2025 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use
Chapter 192 - Records; Public Reports and Meetings
Section 192.582 - 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 192.311 to 192.478:
(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. [Formerly 570.880]
Note: 192.582 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 192 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
