Oregon Statutes 127.560 – Provisions not exclusive; effect of provisions on civil and criminal liability of health care representative and provider
(1) Except as otherwise specifically provided, ORS § 127.505 to 127.660 and 127.995 do not impair or supersede the laws of this state relating to:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 127.560
- Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
(a) Any requirement of notice to others of proposed health care;
(b) The standard of care required of a health care provider in the administration of health care;
(c) Whether consent is required for health care;
(d) The elements of informed consent for health care under ORS § 677.097 or other law;
(e) The provision of health care in an emergency;
(f) Any right a capable person may have to consent or withhold consent to health care administered in good faith pursuant to religious tenets of the individual requiring health care;
(g) Delegation of authority by a health care representative;
(h) Any legal right or responsibility any person may have to effect the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures including artificially administered nutrition and hydration in any lawful manner;
(i) Guardianship or conservatorship proceedings; or
(j) Any right persons may otherwise have to make their own health care decisions, or to make health care decisions for another.
(2) The provisions of ORS § 127.505 to 127.660 and 127.995 do not in themselves impose civil or criminal liability on a health care representative or health care provider who withholds or withdraws or directs the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures or artificially administered nutrition and hydration when a principal is in a health condition other than those conditions described in ORS § 127.540 (5)(b), 127.580 or 127.635 (1). The provisions of ORS § 127.505 to 127.660 and 127.995 do not abolish or limit the civil or criminal liability of a health care representative under other statutory or common law if the health care representative withholds or withdraws or directs the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures or artificially administered nutrition and hydration when a principal is in a health condition other than those conditions described in ORS § 127.540 (5)(b), 127.580 or 127.635 (1). [1989 c.914 § 11; 1993 c.767 § 15; 2011 c.149 § 2]