Oregon Statutes 192.582 – Confidentiality of bedbug infestation reports
(1) As used in this section:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 192.582
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
(a) ‘Bedbug’ means a member of the Cimicidae family of parasitic insects.
(b) ‘Public health authority’ means:
(A) A local public health authority, as defined in ORS § 431.003; or
(B) The Oregon Health Authority.
(2) The following information reported by pest control operators to a public health authority must be maintained confidentially and is not subject to disclosure under ORS § 192.311 to 192.478:
(a) The location of a site where a pesticide intended to prevent, destroy, repel or mitigate an infestation of bedbugs has been applied or is to be applied;
(b) The identity of any person who owns, rents or leases property at the site described in paragraph (a) of this subsection; and
(c) Any information describing or pertaining to the infestation or suspected infestation at the site described in paragraph (a) of this subsection.
(3) Nothing in this section prevents a public health authority from publishing statistical compilations or reports relating to reportable disease investigations if the compilations or reports do not identify individual cases or sources of information. [Formerly 570.880]
192.582 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS Chapter 192 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
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