Oregon Statutes 676.313 – Prohibition on malpractice insurer taking adverse action against health care provider for specified reasons
An insurer that provides malpractice insurance for a health care provider for care provided in this state may not take any adverse action, including but not limited to sanctions, fines, penalties, rate increases or denial or revocation of coverage, against a health care provider authorized to provide care in this state if the adverse action is:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 676.313
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(1) Based solely on the health care provider’s providing, authorizing, recommending, aiding, assisting, referring for or otherwise participating in a reproductive or gender-affirming health care service that is lawful in this state but unlawful in the jurisdiction in which the health care provider provided the service, so long as the service provided was performed in accordance with the standard of care applicable to the service; or
(2) A result of an adverse action taken against the health care provider’s license issued by another state that resulted solely from the health care provider’s providing, authorizing, recommending, aiding, assisting, referring for or otherwise participating in a reproductive or gender-affirming health care service that is lawful in this state but provided to a resident of a jurisdiction in which the service is unlawful or is unlawful in the jurisdiction in which the health care provider provided the service, so long as the service provided was performed in accordance with the standard of care applicable to the service. [2023 c.228 § 31]