ORS § 441.674

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.

ORS 441.674

2021 c. 323, § 3

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.