When award of punitive damages against health practitioner prohibited

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 31.740 — When award of punitive damages against health practitioner prohibited, https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors031.html
(accessed May 26, 2025).
Notes of Decisions
Employer of health practitioner may be subject to vicarious liability for punitive damages whether or not employer was at fault. Johannesen v. Salem Hospital, 336 Or 211, 82 P3d 139 (2003)