Oregon Statutes 350.335 – Definitions for ORS 350.335 to 350.346
As used in ORS § 350.335 to 350.346:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 350.335
- Gender identity: means an individual's gender-related identity, appearance, expression or behavior, regardless of whether the identity, appearance, expression or behavior differs from that associated with the gender assigned to the individual at birth. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- Sexual orientation: means an individual's actual or perceived heterosexuality, homosexuality or bisexuality. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
(1) ‘Certified advocate’ and ‘qualified victim services program’ have the meanings given those terms in ORS § 40.264.
(2) ‘Institution of higher education’ has the meaning given that term in ORS § 350.330.
(3) ‘Reporting party’ means a student or employee at an institution of higher education who reports having experienced an incident of sexual misconduct to the institution.
(4) ‘Sexual misconduct’ means an incident of sexual harassment, sexual violence, intimate partner violence, domestic violence, sexual exploitation, stalking, harassment or violence based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression, or other gender-based harassment or violence.
(5) ‘Student’ means an individual who:
(a) Is enrolled or who is seeking to enroll in a credit-bearing program at an institution of higher education, whether part-time, full-time or as an extension student; or
(b) Who has taken a leave of absence or withdrawn from the institution of higher education after reporting an incident of sexual misconduct to the Title IX coordinator at the institution.
(6) ‘Trauma-informed response’ means a response involving an understanding of the complexities of intimate partner violence, domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking through training centered on the neurobiological impact of trauma, the influence of societal myths and stereotypes surrounding the causes and impacts of trauma, an understanding of perpetration methodology and knowledge of how to conduct an effective investigation. [2023 c.550 § 1]