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Oregon Revised Statutes Public Health and Safety § 438.430

Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) Except as otherwise provided in ORS 438.010 to 438.510, a clinical laboratory shall examine specimens only at the request of a physician, dentist, or other person authorized by law to use the findings of laboratory examinations.

(2) A person may not report the result of any test, examination, or analysis of a specimen submitted for evidence of human disease except to:

(a) The patient; and

(b) A physician, dentist, their agents, or other person authorized by law to employ the results thereof in the conduct of a practice or in the fulfillment of official duties.

(3) A clinical laboratory shall provide the results of a test, examination or analysis of a specimen submitted by a patient in writing to the patient:

(a) Not sooner than seven days after receiving a request for the results from the patient; or

(b) Immediately upon receiving authorization from the doctor, dentist or other person who requested the test, examination or analysis to provide the results to the patient.

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