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432.005Definitions 432.010Center for Health Statistics; standards 432.015Rules 432.020State registrar; appointment 432.025Assistant state registrars 432.030Duties of state registrar 432.033Duties of state registrar related to confidentiality and security 432.035County registrars 432.040[Amended by 1983 c.709 §28; repealed by 2013 c.366 §88] 432.045[Amended by 1971 c.16 §1; 1983 c.709 §29; repealed by 1997 c.783 §48] 432.050[Amended by 1983 c.709 §30; repealed by 1997 c.783 §48] 432.055[Repealed by 1973 c.829 §71] 432.060[1961 c.191 §§2,3; 1983 c.709 §31; 2005 c.342 §1; 2009 c.595 §610; renumbered 413.196 in 2013] 432.075Duty to report information to state registrar; immunity 432.080[1985 c.397 §1; 1991 c.67 §114; 1997 c.783 §8; repealed by 2013 c.366 §88] 432.083Requirements for institutions, health care practitioners and persons who transport dead bodies 432.085[1985 c.397 §2; 1993 c.18 §108; 1997 c.783 §9; 2009 c.595 §611; 2013 c.366 §39; renumbered 432.440 in 2013] 432.088Mandatory submission and registration of reports of live birth; persons required to report; rules 432.090[1985 c.549 §10; 1997 c.783 §§10,10a; 1999 c.1084 §46; 2013 c.366 §40; renumbered 432.445 in 2013] 432.093Availability of voluntary acknowledgment of paternity form; responsibility of health care facility and parents 432.095[1997 c.783 §44; repealed by 2013 c.366 §88] 432.098Voluntary acknowledgment of parentage form; rules; fees 432.103Full faith and credit 432.105[Amended by 1973 c.829 §35; 1983 c.709 §32; 1997 c.783 §11; repealed by 2013 c.366 §88] 432.108Report of live birth for child of unknown parentage 432.110[Repealed by 1971 c.16 §3] 432.113Delayed reports of live birth; rules 432.115[Amended by 1983 c.709 §19; 1997 c.783 §12; 2013 c.366 §32; renumbered 432.295 in 2013] 432.118Procedure for contesting refusal to register report of live birth or delayed report of live birth; rules 432.119[1973 c.829 §11; 1979 c.426 §1; 1983 c.709 §33; 1997 c.783 §13; 2009 c.595 §612; repealed by 2013 c.366 §88] 432.120[Amended by 1983 c.709 §20; repealed by 1997 c.783 §14 (432.121 enacted in lieu of 432.120)] 432.121[1997 c.783 §15 (enacted in lieu of 432.120); 1999 c.254 §1; 1999 c.312 §3; 2001 c.838 §23; 2003 c.380 §8; 2007 c.703 §9; 2013 c.366 §33; renumbered 432.350 in 2013] 432.122[1983 c.709 §24; 1997 c.783 §18; repealed by 2013 c.366 §88] 432.124[1999 c.254 §7; 2013 c.366 §34; renumbered 432.355 in 2013] 432.125[Repealed by 1983 c.709 §45] 432.130[Amended by 1983 c.709 §25; repealed by 2013 c.366 §88] 432.133Mandatory submission and registration of reports of death; persons required to report 432.135[Amended by 1983 c.709 §9; renumbered 432.142] 432.138Court orders for records of death 432.140[Amended by 1983 c.709 §8; 1997 c.783 §19; 2013 c.366 §14; renumbered 432.113 in 2013] 432.141Annual reporting of opiate and opioid overdoses 432.142[Formerly 432.135; 1997 c.783 §20; 2013 c.366 §15; renumbered 432.118 in 2013] 432.143Mandatory submission and registration of reports of fetal death; persons required to report; rules 432.145[Amended by 1957 c.339 §1; 1971 c.16 §2; 1979 c.696 §1; 1983 c.709 §21; repealed by 1991 c.245 §1 (432.146 enacted in lieu of 432.145)] 432.146[1991 c.245 §2; 1993 c.345 §1; 1997 c.636 §2; 2009 c.595 §613; 2013 c.366 §41; renumbered 432.435 in 2013] 432.148Commemorative Certificate of Stillbirth; rules 432.150[Amended by 