OAR 943-070-0050
Disability Demographic Data Collection Standards

(1) A requestor must ask the following questions regarding functional limitations of individuals of any age, except as specified in section (6) of this rule:
(a) “Are you deaf or do you have serious difficulty hearing?”
(b) “Are you blind or do you have serious difficulty seeing, even when wearing glasses?”
(2) A requestor must ask the following questions for individuals five years of age or older:
(a) “Do you have serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs?”
(b) “Because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition, do you have serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions?”
(c) “Do you have difficulty dressing or bathing?”
(d) “Do you have serious difficulty learning how to do things most people your age can learn?”
(e) “Using your usual (customary) language, do you have serious difficulty communicating, (for example understanding or being understood by others)?”
(3) A requestor must ask the following questions regarding functional limitations for individuals 15 years of age or older:
(a) “Because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition, do you have difficulty doing errands alone such as visiting a doctor’s office or shopping?”
(b) “Do you have serious difficulty with the following: mood, intense feelings, controlling your behavior, or experiencing delusions or hallucinations?”
(4) A requestor must ask the individual the following for any “yes” response to any question in sections (1) through (3) of this rule: “If yes, at what age did this condition begin?”.
(5) A requestor must ask the individual for their current age or date of birth if the individual answered “yes” to any one of the questions in sections (1) through (3) of this rule.
(6) If a requestor is directly asking a child the questions in this rule and not a parent or guardian, the requestor is not required to ask a child under the age of 11 or in a grade level below 5th grade to answer the questions in section (1) and (2) of this rule.

Source: Rule 943-070-0050 — Disability Demographic Data Collection Standards, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=943-070-0050.

Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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