436.200 Voluntary sterilization
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436.200 Voluntary sterilization.
(1)A person may be sterilized by appropriate means upon request and upon the advice of a physician licensed under ORS chapter 677, naturopathic physician licensed under ORS chapter 685 or physician associate licensed under ORS 677.505 to 677.525.
(2)A health care provider described in this section, or a hospital, may not be held liable for performing a sterilization without obtaining the consent of the spouse of the person sterilized.
(3)Free clinics to sterilize males under subsections
(1)and (4)(d) of this section may be conducted as a part of the program provided for in ORS 435.205.
(4)(a) A nurse practitioner licensed by the Oregon State Board of Nursing under ORS 678.375 and acting within the scope of practice authorized by the board may provide medical advice to any person about a sterilization procedure.
(b)A nurse practitioner may acknowledge and sign a consent to sterilization procedure form if, no fewer than 30 days before the procedure, the form is provided to and signed by the person on whom the procedure will be performed.
(c)A nurse practitioner may not acknowledge or sign a consent to sterilization procedure form if the form is provided to or signed by the person on whom the procedure will be performed fewer than 30 days before the procedure.
(d)A nurse practitioner may not perform a sterilization procedure on any person, except that a nurse practitioner may perform a vasectomy. [Formerly 435.305]
Note: 436.200 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 436 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.