OAR 839-010-0060: Disclosures by Public Employees: Reports Concerning Arrest Warrants for State Beneficiaries

(1) Under ORS 659A.212, if a public employee reasonably believes that a person receiving services, benefits or assistance from the state or any agency or political subdivision thereof is subject to an arrest warrant, the public employee must promptly report this, or cause to be reported, to the employee’s immediate supervisor or a person designated by the agency to receive such report. That recipient must promptly notify the Oregon State Police of the information supplied by the employee. (2) Such report is authorized, notwithstanding confidentiality provisions of state or federal law, rule or regulation. (3) No public employer may identify the employee who makes such a report or causes such a report to be made during any investigation of information provided by the employee without the written consent of the employee. (4) No public employer may invoke or impose any disciplinary action against an employee for making a report required by ORS 659A.212. An employer, however, is not precluded from taking disciplinary action if the information disclosed by the employee is known to be false, or if the employee discloses the information with reckless disregard for its truth or falsity.