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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 1173
Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced.The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act says that some product liability claims may not be filed against a health care
facility. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1).
Provides that a health care facility is not a manufacturer, distributor, seller or lessor of a
product for purposes of a product liability civil action if the health care facility was not involved
in the design or manufacture of the product.
Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to product liability civil actions; creating new provisions; amending ORS 30.902; and pre-
scribing an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 30.902 is amended to read:
30.902. (1) A physician licensed pursuant to ORS chapter 677 is not a manufacturer, distributor,
seller or lessor of a product for the purposes of ORS 30.900 to 30.920 if:
(a) [The product is provided by the physician] The physician provides the product to a patient
as part of a medical procedure; and
(b) The physician was not involved in the design or manufacture of the product.
(2) A health care facility licensed under ORS chapter 441 is not a manufacturer, distrib-
utor, seller or lessor of a product for the purposes of ORS 30.900 to 30.920 if:
(a) The health care facility provides the product to a patient as part of health care ser-
vices; and
(b) The health care facility was not involved in the design or manufacture of the product.
SECTION 2.The amendments to ORS 30.902 by section 1 of this 2025 Act apply to actions
commenced on or after the effective date of this 2025 Act.
SECTION 3.This 2025 Act takes effect on the 91st day after the date on which the 2025
regular session of the Eighty-third Legislative Assembly adjourns sine die.
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
LC 2012