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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) As used in this section:
(a) “Adverse event” means a negative consequence of patient care that is unanticipated, is usually preventable and results in or presents a significant risk of patient injury.
(b) “Claim” means a written demand for restitution for an injury alleged to have been caused by the medical negligence of a health practitioner or licensed health care facility.
(c) “Health practitioner” means a person described in ORS 31.740 (1).
(d) “Patient's family” includes:
(A) A parent, sibling or child by marriage, blood, adoption or domestic partnership.
(B) A foster parent or foster child.
(2) An insurer may not decline or refuse to defend or indemnify a health practitioner or a health care facility with respect to a claim, for any reason that is based on the disclosure to the patient or the patient's family by the health practitioner or facility of an adverse event or information relating to the cause of an adverse event.
(3) A policy or contract of insurance or indemnity may not include a provision or term excluding or limiting coverage based on the disclosure to a patient or the patient's family by a health practitioner or facility of an adverse event or information relating to the cause of an adverse event.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Oregon Revised Statutes Insurance § 742.407 - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/or/title-56-insurance/or-rev-st-sect-742-407-nr2/
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