(1) ORS § 438.010 to 438.510 apply to all clinical laboratories and laboratory personnel within the State of Oregon, except:

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 438.050

  • United States: includes territories, outlying possessions and the District of Columbia. See Oregon Statutes 174.100

(a) Clinical laboratories operated by the United States Government.

(b) Clinical laboratories operated and maintained purely for research or teaching purposes, and that involve no patient or public health services.

(2) Nothing in ORS § 438.010 to 438.510 is intended to confer on any licensed practitioner of the healing arts any authority the practitioner would not otherwise possess under the license. [1969 c.685 4,20; 1973 c.829 § 54; 1979 c.193 § 1; 1993 c.109 § 4; 2001 c.104 § 170]