Confidentiality of bedbug infestation reports.

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(a) "Bedbug" means a member of the Cimicidae family of parasitic insects.

(b) "Public health authority" means:

(A) A local public health authority, as defined in ORS 431.003; or

(B) The Oregon Health Authority.

(2) The following information reported by pest control operators to a public health authority must be maintained confidentially and is not subject to disclosure under ORS 192.311 to 192.478:

(a) The location of a site where a pesticide intended to prevent, destroy, repel or mitigate an infestation of bedbugs has been applied or is to be applied;

(b) The identity of any person who owns, rents or leases property at the site described in paragraph (a) of this subsection; and

(c) Any information describing or pertaining to the infestation or suspected infestation at the site described in paragraph (a) of this subsection.

(3) Nothing in this section prevents a public health authority from publishing statistical compilations or reports relating to reportable disease investigations if the compilations or reports do not identify individual cases or sources of information. [Formerly 570.880]

Note: 192.582 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 192 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.


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