Title 109 · ORS Chapter 109
677.495. ����� (c) Diagnosis and treatment by a nurse practitioner who is licensed by the Oregon State Board of Nursing under ORS 678.375 and who is acting within the scope of practice for a nurse pr
Citation: ORS 677.495
Section: 677.495
677.495.
����� (c) Diagnosis and treatment by a nurse practitioner who is licensed by the Oregon State Board of Nursing under ORS 678.375 and who is acting within the scope of practice for a nurse practitioner.
����� (d) Except when the minor is obtaining contact lenses for the first time, diagnosis and treatment by an optometrist who is licensed by the Oregon Board of Optometry under ORS 683.010 to 683.340 and who is acting within the scope of practice for an optometrist.
����� (5) If a person, including a health care provider, has reasonable cause to believe that a minor the person comes into contact with under this section has suffered abuse, as defined in ORS 419B.005, the person shall immediately comply with the person�s mandatory child abuse reporting duties under ORS 419B.010. [1971 c.381 �1; 2005 c.471 �7; 2010 c.91 �1; 2014 c.45 �11; 2017 c.356 �4; 2021 c.349 �14; 2023 c.228 �8; 2024 c.73 �27]
����� 109.650 Disclosure without minor�s consent and without liability. A hospital or a physician, physician associate, nurse practitioner, naturopathic physician, dentist or optometrist described in ORS 109.640 may advise a parent or legal guardian of a minor of the care, diagnosis or treatment of the minor or the need for any treatment of the minor, without the consent of the minor, and is not liable for advising the parent or legal guardian without the consent of the minor. [1971 c.381 �2; 2005 c.471 �8; 2010 c.91 �2; 2014 c.45 �12; 2017 c.356 �5; 2024 c.73 �28]
����� 109.660 [1971 c.381 �3; 1973 c.827 �16; repealed by 2023 c.228 �52]
����� 109.670 Right to donate blood. (1) Any person 16 years of age or over may donate blood to any blood program without obtaining permission of a parent or guardian.
����� (2) As used in subsection (1) of this section, �blood program� means any voluntary and noncompensatory program for the drawing of blood which is approved by the American Association of Blood Banks or the American Red Cross. [1977 c.533 �1]
����� Note: 109.670 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 109 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
����� 109.672 Certain persons immune from liability for providing care to minor. (1) No person licensed, certified or registered to practice a health care profession or health care facility shall be liable for damages in any civil action arising out of the failure of the person or facility to obtain the consent of a parent to the giving of medical care or treatment to a minor child of the parent if consent to the care has been given by the other parent of the child.
����� (2) The immunity provided by subsection (1) of this section shall apply regardless of whether:
����� (a) The parents are married, unmarried or separated at the time of consent or treatment.
����� (b) The consenting parent is, or is not, a custodial parent of the minor.
����� (c) The giving of consent by only one parent is, or is not, in conformance with the terms of any agreement between the parents, any custody order or any judgment of dissolution or separation.
����� (3) The immunity created by subsection (1) of this section shall not apply if the parental rights of the parent who gives consent have been terminated pursuant to ORS