Current through 2024 Regular Session legislation effective June 6, 2024
Section 441.674 - Specified evidentiary privileges inapplicable(1) In the case of abuse of a resident in a long term care facility, the privileges created in ORS 40.230 to 40.255, including the psychotherapist-patient privilege, the physician-patient privilege, the privileges extended to nurses, to staff members of schools and to regulated social workers and the spousal privilege, shall not be a ground for excluding evidence regarding a resident's abuse, or the cause thereof, in any judicial proceeding resulting from a report made pursuant to ORS 441.630 to 441.680.(2) In any judicial proceedings resulting from a report made pursuant to ORS 441.630 to 441.680, either spouse shall be a competent and compellable witness against the other.(3) As used in this section, "abuse" and "facility" have the meanings given those terms in ORS 441.630.441.674 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 441 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.