, or that any person with whom the official comes in contact has abused a person 65 years of age or older, shall report or cause a report to be made in the manner required in ORS 124.065.

����� (2) Nothing contained in ORS 40.225 to 40.295 affects the duty to report imposed by this section, except that a psychiatrist, psychologist, member of the clergy or attorney is not required to report such information communicated by a person if the communication is privileged under ORS 40.225 to 40.295.

����� (3) An attorney is not required to make a report under this section by reason of information communicated to the attorney in the course of representing a client if disclosure of the information would be detrimental to the client.

����� (4) The Long Term Care Ombudsman or a designee of the ombudsman is not required to make a report under this section to the extent the report would violate 42 U.S.C. 3058g(d). [Formerly