Skip to content
The COVID Project
  1. Library
  2. Standing duties: Oregon
  3. DUT-OR-001

Ex. DUT-OR-001 Standing duty Primary source read

Statute: ORS chapter 433 (Disease and Condition Control), Oregon's communicable-disease control act: reportable diseases, investigation and control measures (433.004, 433.006); prohibition on spreading disease (433.010); isolation and quarantine of persons and isolation of premises, with law-enforcement assistance (433.121-433.156); public health emergency powers of the Governor and the Public Health Director (433.441-433.452); penalties (433.990)

ORS 433.004, 433.006, 433.010, 433.121, 433.128, 433.131, 433.138, 433.142, 433.156, 433.441, 433.442, 433.443, 433.452 and 433.990: communicable-disease control measures, the duty not to spread disease, closure of facilities and control of the occupancy of premises in a public health emergency, and the penalties

Oregon Legislative Assembly (codified text published by the Office of the Legislative Counsel, oregonlegislature.gov, 2025 Edition) · Oregon (State)

Open exhibit (PDF, 708 KB)Source (opens in a new tab)
The COVID Project

The record

Jurisdiction
Oregon
Level
State
Authority
Or. Const. art. IV, sec. 1; ORS 433.004 [1987 c.600 s.3;... 2025 c.265 s.2]; ORS 433.006 [1987 c.600 s.4; 2009 c.595 s.626; 2021 c.191 s.11; 2025 c.265 s.3]; ORS 433.010 [... 2009 c.595 s.628; 2014 c.45 s.52; 2024 c.73 s.77]; ORS 433.121-433.156 [2007 c.445; 2011 c.721; 2015 c.736 s.79]; ORS 433.441 [2003 c.555 s.1; 2007 c.445 s.23; 2013 c.332 s.3; 2021 c.539 s.88h]; ORS 433.443 [2003 c.555 ss.2,3; 2007 c.445 s.24;... 2013 c.332 s.4; 2017 c.206 s.14; 2024 c.73 s.81]; ORS 433.990 [... 2011 c.601 s.4]
Issued
2026-09-29 Sept. 29, 2026
Effective
standing (in force throughout 2020 and 2021) (read as 2026-09-29)
End
standing
In force
Standing since Sept. 29, 2026 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Business closureGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOther
Addressees
  • persons generally ('No person shall'); owners and operators of any 'facility' and of 'premises in any public area'; health care providers and 'any public or private entity' holding information; persons and premises subject to isolation or quarantine; the Governor, the Public Health Director and every local public health administrator
Character
statutory authority
Collection
Standing duties: Oregon DUT-OR

Operative words

433.441(3) During a declared public health emergency, the Governor may: (a) Close, order the evacuation of or order the decontamination of any facility... (d) Control or limit entry into, exit from, movement within and the occupancy of premises in any public area... 433.010(1) No person shall willfully cause the spread of any communicable disease within this state.

Penalty

Violation of ORS 433.010 is a Class C felony (433.990(2)); violation of 433.004 or 433.008 is a Class A misdemeanor (433.990(1)); knowing failure to comply with requirements imposed by the Public Health Director under 433.443(2) carries civil penalties of up to $500 per day of violation (433.443(2)(a)(F), (3)); State and local law enforcement 'must assist' in enforcing isolation, quarantine and property-isolation orders (433.138) and 'shall cooperate' in enforcing isolation or quarantine (433.156).

What it required

Bound every person in Oregon not to cause the spread of a communicable disease, subjected every facility and every premises open to the public to closure, decontamination and control of entry, movement and occupancy at the Governor's order (433.441(3), made available in any ORS 401.165 emergency by 433.441(4), and recited as the source of EO 20-12, EO 20-25 para. 6 and every successor order), authorized the Public Health Director to 'Order, or authorize local public health administrators to order, public health measures appropriate to the public health threat presented' (433.443(2)(a)(C)), required 'any public or private entity' to permit inspection and release of information in an outbreak investigation (433.004(3)(b)), and placed persons and premises under isolation and quarantine orders enforced by State and local law enforcement (433.121, 433.138, 433.156). Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).

Retrieval note

Official Legislative Counsel chapter page rendered Sept. 29, 2026 (the filename date is the rendering date, as for the California duties exhibits); 64 pages. The exhibit shows the 2025 Edition; the source notes at the end of each section (quoted in authority_basis) show that the provisions relied on carried their 2013 text through 2020-2021: 433.441 was next amended by 2021 c.539 s.88h (the Oregon Department of Emergency Management reorganization) and 433.443 by 2024 c.73 s.81 (the 'physician associate' renaming). ORS 433.441(4): 'If a state of emergency is declared as authorized under ORS 401.165, the Governor may implement any action authorized by ORS 433.441 to 433.452'; EO 20-25 para. 6 recites 'Pursuant to ORS 433.441(3)(a), (b), (d), and (f), ORS 401.168(1), and ORS 401.188(1) to (3)' (Ex. OR-017), and the Court of Appeals confirmed the pathway in JGB Enterprises, 325 Or App at 328-29 (DUT-OR-017) and Along Came Trudy, 330 Or App at 299-300 (DUT-OR-016). ORS 433.443(2)(a)(F): 'Take any enforcement action authorized by ORS 431A.010, including the imposition of civil penalties of up to $500 per day against individuals, institutions or facilities that knowingly fail to comply with requirements resulting from actions taken' under the section. Class C felony and Class A misdemeanor sentencing ranges are stated by category only (ORS 161.605, 161.615 not saved).

A record of The COVID Project. The instrument's text is the source's; the summary fields are The COVID Project's reading of it. Not legal advice.