Hello OSWAPIC members,
Please see this message from the Oregon Health Authority.
The notice of Proposed Permanent Rulemaking: OAR chapter 333, divisions 17, 18, 19 & 56 – "Updates to reportable diseases; clarification and rules regarding infectious waste" – is being re-filed with a rescheduled hearing date and extended comment period due to omissions from summary information, which were identified after the initial filing on July 28, 2023.
Click on the below links for the Notice to Interested Parties, proposed rule text changes, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and communicable disease rules and reporting web-page:
Stephen G. Ladd-Wilson
Electronic Reporting, Infectious Waste, & Administrative Rules Manager
Public Health Division
800 NE Oregon St, Suite 772
Portland, OR 97232
(he/him/his/Stephen)
STEPHEN.G.LADD-WILSON@oha.oregon.gov
main office 971.673.1111
fax 971.673.1100
cell 971.346.0892
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Yoojin Kim PhD, CIC
2023 OSWAPIC Board Member
OSWAPIC Chapter Past President
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, OR
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