Chapter 171 Oregon Laws 2005
AN ACT
SB 576
Relating to family leave health care providers; amending ORS 659A.150.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of
Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 659A.150 is amended to read:
659A.150. As used in ORS 659A.150 to 659A.186:
(1) “Covered employer” means an employer described in ORS 659A.153.
(2) “Eligible employee” means any employee of a covered employer other than those employees exempted under the provisions of ORS 659A.156.
(3) “Family leave” means a leave of absence described in ORS 659A.159.
(4) “Family member” means the spouse of an employee, the biological, adoptive or foster parent or child of the employee, a parent-in-law of the employee or a person with whom the employee was or is in a relationship of in loco parentis.
(5) “Health care provider” means:
(a)
[the] A person who is primarily responsible for providing health care to
an eligible employee or a family member of an eligible employee, who is performing within the scope of the
person’s professional license or certificate and who is:
(A)
A physician licensed to practice medicine [and
surgery] under ORS 677.110,
including a doctor of osteopathy[,];
(B)
A podiatrist[,] licensed under ORS 677.825;
(C)
A dentist[,] licensed under ORS 679.090;
(D)
A [clinical] psychologist[,] licensed
under ORS 675.030;
(E)
An optometrist[,] licensed under ORS 683.070;
(F)
A naturopath[,] licensed under ORS 685.080;
(G)
A registered nurse licensed under ORS 678.050;
(H)
A nurse practitioner[,] certified under ORS 678.375;
(I)
A direct entry midwife[,] licensed under ORS 687.420;
(J) A licensed registered nurse who is certified by the Oregon State Board of Nursing as a nurse midwife nurse practitioner; [nurse-midwife or]
(K) A clinical social worker licensed under ORS 675.530; or
[, authorized to practice and performing within the scope of their professional license as provided for by law. “Health care provider” includes a Christian Science practitioner listed with the First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts, who is primarily responsible for the treatment of the eligible employee or a family member of the eligible employee. “Health care provider” includes]
(L) A [chiropractor] chiropractic physician licensed under ORS 684.054, but only to the extent the [chiropractor] chiropractic physician provides treatment consisting of manual manipulation of the spine to correct a subluxation demonstrated to exist by X-rays.
(b) A person who is primarily responsible for the treatment of an eligible employee or a family member of an eligible employee solely through spiritual means, including but not limited to a Christian Science practitioner.
(6) “Serious health condition” means:
(a) An illness, injury, impairment or physical or mental condition that requires inpatient care in a hospital, hospice or residential medical care facility;
(b) An illness, disease or condition that in the medical judgment of the treating health care provider poses an imminent danger of death, is terminal in prognosis with a reasonable possibility of death in the near future, or requires constant care; or
(c) Any period of disability due to pregnancy, or period of absence for prenatal care.
Approved by the Governor June 7, 2005
Filed in the office of Secretary of State June 8, 2005
Effective date January 1, 2006
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