ORS 401.667: Coverage under Oregon Tort Claims Act.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1)(a) Individuals registered under ORS 401.654 and health care providers who volunteer to perform health care services under ORS 401.661 are agents of the state under ORS 30.260 to 30.300 for the purposes of any claims arising out of services that are provided under ORS 401.661 pursuant to directions from a public body and that are within the course and scope of the individual’s duties, without regard to whether the individual is compensated for the services. (b) If the Governor declares a state of emergency under ORS 401.165, or declares a state of public health emergency under ORS 433.441, individuals registered under ORS 401.654 and health care providers who volunteer to perform health care services under ORS 401.655, 401.656, 401.657 or 401.658 are agents of the state under ORS 30.260 to 30.300 for the purposes of any claims arising out of services that are provided under ORS 401.655, 401.656, 401.657 or 401.658 pursuant to directions from a public body and that are within the course and scope of the individual’s duties, without regard to whether the individual is compensated for the services. (2) If the Governor declares a state of emergency under ORS 401.165, or declares a state of public health emergency under ORS 433.441, health care facilities designated under ORS 401.657 and other persons operating emergency health care centers designated under ORS 401.657 are agents of the state under ORS 30.260 to 30.300 for the purposes of any claims arising out of services that are provided through those centers or facilities under ORS 401.651 to 401.670 pursuant to directions from a public body and that are within the course and scope of the duties of the health care facility or other person, without regard to whether the health care facility or other person is compensated for the services. (3) An individual registered under ORS 401.654 participating in training authorized by the Oregon Health Authority under ORS 401.651 to 401.670 is an agent of the state under ORS 30.260 to 30.300 for the purposes of any claims arising out of that training. (4) The provisions of subsection (2) of this section apply only to emergency health care centers or health care facilities that have adopted emergency operations plans and credentialing plans that govern the use of individuals registered under ORS 401.654 and other health care providers who volunteer to perform health care services under ORS 401.651 to 401.670. An emergency operations plan and a credentialing plan must comply with rules governing those plans adopted by the authority. [2003 c.298 §7; 2009 c.595 §230; 2009 c.718 §9; 2021 c.539 §84; 2025 c.622 §7]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 333-003-0100: Volunteer Registry: Scope — implements
- OAR 333-003-0100: Volunteer Registry: Scope — authority
- OAR 333-003-0105: Volunteer Registry: Definitions — implements
- OAR 333-003-0105: Volunteer Registry: Definitions — authority
- OAR 333-003-0110: Volunteer Registry: The Health Care Personnel and Provider Registry — implements
- OAR 333-003-0110: Volunteer Registry: The Health Care Personnel and Provider Registry — authority
- OAR 333-003-0115: Volunteer Registry: Registration of Currently Licensed Health Care Providers; Renewal — implements
- OAR 333-003-0115: Volunteer Registry: Registration of Currently Licensed Health Care Providers; Renewal — authority
- OAR 333-003-0117: Volunteer Registry: Registration of Formerly Licensed Health Care Providers and Support and Administrative Personnel; Renewal — implements
- OAR 333-003-0117: Volunteer Registry: Registration of Formerly Licensed Health Care Providers and Support and Administrative Personnel; Renewal — authority
- OAR 333-003-0120: Volunteer Registry: Health Care Providers Not Included in the Registry — implements
- OAR 333-003-0120: Volunteer Registry: Health Care Providers Not Included in the Registry — authority
- OAR 333-003-0125: Volunteer Registry: Activation of Registrants — implements
- OAR 333-003-0125: Volunteer Registry: Activation of Registrants — authority
- OAR 333-003-0130: Designation of Emergency Health Care Centers — implements
- OAR 333-003-0130: Designation of Emergency Health Care Centers — authority
- OAR 333-003-0140: Volunteer Registry: Training — implements
- OAR 333-003-0140: Volunteer Registry: Training — authority
- OAR 333-003-0210: Volunteer Registry and Volunteers: Liability Protection; Workers' Compensation — implements
This rule cites
- ORS 401.654 — resolved
- ORS 401.661 — resolved
- ORS 30.260 — resolved
- 30.300 — resolved
- ORS 401.165 — resolved
- ORS 433.441 — resolved
- ORS 401.655 — resolved
- 401.656 — resolved
- 401.657 — resolved
- 401.658 — resolved
- ORS 401.657 — resolved
- ORS 401.651 — resolved
- 401.670 — resolved
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Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors401.html