1957 c.185 §1; repealed by 1983 c.709 §45] 432.153Status of reports under ORS 435.496; rules 432.155[Repealed by 1979 c.696 §14] 432.158Disposition of remains; rules 432.160[Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432] 432.163Extensions for submitting reports of death or fetal death 432.165[Amended by 1983 c.709 §22; 1985 c.207 §4; 1997 c.783 §21; 1999 c.80 §70; 2005 c.471 §4; 2013 c.366 §9; renumbered 432.083 in 2013] 432.173Mandatory submission and registration of reports of marriage and reports of domestic partnership; persons required to report 432.175[Formerly 43.380; 1983 c.709 §34; 1985 c.565 §71; repealed by 1997 c.783 §48] 432.178Delayed report of marriage 432.180[1997 c.783 §17; 2013 c.366 §36; renumbered 432.380 in 2013] 432.183Mandatory submission and registration of reports of dissolution of marriage and reports of dissolution of domestic partnership; clerk of court to submit; rules 432.205[Amended by 1979 c.426 §2; 1983 c.709 §6; 1995 c.514 §5; repealed by 1997 c.783 §22 (432.206 enacted in lieu of 432.205)] 432.206[1997 c.783 §23 (enacted in lieu of 432.205); 1999 c.254 §2; 1999 c.840 §1; 2001 c.455 §24; 2013 c.366 §10; renumbered 432.088 in 2013] 432.210[Repealed by 1983 c.709 §45] 432.215[Amended by 1983 c.709 §35; repealed by 1997 c.783 §48] 432.220[Repealed by 1983 c.709 §45] 432.223Reports of adoption; reports of amendments or annulments of judgment of adoption; persons required to report; rules 432.228Issuance of certified copy of record of live birth to adopted persons; Contact Preference Form 432.230[1983 c.709 §11a; 1997 c.783 §24; 2003 c.576 §454; 2013 c.366 §30; renumbered 432.245 in 2013] 432.235Requirements for amending or correcting vital record 432.240[1999 c.2; 1999 c.604 §1; 2009 c.595 §614; 2013 c.366 §28; renumbered 432.228 in 2013] 432.245Replacing records of live birth; restoring records of live birth 432.250Access to adoption records 432.253Adding or changing genetic parent on original record of live birth; rules; fees 432.255[Repealed by 1983 c.709 §45] 432.260[Amended by 1981 c.6 §1; repealed by 1983 c.709 §45] 432.265[Repealed by 1983 c.709 §45] 432.266[2005 c.769 §1; renumbered 432.148 in 2013] 432.270[Repealed by 1983 c.709 §45] 432.275[Repealed by 1983 c.709 §45] 432.280[Repealed by 1983 c.709 §45] 432.285[1995 c.514 §3; 1997 c.783 §26; 2013 c.366 §11; renumbered 432.093 in 2013] 432.287[1995 c.514 §4; 1997 c.783 §27; 1999 c.80 §21; 2009 c.595 §615; 2013 c.366 §12; renumbered 432.098 in 2013] 432.289[1995 c.514 §4a; renumbered 432.103 in 2013] 432.290[1981 c.221 §3; 1983 c.709 §18; 1995 c.514 §6; renumbered 432.235 in 1995] 432.295Preservation program; reproductions of vital records; availability; rules 432.300[1987 c.517 §2 (enacted in lieu of 146.001); 1997 c.783 §28; repealed by 2013 c.366 §88] 432.305[Repealed by 1963 c.200 §6] 432.307[1963 c.200 §2; 1965 c.221 §26; 1977 c.582 §33; 1983 c.709 §12; 1985 c.207 §5; 1997 c.783 §29; 1999 c.80 §71; 1999 c.724 §1; 2001 c.357 §2; 2003 c.104 §3; 2011 c.407 §1; 2013 c.366 §16; renumbered 432.133 in 2013] 432.310[Amended by 1959 c.629 §32; repealed by 1963 c.200 §6] 432.312[1993 c.345 §3; 1997 c.783 §30; 2005 c.726 §3; 2009 c.132 §1; 2009 c.595 §616; 2009 c.709 §16; 2013 c.366 §42; renumbered 413.825 in 2013] 432.315[Amended by 1959 c.629 §33; repealed by 1963 c.200 §6] 432.317[1963 c.200 §3; 1983 c.709 §16; 1985 c.207 §6; 1987 c.252 §9; 1989 c.669 §2; 1997 c.783 §31; 1999 