2015 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 11 - Public Health, Housing, Environment
Chapter 435 - Birth Control; Termination of Pregnancy
Section 435.305 - Voluntary sterilization authorized; advice; consent.
(1) A person may be sterilized by appropriate means upon request and upon the advice of a physician licensed under ORS chapter 677 or physician assistant licensed under ORS 677.505 to 677.525.
(2) A health care provider described in subsection (1) of this section or a hospital may not be held liable for performing a sterilization without obtaining the consent of the spouse of the person sterilized.
(3) Free clinics to sterilize males under subsection (1) of this section may be conducted as a part of the program provided for in ORS 435.205.
(4)(a) A nurse practitioner licensed by the Oregon State Board of Nursing under ORS 678.375 and acting within the scope of practice authorized by the board may provide medical advice to any person about a sterilization procedure.
(b) A nurse practitioner may acknowledge and sign a consent to sterilization procedure form if, no fewer than 30 days before the procedure, the form is provided to and signed by the person on whom the procedure will be performed.
(c) A nurse practitioner may not acknowledge or sign a consent to sterilization procedure form if the form is provided to or signed by the person on whom the procedure will be performed fewer than 30 days before the procedure.
(d) A nurse practitioner may not perform a sterilization procedure on any person.
[1967 c.441 §15; 1969 c.31 §1; 1973 c.479 §1; 1975 c.591 §1; 1987 c.158 §82; 2005 c.471 §5; 2014 c.45 §57]
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