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Exceptions to ORS 163.700


163.702 Exceptions to ORS 163.700. The provisions of ORS 163.700 do not apply to:
(1) Any legitimate medical procedure performed by or under the direction of a person licensed to provide medical service for the purpose of medical diagnosis, treatment, education or research, including, but not limited to, the recording of medical procedures; and
(2) Any activity undertaken in the course of bona fide law enforcement or corrections activity or necessary to the proper functioning of the criminal justice system, including but not limited to the operation and management of jails, prisons and other youth and adult corrections facilities. [1997 c.697 s.2]

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