Oregon Law
Law as of Jan 1, 2024
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435.010License required for manufacture or sale of contraceptives; exception 435.020Types of licenses; application; display 435.030Wholesale and manufacturer license 435.035[1973 c.104 §2; repealed by 1975 c.285 §8] 435.040[Amended by 1969 c.328 §4; 1973 c.104 §6; repealed by 1975 c.285 §8] 435.050License issuance; fee; duration; rules 435.060Revocation of licenses and seizure of equipment 435.070Appeal of revocation and seizure orders 435.080Publication of licensing regulations 435.090Labeling; standards; expiration date 435.100Standards; rules regarding enforcement 435.105Inspection program of certain stock of vendors 435.110[Amended by 1969 c.328 §6; repealed by 1975 c.285 §8] 435.120Disposition of receipts 435.130Jurisdiction over prosecutions 435.190Definitions for 435.190 to 435.245 435.200[2007 c.182 §7; repealed by 2023 c.228 §52] 435.205Family planning and birth control services by public agencies; fees 435.210Right to make decisions about individual’s reproductive health 435.215Right to accept or refuse services protected 435.225Refusal to offer information and services 435.230Reproductive health services and education programs; rules 435.235Construction of ORS 435.205 to 435.235 435.240Prohibitions relating to individual’s exercise of reproductive health rights 435.245Injunctive relief; attorney fees 435.250Policy 435.252Definitions for ORS 435.252 and 435.254 435.254Hospital duty to provide information about emergency contraception and to make emergency contraception available to victim of sexual assault; informational materials; rules 435.256Civil penalty 435.305Voluntary sterilization authorized; advice; consent 435.405[1969 c.684 §1; 1971 c.743 §370; repealed by 1983 c.470 §1] 435.415[1969 c.684 §3; repealed by 1983 c.470 §1] 435.425[1969 c.684 §4; repealed by 1983 c.470 §1] 435.435[1969 c.684 §§7,12; 1983 c.470 §5; repealed by 2023 c.228 §52] 435.445[1969 c.684 §8; repealed by 1983 c.470 §1] 435.455[1969 c.684 §§2,5; repealed by 1983 c.470 §1] 435.465[1969 c.684 §6; repealed by 1983 c.470 §1] 435.475Refusal to admit patient for termination 435.485Medical personnel not required to participate in termination 435.495[1969 c.684 §13; repealed by 1983 c.470 §1 and 1983 c.709 §14 (435.496 enacted in lieu of 435.495)] 435.496Report to Center for Health Statistics; who has duty; report content 435.990Penalties

Chapter 435 — Reproductive Health Care and Rights

ORS 435.305 Voluntary sterilization authorized; advice; consent

(1)

A person may be sterilized by appropriate means upon request and upon the advice of a physician licensed under ORS chapter 677, naturopathic physician licensed under ORS chapter 685 or physician assistant licensed under ORS 677.505 to 677.525.

(2)

A health care provider described in this section, or a hospital, may not be held liable for performing a sterilization without obtaining the consent of the spouse of the person sterilized.

(3)

Free clinics to sterilize males under subsections (1) and (4)(d) of this section may be conducted as a part of the program provided for in ORS 435.205.

(4)(a)

A nurse practitioner licensed by the Oregon State Board of Nursing under

ORS 678.375 and acting within the scope of practice authorized by the board may provide medical advice to any person about a sterilization procedure.

(b)

A nurse practitioner may acknowledge and sign a consent to sterilization procedure form if, no fewer than 30 days before the procedure, the form is provided to and signed by the person on whom the procedure will be performed.

(c)

A nurse practitioner may not acknowledge or sign a consent to sterilization procedure form if the form is provided to or signed by the person on whom the procedure will be performed fewer than 30 days before the procedure.

(d)

A nurse practitioner may not perform a sterilization procedure on any person, except that a nurse practitioner may perform a vasectomy.

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