Oregon Revised Statutes Public Health and Safety § 442.819

(a) The collection and analysis of patient safety data by a participant;

(b) The collection and analysis of patient safety data by the Oregon Patient Safety Commission established in ORS 442.820;

(c) The utilization of patient safety data by participants;

(d) The utilization of patient safety data by the Oregon Patient Safety Commission to improve the quality of care with respect to patient safety and to provide assistance to health care providers to minimize patient risk; and

(e) Oral and written communication regarding patient safety data among two or more participants with the intent of making a disclosure to or preparing a report to be submitted to the patient safety reporting program.

(a) Are prepared by a participant for the purpose of reporting patient safety data voluntarily to the patient safety reporting program, or that are communicated among two or more participants with the intent of making a disclosure to or preparing a report to be submitted to the patient safety reporting program;

(b) Are collected or prepared by a patient safety organization certified by the United States Department of Health and Human Services under 42 U.S.C. 299b-24; or

(c) Are created by or at the direction of the patient safety reporting program, including communication, reports, notes or records created in the course of an investigation undertaken at the direction of the Oregon Patient Safety Commission.