Section 163.206 - Exceptions to criminal mistreatment ORS 163.200 and 163.205 do not apply:
(1) To a person acting pursuant to a court order, an advance directive or a form for appointing a health care representative pursuant to ORS 127.505 to 127.660 or a POLST, as defined in ORS 127.663;(2) To a person withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining procedures or artificially administered nutrition and hydration pursuant to ORS 127.505 to 127.660;(3) When a competent person refuses food, physical care or medical care;(4) To a person who provides an elderly person or a dependent person who is at least 18 years of age with spiritual treatment through prayer from a duly accredited practitioner of spiritual treatment as provided in ORS 124.095, in lieu of medical treatment, in accordance with the tenets and practices of a recognized church or religious denomination of which the elderly or dependent person is a member or an adherent; or(5) To a duly accredited practitioner of spiritual treatment as provided in ORS 124.095.Amended by 2018 Ch. 36, § 28, eff. 91 days after sine die, op. 1/1/2019.1993 c.364 §3; 1995 c.79 §51; 1999 c.954 §5; 2009 c. 595, § 1190; 2011 c. 291, § 4 163.206 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 163 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.