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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) Within 30 days after a district attorney or the Attorney General serves on an insurer a written request by certified mail for disclosure of an insurance compliance self-evaluative audit document, the insurer that prepared or caused the document to be prepared may file in circuit court a petition requesting an in camera hearing on whether the insurance compliance self-evaluative audit document or portions of the document are privileged under ORS 731.761 or subject to disclosure. Failure by the insurer to file a petition waives the privilege only with respect to the specific request.
(2) A petition filed by an insurer under this section must contain the following information:
(a) The date of the insurance compliance self-evaluative audit document.
(b) The identity of the person that conducted the audit.
(c) The general nature of the activities covered by the insurance compliance audit.
(d) An identification of the portions of the insurance compliance self-evaluative audit document for which the privilege is being asserted.
(3) Within 45 days after the filing of a petition by an insurer under this section, the court shall schedule an in camera hearing to determine whether the insurance compliance self-evaluative audit document or portions of the document are privileged under ORS 731.761.
(4) The court, after an in camera review pursuant to this section, may require disclosure of material for which the privilege established by ORS 731.761 is asserted if the court determines that any of the conditions set forth in ORS 731.764 are met. Upon making such a determination, the court may compel the disclosure of only those portions of an insurance compliance self-evaluative audit document relevant to issues in dispute in the underlying proceeding. Any disclosure that is compelled by the court will not be considered to be a public document or be deemed to be a waiver of the privilege for any other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. A party unsuccessfully opposing disclosure may apply to the court for an appropriate order protecting the document from further disclosure.
(5) An insurer asserting the privilege established under ORS 731.761 has the burden of establishing that the privilege applies. If the insurer establishes that the privilege applies, a party seeking disclosure under ORS 731.764 has the burden of proving the elements set forth in ORS 731.764.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Oregon Revised Statutes Insurance § 731.766 - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/or/title-56-insurance/or-rev-st-sect-731-766/
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