{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-689.497","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 689.497","heading":"Report required upon termination of pharmacy technician.","body":"(1) A pharmacy that terminates a pharmacy technician shall report the termination to the State Board of Pharmacy. In the sole discretion of the pharmacy, the pharmacy may report the reason for the termination.\n      (2) A pharmacy reporting the termination of a pharmacy technician under subsection (1) of this section shall provide the pharmacy technician an opportunity to issue a statement accompanying the report of termination. The statement of the pharmacy technician may include any mitigating factors or other information the pharmacy technician deems relevant to the termination.\n      (3) A pharmacy, pharmacist, pharmacy technician or any other person who, in good faith, submits a report of termination of a pharmacy technician under the provisions of this section is not liable for any civil damages as a result of submitting the report.\n      (4) The information provided to the board pursuant to this section is:\n      (a) Subject to disclosure as provided in ORS 689.495; and\n      (b) Admissible as evidence for any purpose in any civil proceeding before a court, agency, board or third-party dispute resolution tribunal.\n      (5) Nothing in subsection (3) of this section shall affect the admissibility in evidence of the records of a pharmacy or pharmacist that pertain to the work history or termination of employment of a pharmacy technician.","path":["17 - Occupations","52. Occupations and Professions","Chapter 689 — Pharmacists; Drug Outlets; Drug Sales"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors689.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:17Z","sha256":"a3bc506ed47b41c2ff5da3981d76bb2ebcc1d69925fada16af1af825f7594481","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-689.495","next":"us-or/ors-689.499"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}