ORS 179.495
Disclosure of written accounts of adult in custody

  • penalty

(1)

Written accounts of the adults in custody of any Department of Corrections institution as defined in ORS 421.005 (Definitions), maintained in the institution by the officers or employees of the institution who are authorized to maintain written accounts within the official scope of their duties, are not subject to disclosure unless the disclosure is permitted or authorized by the Department of Corrections in compliance with ORS 179.505 (Disclosure of written accounts by health care services provider) (3), (4), (6), (7), (9), (11), (12), (14), (15), (16) or (17) or 179.508 (Disclosure of individually identifiable health information about adult in custody) or upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction. The restriction contained in this section does not apply to disclosure of written accounts made under ORS 179.505 (Disclosure of written accounts by health care services provider) (3) with the authorization of the individual or a personal representative of the individual.

(2)

Except as authorized under subsection (1) of this section, any person who discloses or any person who knowingly obtains information from a written account referred to in subsection (1) of this section commits a Class B violation.

(3)

As used in this section, “disclosure,” “personal representative” and “written account” have the meanings given those terms in ORS 179.505 (Disclosure of written accounts by health care services provider). [1955 c.452 §1; 1969 c.597 §44; 1973 c.736 §3; 1977 c.812 §5; 1987 c.320 §133; 1991 c.807 §2; 1999 c.1051 §165; 2003 c.14 §76; 2003 c.88 §1; 2005 c.498 §4; 2019 c.213 §52]

Source: Section 179.495 — Disclosure of written accounts of adult in custody; penalty, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors179.­html.

Notes of Decisions

Circuit court order to enforce subpoena issued by workers’ compensation administrative law judge is “order of court of competent jurisdiction.” Coman v. Corrections Dept., 327 Or 449, 960 P2d 383 (1998)

Attorney General Opinions

Access to Mental Health Division’s patient records, (1973) Vol 36, p 658; use of division’s client records by another departmental division, (1974) Vol 37, p 186

179.010
Definitions 179.040
General powers and duties 179.045
Reports on convictions 179.050
Authority to hold property 179.055
Disposition of income from property 179.065
Furnishing utilities for institutions 179.105
Acceptance of federal or other assistance to carry out general powers and duties 179.110
Use of federal grants 179.130
Institutional petty cash fund 179.140
Auditing and paying claims 179.150
Interest in contracts prohibited 179.210
Claim for injury or damage 179.230
Rejection of claim final and not reviewable 179.240
Procedure where award due person owing debt to state 179.310
“Superintendent” defined 179.321
Responsibility to supervise state institutions 179.325
Change in use of institution for persons with developmental disabilities or mental illness 179.331
Appointment, suspension and removal of superintendents 179.340
Salaries and expenses of superintendents 179.360
Powers and duties of superintendents 179.370
Residence of superintendents at institutions 179.375
Chaplaincy services 179.380
Employment of staff 179.385
Scholarship programs to train personnel for institutions 179.390
Appointment, suspension, removal and salaries of assistants, officers and employees 179.400
Rentals to officers and employees at institution 179.405
License required for teachers at institution 179.440
Work in production of articles and performance of labor for state 179.450
Work on state-owned land 179.460
Sale and exchange of surplus products of institutions 179.471
Definitions for ORS 179.473 and 179.478 179.473
Transfers between institutions 179.478
Examination for intellectual disability 179.479
Conveyance of adults in custody from institution to physician or hospital for treatment 179.483
Time spent pursuant to transfer or conveyance counted as part of sentence 179.485
Rights of person transferred to institution for persons with mental illness or intellectual disabilities 179.486
Payment of costs in connection with transfers and conveyances 179.490
Authorization and payment of cost of emergency and necessary operations 179.492
Dispensing of brand-name mental health drugs 179.495
Disclosure of written accounts of adult in custody 179.505
Disclosure of written accounts by health care services provider 179.507
Enforcement of ORS 179.495 and 179.505 179.508
Disclosure of individually identifiable health information about adult in custody 179.509
Reports on deaths at institutions 179.510
“Funds” defined 179.520
Authorization to receive funds of institution residents 179.530
Disbursements from accounts 179.560
Members 179.570
Powers and duties of board 179.580
Ad hoc committees 179.610
Definitions for ORS 179.610 to 179.770 179.620
Liability of person or estate for cost of care 179.640
Determination of ability to pay 179.653
Unpaid costs as lien on property 179.655
Enforcement of lien 179.660
Guardian or conservator for estate of person in institution 179.701
Determination of cost-of-care rates 179.711
Remittance of amounts due 179.731
Waiver of collection of amount payable 179.740
Collection from estates 179.745
Title to and transfer of property 179.750
Equal care and services for persons in state institutions 179.770
Rules
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Current through early 2024

§ 179.495’s source at oregon​.gov