c.724 §4; 2001 c.357 §3; 2003 c.104 §4; 2009 c.595 §617; 2013 c.366 §20; renumbered 432.158 in 2013] 432.320[Repealed by 1963 c.200 §6] 432.325[Repealed by 1963 c.200 §6] 432.327[1963 c.200 §4; 1983 c.709 §36; 1997 c.783 §32; 2013 c.366 §21; renumbered 432.163 in 2013] 432.330[Repealed by 1963 c.200 §6] 432.333[1983 c.709 §13; 1989 c.171 §54; 1997 c.783 §33; 2013 c.366 §19; renumbered 432.143 in 2013] 432.335[Repealed by 1963 c.200 §6] 432.337[1983 c.709 §15; 1997 c.783 §34; renumbered 432.153 in 2013] 432.340[Repealed by 1963 c.200 §6] 432.345[Repealed by 1983 c.709 §45] 432.350Vital records exempt from public disclosure; exceptions; rules 432.355Disclosure of death filed in conjunction with claims or interests in land 432.360Records of dissolution of marriage and dissolution of domestic partnership subject to full disclosure; exemption 432.380Issuance of certified copies of records; applicant qualifications 432.385Registering, amending or correcting record through fraud; fraudulent use of record 432.405[Amended by 1983 c.709 §17; 1997 c.783 §35; 2007 c.99 §18; 2013 c.366 §22; renumbered 432.173 in 2013] 432.408[1997 c.783 §37; 2003 c.380 §9; 2003 c.576 §456a; 2007 c.99 §19; 2013 c.366 §25; renumbered 432.183 in 2013] 432.410[Repealed by 1959 c.430 §5] 432.412[1999 c.254 §6; 2003 c.380 §10; 2013 c.366 §35; renumbered 432.360 in 2013] 432.415[Amended by 1959 c.430 §2; 1983 c.709 §10; 1997 c.783 §38; 2003 c.576 §457; 2013 c.366 §26; renumbered 432.223 in 2013] 432.420[Amended by 1957 c.193 §1; 1983 c.672 §18; 1995 c.79 §221; 1995 c.730 §11; 1997 c.783 §39; 1999 c.254 §3; 2013 c.366 §31; renumbered 432.250 in 2013] 432.425[Amended by 1955 c.680 §1; repealed by 1983 c.709 §45] 432.430[Amended by 1983 c.709 §7; 1997 c.783 §40; 2013 c.366 §13; renumbered 432.108 in 2013] 432.435Fees 432.440County registrar sale of certified copies of records of live birth and death; rules 432.445Issuance of additional record of live birth; fee; form; distribution of funds received 432.450Grant program for issuance of certified copy of record of live birth to individual who is homeless; rules 432.455Birth Certificates for Homeless Persons Fund 432.500Definitions 432.510Cancer and tumor registry system; purpose; rulemaking; duties of Oregon Health Authority 432.520Reporting requirement; review of records; special studies 432.530Confidentiality of information 432.540Use of confidential data; rules 432.550Action for damages; license; disciplinary action prohibited for good faith participation in reporting of data 432.560[1995 c.585 §8; repealed by 2001 c.900 §261] 432.570No requirement or prohibition regarding operation of separate cancer and tumor registry 432.600Establishment of committee; members; term; meetings; duties; confidentiality; reports 432.900Civil penalty 432.990[Amended by 1963 c.200 §5; 1971 c.743 §369; repealed by 1997 c.783 §48] 432.993Unlawful use of vital record or report; criminal penalty 432.994Unlawful use of vital record or report; civil penalty 432.995Obstructing the keeping of vital records or reports; criminal penalty

Chapter 432 — Vital Statistics

ORS 432.020 State registrar; appointment

The Director of the Oregon Health Authority shall appoint the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics who shall qualify in accordance with standards of education and experience as the director shall determine.

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