Means of inflicting death
- place and procedures
- acquisition of lethal substance

Amended by HB 4010
Effective since June 6, 2024
Relating to health care; creating new provisions; amending ORS 3.450, 30.302, 30.800, 30.802, 31.260, 31.740, 58.376, 87.555, 87.560, 87.565, 87.575, 87.581, 109.640, 109.650, 109.675, 109.680, 109.685, 124.050, 127.663, 127.700, 135.139, 136.220, 137.076, 137.473, 137.476, 146.181, 146.750, 147.403, 169.076, 169.077, 169.750, 192.547, 192.556, 192.566, 315.616, 336.479, 336.490, 339.870, 343.146, 348.303, 353.450, 408.310, 408.315, 408.340, 410.530, 413.273, 413.574, 413.590, 414.550, 418.747, 418.782, 419B.005, 419B.020, 419B.023, 419B.035, 419B.352, 421.467, 421.590, 430.401, 430.735, 431.180, 431A.570, 432.005, 433.010, 433.017, 433.110, 433.260, 433.443, 433.800, 433.815, 435.205, 435.305, 436.225, 436.235, 436.295, 438.010, 441.064, 441.098, 441.775, 441.776, 442.490, 443.065, 443.075, 443.850, 453.307, 463.015, 475.005, 475.528, 475.744, 475.950, 475.975, 475.976, 475.978, 475C.777, 475C.891, 496.018, 616.750, 628.270, 656.005, 656.245, 656.260, 656.799, 659A.150, 659A.413, 675.755, 676.340, 676.345, 676.347, 676.454, 676.650, 676.860, 677.085, 677.095, 677.097, 677.135, 677.137, 677.139, 677.141, 677.235, 677.494, 677.495, 677.500, 677.505, 677.510, 677.511, 677.512, 677.515, 677.518, 677.520, 677.525, 677.535, 680.205, 680.545, 688.132, 688.405, 688.510, 688.515, 688.525, 688.805, 694.042, 735.631, 742.400, 742.504, 743A.036, 743A.044, 743B.221, 743B.222, 743B.427, 744.364, 744.367, 746.230, 746.600, 750.055, 759.693, 759.698, 807.090, 811.220, 811.604 and 811.611 and section 9, chapter 550, Oregon Laws 2011, section 2, chapter 575, Oregon Laws 2015, section 20, chapter 349, Oregon Laws 2021, and section 9, chapter 629, Oregon Laws 2021; and prescribing an effective date.
Source:
Section 137.473 — Means of inflicting death; place and procedures; acquisition of lethal substance, https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors137.html
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Notes of Decisions
Department of Corrections may not impose nondisclosure requirements on persons who are entitled to attend execution at own discretion. Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association v. Department of Corrections, 329 Or 115, 988 P2d 359 (1999)
“Execution” includes those preparatory actions inextricably linked to administration of lethal drugs. Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association v. Department of Corrections, 329 Or 115, 988 P2d 359 (1999)