Oregon Statutes 163.206 – Exceptions to criminal mistreatment
ORS § 163.200 and 163.205 do not apply:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 163.206
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
(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. [1993 c.364 § 3; 1995 c.79 § 51; 1999 c.954 § 5; 2009 c.595 § 1190; 2011 c.291 § 4; 2018 c.36 § 28]
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.