(1) Upon the request of the designated official of an ambulance service as defined in ORS 682.051, a first responder as defined in ORS 682.025, the emergency medical services system authority in the county in which a prehospital care event occurred or the Department of Human Services, a hospital licensed under ORS chapter 441 may provide to the requester the following information:
(a) The disposition of the person who was the subject of the prehospital care event from the emergency department or other intake facility of the hospital, including but not limited to:
(A) Whether the person was admitted to the hospital; and
(B) If the person was admitted, to what unit the person was assigned;
(b) The diagnosis given the person in the emergency department or other intake facility; and
(c) Whether within the first hour after the person arrived at the hospital, the person received one or more medical procedures on a list that the Department of Human Services shall establish by rule.
(2) Information provided pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall be:
(a) Treated as a confidential medical record and not disclosed;
(b) Considered privileged data under ORS 41.675 and 41.685; and
(c) Used only for legitimate medical quality assurance and quality improvement activities.
(3) A hospital may charge a fee reasonably related to the actual cost of providing the information requested pursuant to this section.
(4) For purposes of this section, �emergency medical services system� has the meaning given in ORS 41.685. [Formerly 682.037]
Note: 682.056 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 682 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
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