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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) A person commits the crime of unlawful use of a vital record or report if the person willfully and knowingly:
(a) Makes a false statement to the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics in a report or application described in this chapter;
(b) Without lawful authority and with intent to deceive, makes, counterfeits, alters, amends or mutilates a record, report, certified copy, verification or application, or documentation submitted in support of a record, report, certified copy, verification or application;
(c) Obtains, possesses, uses, sells or furnishes to another, or attempts to obtain, possess, use, sell or furnish to another, for any purpose of deception, a record, report, certified copy, verification or application, or documentation submitted in support of a record, report, certified copy, verification or application;
(d) Without lawful authority, possesses a record, report, certified copy, verification or application, or documentation submitted in support of a record, report, certified copy, verification or application, that has been stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained; or
(e) As an employee of the Center for Health Statistics or of an office designated under ORS 432.035, furnishes or processes a certified copy of a record of live birth, knowing that the certified copy is to be used for the purposes of deception.
(2) Unlawful use of a vital record or report is a Class C felony.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Oregon Revised Statutes Public Health and Safety § 432.993 - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/or/title-36-public-health-and-safety/or-rev-st-sect-432-993/
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