2015 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 13 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food
Chapter 570 - Plant Pest Control; Invasive Species
Section 570.880 - Confidentiality of bedbug infestation reports.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Bedbug" means a member of the Cimicidae family of parasitic insects.
(b) "Public health authority" means:
(A) A local public health authority, as defined in ORS 431.003; or
(B) The Oregon Health Authority.
(2) The following information reported by pest control operators to a public health authority must be maintained confidentially and is not subject to disclosure under ORS 192.410 to 192.505:
(a) The location of a site where a pesticide intended to prevent, destroy, repel or mitigate an infestation of bedbugs has been applied or is to be applied;
(b) The identity of any person who owns, rents or leases property at the site described in paragraph (a) of this subsection; and
(c) Any information describing or pertaining to the infestation or suspected infestation at the site described in paragraph (a) of this subsection.
(3) Nothing in this section prevents a public health authority from publishing statistical compilations or reports relating to reportable disease investigations if the compilations or reports do not identify individual cases or sources of information.
[2013 c.19 §1; 2015 c.736 §104]
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