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(1) No person shall be subject to civil or criminal liability or professional disciplinary
action for participating in good faith compliance with ORS 127.800 to 127.897. This
includes being present when a qualified patient takes the prescribed medication to end
his or her life in a humane and dignified manner.
(2) No professional organization or association, or health care provider, may subject a
person to censure, discipline, suspension, loss of license, loss of privileges, loss of
membership or other penalty for participating or refusing to participate in good faith
compliance with ORS 127.800 to 127.897.
(3) No request by a patient for or provision by an attending physician of medication in
good faith compliance with the provisions of ORS 127.800 to 127.897 shall constitute
neglect for any purpose of law or provide the sole basis for the appointment of a
guardian or conservator.
(4) No health care provider shall be under any duty, whether by contract, by statute or
by any other legal requirement to participate in the provision to a qualified patient of
medication to end his or her life in a humane and dignified manner. If a health care
provider is unable or unwilling to carry out a patient’s request under ORS 127.800 to
127.897, and the patient transfers his or her care to a new health care provider, the
prior health care provider shall transfer, upon request, a copy of the patient’s relevant
medical records to the new health care provider.
(5) (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a health care provider may prohibit
another health care provider from participating in ORS 127.800 to 127.897 on the
premises of the prohibiting provider if the prohibiting provider has notified the health
care provider of the prohibiting provider’s policy regarding participating in ORS
127.800 to 127.897. Nothing in this paragraph prevents a health care provider from
providing health care services to a patient that do not constitute participation in ORS
127.800 to 127.897.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (1) to (4) of this section, a health
care provider may subject another health care provider to the sanctions stated in this
paragraph if the sanctioning health care provider has notified the sanctioned
provider prior to participation in ORS 127.800 to 127.897 that it prohibits
participation in ORS 127.800 to 127.897:
(A) Loss of privileges, loss of membership or other sanction provided pursuant to
the medical staff bylaws, policies and procedures of the sanctioning health care
provider if the sanctioned provider is a member of the sanctioning provider’s
medical staff and participates in ORS 127.800 to 127.897 while on the health
care facility premises, as defined in ORS 442.015, of the sanctioning health care
provider, but not including the private medical office of a physician or other
provider;
(B) Termination of lease or other property contract or other nonmonetary
remedies provided by lease contract, not including loss or restriction of medical
staff privileges or exclusion from a provider panel, if the sanctioned provider
participates in ORS 127.800 to 127.897 while on the premises of the sanctioning