OAR 943-003-0000: Definitions

The following definitions apply to Oregon Administrative Rule 943-003-0010 unless otherwise indicated: (1) "Authority" means the Oregon Health Authority. (2) "Designee" means any officer or employee of the Authority, appointed by the Director to respond to requests for reduction or waiver of fees for public records of the Authority. (3) "Director" means the Director of the Authority. (4) "Person" means any natural person, corporation, partnership, firm, or association. (5) "Photocopy(ing)" means a photograph, microphotograph and any other reproduction on paper or film in any scale, or the process of reproducing, in the form of a photocopy, a public record. (6) "Public record" includes any writing that contains information relating to the conduct of the public's business that is prepared, owned, used or retained by the Authority regardless of physical form or characteristics. (7) "Requestor" means a person requesting inspection, copies, or other reproduction of a public record of the Authority. (8) "Writing" means handwriting, typewriting, printing, photographing and every means of recording, including letters, words, pictures, sounds, or symbols, or combination thereof, and all papers, maps, files, facsimiles or electronic recordings. It includes information stored on computer tape, microfiche, photographs, films, tape or videotape or that is maintained in a machine readable or electronic form.