(2) A health care provider described in 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 subsections (1) and (4)(d) 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, except that a nurse practitioner may perform a vasectomy. [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; 2017 c.356 §66; 2017 c.381 §1]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 435 - Birth Control; Termination of Pregnancy
Section 435.010 - License required for manufacture or sale of contraceptives; exception.
Section 435.020 - Types of licenses; application; display.
Section 435.050 - License issuance; fee; duration; rules.
Section 435.060 - Revocation of licenses and seizure of equipment.
Section 435.070 - Appeal of revocation and seizure orders.
Section 435.090 - Labeling; standards; expiration date.
Section 435.100 - Standards; rules regarding enforcement.
Section 435.205 - Family planning and birth control services by public agencies; fees.
Section 435.252 - Definitions for ORS 435.252 and 435.254.
Section 435.305 - Voluntary sterilization authorized; advice; consent.
Section 435.475 - Refusal to admit patient for termination.
Section 435.485 - Medical personnel not required to participate in termination.
Section 435.496 - Report to Center for Health Statistics; who has duty; report content.