ORS 432.143
Mandatory submission and registration of reports of fetal death

  • persons required to report
  • rules

(1)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

A report of each fetal death of 350 grams or more or, if the weight is unknown, of 20 completed weeks gestation or more, calculated from the date the last normal menstrual period began to the date of the delivery, that occurs in this state shall be submitted within five calendar days after the delivery to the Center for Health Statistics or as otherwise directed by the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics. The state registrar shall register the report of fetal death if it has been completed and submitted in accordance with this section and any rules adopted by the state registrar under this section.

(b)

All induced terminations of pregnancy shall be reported in the manner prescribed in ORS 435.496 (Report to Center for Health Statistics) and shall not be reported as fetal deaths.

(2)

When fetal death occurs in an institution or en route to an institution, the person in charge of the institution or an authorized designee shall obtain all data required by the state registrar, prepare the report of fetal death, certify by electronic signature that the information reported is accurate and complete and submit the report as described in subsection (1) of this section.

(3)

In obtaining the information required for the report of fetal death, an institution shall use information gathering procedures provided or approved by the state registrar. Institutions may establish procedures to transfer, electronically or otherwise, information required for the report from other sources, provided that the procedures are reviewed and approved by the state registrar prior to the implementation of the procedures to ensure that the information being transferred is the same as the information being requested.

(4)

If fetal death occurs outside an institution, the physician in attendance at or immediately after the delivery of the fetus shall prepare and submit the report of fetal death within five calendar days of the delivery in a format adopted by the state registrar by rule.

(5)

If fetal death occurs outside an institution and without a physician in attendance at or immediately after the delivery of the fetus, or if inquiry is required by ORS chapter 146, the medical examiner in the jurisdiction where the fetal death occurred shall prepare and submit the report of fetal death within five calendar days of the delivery in a format adopted by the state registrar by rule. If the cause of fetal death is unknown or pending investigation, the cause shall be noted as such on the report of fetal death.

(6)

When fetal death occurs in a moving conveyance within or outside the United States and the fetus is first removed from the conveyance in this state, the fetal death must be registered in this state and the place where the fetus is first removed shall be deemed the place of fetal death. The report of fetal death may note the actual location of fetal death insofar as it can be determined.

(7)

When a fetus is found in this state and the place of delivery is unknown, the report of fetal death must indicate that the place where the fetus was found is the place of delivery.

(8)

When a record of fetal death is amended, a notation indicating the record was amended must be shown on all certified copies of the record. The date of the amendment and the certified copy item that was amended must also be shown on all certified copies of the record. [Formerly 432.333]

Source: Section 432.143 — Mandatory submission and registration of reports of fetal death; persons required to report; rules, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors432.­html.

432.005
Definitions
432.010
Center for Health Statistics
432.015
Rules
432.020
State registrar
432.025
Assistant state registrars
432.030
Duties of state registrar
432.033
Duties of state registrar related to confidentiality and security
432.035
County registrars
432.075
Duty to report information to state registrar
432.083
Requirements for institutions, health care practitioners and persons who transport dead bodies
432.088
Mandatory submission and registration of reports of live birth
432.093
Availability of voluntary acknowledgment of paternity form
432.098
Voluntary acknowledgment of paternity form
432.103
Full faith and credit
432.108
Report of live birth for child of unknown parentage
432.113
Delayed reports of live birth
432.118
Procedure for contesting refusal to register report of live birth or delayed report of live birth
432.133
Mandatory submission and registration of reports of death
432.138
Court orders for records of death
432.141
Annual reporting of opiate and opioid overdoses
432.143
Mandatory submission and registration of reports of fetal death
432.148
Commemorative Certificate of Stillbirth
432.153
Status of reports under ORS 435.496
432.158
Disposition of remains
432.163
Extensions for submitting reports of death or fetal death
432.173
Mandatory submission and registration of reports of marriage and reports of domestic partnership
432.178
Delayed report of marriage
432.183
Mandatory submission and registration of reports of dissolution of marriage and reports of dissolution of domestic partnership
432.223
Reports of adoption
432.228
Issuance of certified copy of record of live birth to adopted persons
432.235
Requirements for amending or correcting vital record
432.245
Replacing records of live birth
432.250
Access to adoption records
432.295
Preservation program
432.350
Vital records exempt from public disclosure
432.355
Disclosure of death filed in conjunction with claims or interests in land
432.360
Records of dissolution of marriage and dissolution of domestic partnership subject to full disclosure
432.380
Issuance of certified copies of records
432.385
Registering, amending or correcting record through fraud
432.435
Fees
432.440
County registrar sale of certified copies of records of live birth and death
432.445
Issuance of additional record of live birth
432.450
Grant program for issuance of certified copy of record of live birth to individual who is homeless
432.455
Birth Certificates for Homeless Persons Fund
432.500
Definitions
432.510
Cancer and tumor registry system
432.520
Reporting requirement
432.530
Confidentiality of information
432.540
Use of confidential data
432.550
Action for damages
432.570
No requirement or prohibition regarding operation of separate cancer and tumor registry
432.600
Establishment of committee
432.900
Civil penalty
432.993
Unlawful use of vital record or report
432.994
Unlawful use of vital record or report
432.995
Obstructing the keeping of vital records or reports
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