{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-163.206","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 163.206","heading":"Exceptions to criminal mistreatment.","body":"ORS 163.200 and 163.205 do not apply:\n      (1) To a person acting pursuant to a court order, an advance directive or a form for appointing a health care representative pursuant to ORS 127.505 to 127.660 or a POLST, as defined in ORS 127.663;\n      (2) To a person withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining procedures or artificially administered nutrition and hydration pursuant to ORS 127.505 to 127.660;\n      (3) When a competent person refuses food, physical care or medical care;\n      (4) To a person who provides an elderly person or a dependent person who is at least 18 years of age with spiritual treatment through prayer from a duly accredited practitioner of spiritual treatment as provided in ORS 124.095, in lieu of medical treatment, in accordance with the tenets and practices of a recognized church or religious denomination of which the elderly or dependent person is a member or an adherent; or\n      (5) To a duly accredited practitioner of spiritual treatment as provided in ORS 124.095.","path":["04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes","16. Crimes and Punishments","Chapter 163 — Offenses Against Persons"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors163.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:11Z","sha256":"1f294007feddef0a60e39ea9124f6150c7c6c58dcd64edbd4e220c045e226deb","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-163.205","next":"us-or/ors-163.207"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}