As used in ORS 433.090 to 433.102:
(1) “Authorized user” means a person or entity authorized to provide information to or to receive information from an immunization registry or immunization tracking and recall system under ORS 433.090 to 433.102. “Authorized user” includes, but is not limited to, licensed health care providers, health care institutions, insurance carriers, the Oregon medical assistance program, parents or guardians of children under 18 years of age, clients 18 years of age or older, post-secondary education institutions, schools, children’s facilities, local health departments, the Department of Human Services and agents of the department.
(2) “Children’s facility” has the meaning given that term in ORS 433.235.
(3) “Client” means any person registered with any Oregon immunization tracking and recall system.
(4) “Immunization record” includes but is not limited to the following:
(a) Any immunization received;
(b) Date immunization was received;
(c) Complication or side effect associated with immunization;
(d) Date and place of birth of a client;
(e) Hospital where a client was born;
(f) Client’s name; and
(g) Mother’s name.
(5) “Immunization registry” means any listing of clients and information relating to their immunization status, without regard to whether the registry is maintained in this state or elsewhere.
(6) “Immunization tracking and recall record” includes but is not limited to the client’s name, address of the parent or guardian of the client, telephone number, insurance carrier, health care provider and other information needed to send reminder cards to, place telephone calls to or personally contact the client or the parent or the guardian of a client for the purposes of informing the client, parent or guardian that the client is late in receiving the recommended immunizations.
(7) “Local health department” has the meaning given that term in ORS 433.235.
(8) “Parent or guardian” has the meaning given the term “parent” in ORS 433.235.
(9) “Post-secondary education institution” means:
(a) A state institution of higher education under the jurisdiction of the State Board of Higher Education;
(b) A community college operated under ORS chapter 341;
(c) A school or division of Oregon Health and Science University; or
(d) An Oregon-based, generally accredited, private institution of higher education.
(10) “Provider” means a physician or a health care professional who is acting within the scope of his or her licensure and responsible for providing immunization services or for coordinating immunization services within a clinic, public health site, school or other immunization site.
(11) “School” has the meaning given that term in ORS 433.235.
(12) “Tracking and recall system” means a system attached to an immunization registry designed to contact clients listed in the immunization registry for the purposes of assisting in the completion of the immunization series in a timely manner. [1993 c.297 §1; 2003 c.573 §1; 2003 c.593 §1; 2007 c.196 §1]
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