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Section 430.915 – Health care providers to encourage counseling and therapy.

If during routine pregnancy or prenatal care, the attending health care provider determines that the patient uses or abuses drugs or alcohol or uses unlawful controlled substances, or the patient admits such use to the provider, it is the policy of this state that the provider encourage and facilitate counseling, drug therapy and other assistance […]

Section 430.920 – Risk assessment for drug and alcohol use; informing patient of results; assistance to patient in reducing need for controlled substances.

(1) The attending health care provider shall perform during the first trimester of pregnancy or as early as possible a risk assessment which shall include an assessment for drug and alcohol usage. If the results of the assessment indicate that the patient uses or abuses drugs or alcohol or uses unlawful controlled substances, the provider […]

Section 430.955 – Standardized screening instrument; assessing drug use during pregnancy.

(1) The Oregon Health Authority and the Oregon Health and Science University shall develop a standardized screening instrument designed to identify the use of substances during pregnancy. (2) The authority and the Oregon Health and Science University shall request the boards responsible for the licensing of health care providers and appropriate professional organizations to work […]

Section 430.756 – Immunity of employer reporting abuse by employee.

A person who has personal knowledge that an employee or former employee of the person was found by the Department of Human Services or a law enforcement agency to have committed abuse under ORS 430.735 to 430.765, is immune from civil liability for the disclosure to a prospective employer of the employee or former employee […]

Section 430.850 – Treatment program; eligibility.

(1) Subject to the availability of funds therefor, the Oregon Health Authority may establish and administer a treatment program with courts, with the consent of the judge thereof, for any person convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol, or of any crime committed while the defendant was intoxicated when the judge has probable cause […]