OAR 333-018-0016
Reporting of COVID-19 Related Test Results, Cases and Deaths

(1) Health care providers or other individuals described in OAR 333-018-0000 (Who Is Responsible for Reporting)(1) shall report, in accordance with section (3) of this rule and other applicable rules in OAR chapter 333, division 18, the following within 24 hours (including weekends and holidays):
(a) All human cases of COVID-19.
(b) All human cases of MIS-C.
(c) The hospitalization of any individual with COVID-19, whether or not the case was previously reported.
(d) The death of any individual due to COVID-19, whether or not the case was previously reported.
(2) Health care providers or any individual who is authorized to conduct a waived laboratory test in accordance with the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 shall report all negative test results for COVID-19 in accordance with section (3) of this rule and other applicable rules in OAR chapter 333, division 18, within one local public health authority working day.
(3) Health care providers shall report the information required in sections (1) and (2) of this rule, in one of two ways, in order of preference, in addition to complying with other applicable rules in OAR chapter 333, division 18:
(a) Submission of an Electronic Initial Case Report (eICR) in accordance with the Authority’s Electronic Case Reporting (ECR) Manual; or
(b) Through the Online Morbidity Report System, which can be found at: www.healthoregon.org/howtoreport.
(4) When more than one health care provider may know the information that is required to be reported under sections (1) and (2) of this rule, they may establish policies and procedures to ensure that the information is reported to the local public health administrator or Authority as required, but duplicate reporting is minimized.
(5) Licensed laboratories shall report, in accordance with OAR 333-018-0013 (Electronic Laboratory Reporting) and other applicable rules in OAR chapter 333, division 18:
(a) All test results indicative of and specific for COVID-19 within 24 hours (including weekends and holidays).
(b) All negative test results for COVID-19 within one local public health authority working day.
(6) Any laboratory that performs genetic sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 from a human specimen shall, within 24 hours of completion of the genetic sequence analysis, report to the Authority electronically in accordance with the Authority’s Electronic Laboratory Reporting (ELR) Manual, the following:
(a) Required elements in the electronic reports;
(b) The identity of any SARS-CoV-2 sequence designated by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a Variant of Concern or a Variant of High Consequence; and
(c) The GISAID Accession ID, if known.
(7) Any laboratory that has performed genetic sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 from a human specimen prior to April 19, 2021, shall report to the Authority electronically no later than April 30, 2021, the information required in section (6) of this rule, in a manner approved by the Authority.

Source: Rule 333-018-0016 — Reporting of COVID-19 Related Test Results, Cases and Deaths, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=333-018-0016.

Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

Rule 333-018-0016’s source at or​.us