{"id":"DUT-OR-003","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Oregon","state":"OR","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Oregon Legislative Assembly (codified text published by the Office of the Legislative Counsel, 2025 Edition)","authority":"ORS 431.110 [... 2015 c.736 s.3]; ORS 431.150 [... 2015 c.736 s.33]; ORS 431.155 [1967 c.94 s.2;... 2009 c.595 s.537]; ORS 431.157 [1983 c.370 s.4;... 2015 c.736 s.34]; ORS 431.413 [Formerly 431.416]","instrument":"Statute: ORS chapter 431 (State and Local Administration and Enforcement of Health Laws), sections 431.110, 431.150, 431.155, 431.157 and 431.413: the Oregon Health Authority\u0027s supervision of \u0027all matters relating to the preservation of life and health,\u0027 its duty and the local public health administrators\u0027 duty to enforce every public health law, and their power to restrain violations by injunction","title":"ORS 431.110, 431.150, 431.155, 431.157 and 431.413: general powers and duties of the Oregon Health Authority; enforcement of public health laws generally; injunctions against violations; powers and duties of local public health authorities","dateIssued":"2026-09-29","effective":"standing (in force throughout 2020 and 2021)","end":"standing","startDate":"2026-09-29","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","OTHER"],"addressees":["persons generally (\u0027any person... engaged or about to engage\u0027), including businesses and \u0027its officers, agents, employees and representatives\u0027 (431.155(1)); OHA, local public health authorities and administrators as the enforcing officers"],"clause":"431.110 The Oregon Health Authority shall: (1) Have direct supervision of all matters relating to the preservation of life and health of the people of this state.... 431.150(1) The Oregon Health Authority shall enforce... any other public health law of this state.... 431.155(1)... the authority may institute proceedings in the circuit courts to enforce obedience thereto by injunction","enforcement":"Injunction and other mandatory process in circuit court (431.155, 431.157); prosecution by the district attorney on OHA\u0027s request (431.150(4)); the section\u0027s remedies are \u0027in addition to and not in substitution of any other enforcement provisions\u0027 (431.155(2)).","functions":[],"notes":"Placed the Oregon Health Authority in \u0027direct supervision of all matters relating to the preservation of life and health of the people of this state\u0027 with a duty to \u0027Conduct sanitary surveys about and investigations on the causes and prevention of diseases\u0027 (431.110(1), (5)), commanded OHA and every local public health administrator and local public health authority to \u0027administer and enforce\u0027 every public health law (431.150(1)-(2); 431.413(1)(a)), required district attorneys to prosecute on request and the Attorney General to assist (431.150(4)-(5)), and authorized OHA and every local administrator to restrain any person \u0027engaged or about to engage in any acts or practices that constitute a violation of any statute relating to public health... or any rule or order issued thereunder\u0027 by injunction \u0027or by other processes, mandatory or otherwise\u0027 (431.155(1), 431.157). Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).","sourceUrl":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors431.html","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":404865,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_authority","description":"","collection":"DUT-OR","url":"/library/DUT-OR-003","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-OR-003","citation":"Oregon Legislative Assembly (codified text published by the Office of the Legislative Counsel, 2025 Edition), Statute: ORS chapter 431 (State and Local Administration and Enforcement of Health Laws), sections 431.110, 431.150, 431.155, 431.157 and 431.413: the Oregon Health Authority\u0027s supervision of \u0027all matters relating to the preservation of life and health,\u0027 its duty and the local public health administrators\u0027 duty to enforce every public health law, and their power to restrain violations by injunction (standing) (Ex. DUT-OR-003)","stateName":"Oregon","related":["OR-048","DUT-OR-006","DUT-OR-004","DUT-OR-005","DUT-OR-007"]}