{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-179.490","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 179.490","heading":"Authorization and payment of cost of emergency and necessary operations.","body":"In the case of a necessary or emergency operation requiring the services of a specialist, and where the relatives or guardians, in the judgment of the Department of Corrections or the Oregon Health Authority, are unable to pay a part or the whole cost of the operation, the agencies may have the operation performed, the cost of the operation to be payable from the funds of the institution concerned.","path":["05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use","18. Executive Branch; Organization","Chapter 179 — Administration of State Institutions"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors179.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:12Z","sha256":"309d03e8ab5b2b7c62932f6572e677519d9152ec8efea09bf8fe3edf51b4bbd7","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-179.486","next":"us-or/ors-179.492"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}