Or. Admin. Code § 950-030-0010

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 10, October 1, 2024

Section 950-030-0010 - Definitions

The following definitions apply to OAR 950, divisions 30 and 38:

(1) "Caregiver" means a person, paid or unpaid, related or unrelated, who acts on behalf of or cares for the individual.

(2) "Contractor" means a person or governmental entity who has a legal agreement with the Oregon Health Authority to provide goods or services.

(3) "Demographic data" means collected information in accordance with these rules related to age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, preferred spoken, signed and written language, interpreter needs, English proficiency and disability.

(4) "Ethnicity" means a demographic designation for a group of people sharing a culture that includes race, religion, language, and other cultural characteristics including ancestry or country of origin.

(5) "Gender identity":

(a) Means a demographic designation that describes a person's inner sense of being such as a girl, woman, female, boy, man, male, or something else, or having no gender.

(b) Does not mean a biological, anthropological or genetic distinction.

(6) "Gender modality" means how an individual's gender identity stands in relation to their gender assigned at birth. For example, a person whose gender modality is transgender is someone whose gender identity is different from what was assigned at birth.

(7) "Individual" means the person who is the subject of the demographic data that is being collected.

(8) "LGBTQIA2S+" means lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or gender expansive, queer or questioning/exploring, intersex, asexual, two-spirit, and other terms that may be used to describe a sexual or gender minority identity.

(9) "Primary racial or ethnic identity" means the race or ethnicity with which an individual most identifies when opting to choose from multiple designations.

(10) "Race":

(a) Means a demographic designation for a group of people who share a common heredity, and Includes shared ancestry, national origin and sociocultural characteristics.

(b) Does not mean a biological, anthropological or genetic distinction.

(11) "REALD" means race, ethnicity, language and disability.

(12) "Requestor" means an individual or entity that is collecting REALD and SOGI information in accordance with these rules.

(13) "Sexual orientation" means a demographic designation that describes how an individual characterizes their emotional and sexual attraction to others.

(14) "SOGI" means sexual orientation, gender identity and gender modality.

(15) "Subcontractor" means a person or governmental entity who has a legal agreement with a contractor as that is defined in this rule, to provide goods or services.

Or. Admin. Code § 950-030-0010

OHA 2-2014, f. & cert. ef. 3-10-14; OHA 2-2020, temporary amend filed 09/29/2020, effective 10/01/2020 through 03/29/2021; OHA 1-2021, amend filed 03/23/2021, effective 03/23/2021; OHA 3-2023, renumbered from 943-070-0010, filed 05/04/2023, effective 5/4/2023; OEI 18-2023, minor correction filed 05/12/2023, effective 5/12/2023; EID 2-2024, amend filed 07/02/2024, effective 7/2/2024

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 413.161 & ORS 413.042

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 413.161