OAR 409-021-0115: Calculation of Fees

The Office shall charge fees necessary to fully recover the reasonable costs of responding to data requests and requests to examine health data maintained by the Office. (1) The costs that the Office shall recover include, but are not limited to: (a) Cost of materials and copying as provided in OAR 409-909-0020. (b) Cost of staff time necessary to respond to the request. (c) Administrative costs necessary to process the request. (d) Any reasonable additional costs the Office deems necessary to respond to the request. (2) Upon receipt of a completed form D-1, the Office shall provide a written estimate of fees within a reasonable period of time, unless the complete fees for the data request are the published fees for obtaining copies of public use health data files. (3) The Office reserves the right to discount or waive fees for State agencies or at the discretion of the Administrator of the Office. (4) The Office may develop contractual agreements for routinely providing data to a person at a discounted fee, upon approval of the Administrator of the Office.