1. (1) A requestor must ask an open-ended question: "How do you identify your race, ethnicity, tribal affiliation, country of origin, or ancestry?"
2. (2) A requestor must ask an “Which of the following describes your racial or ethnic identity? Select all that apply and enter additional details in the spaces below.”

3. (3) At minimum, the disaggregated demographic data categories in this section must be grouped under the applicable aggregated categories as follows:

   1. (a) American Indian and Alaska Native – Provide details below:

      1. (A) Alaska Native.
      2. (B) American Indian.
      3. (C) Canadian Inuit, Metis or First Nation.
      4. (D) Indigenous Mexican, Central American or South American.
      5. (E) Enter details, for example, Inuit or Haida, Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, Navajo, Aztec, Maya, etc. (with open text box).

   2. (b) Asian – Provide details below:

      1. (A) Afghan.
      2. (B) Asian Indian.
      3. (C) StartFragment Cambodian/KhmerEndFragment .
      4. (D) Chinese.
      5. (E) Communities of Myanmar.
      6. (F) Filipino/a.
      7. (G) Hmong.
      8. (H) Indonesian.
      9. (I) Japanese.
      10. (J) Korean.
      11. (K) Laotian.
      12. (L) Pakistani.
      13. (M) South Asian.
      14. (N) Taiwanese.
      15. (O) Thai.
      16. (P) Vietnamese.
      17. (Q) Enter details, for example, Mongolian, Malaysian, Uzbeks, etc. (with open text box).

   3. (c) Black and African American – Provide details below:

      1. (A) African American.
      2. (B) Afro-Caribbean.
      3. (C) Ethiopian.
      4. (D) Haitian.
      5. (E) Jamaican.
      6. (F) Nigerian.
      7. (G) Somali.
      8. (H) Enter details, for example, Trinidadian, Ghanaian, Congolese, etc. (with open text box).

   4. (d) Hispanic and Latino/a/x/e – Provide details below:

      1. (A) Afro-Latino/a/x/e.
      2. (B) Central American.
      3. (C) Cuban.
      4. (D) Dominican.
      5. (E) Guatemalan.
      6. (F) Mexican.
      7. (G) Puerto Rican.
      8. (H) Salvadoran.
      9. (I) South American.
      10. (J) Enter details, for example, Colombian, Honduran, Spaniard, etc. (with open text box)

   5. (e) Jewish – Provide details below:

      1. (A) Ashkenazi.
      2. (B) Sephardi.
      3. (C) Enter details, for example, Mizrahi, etc. (with open text box).

   6. (f) Middle Eastern/North African/SWANA – Provide details below:

      1. (A) Egyptian.
      2. (B) Iraqi.
      3. (C) Iranian.
      4. (D) Israeli.
      5. (E) Lebanese.
      6. (F) Palestinian.
      7. (G) Syrian.
      8. (H) Turkish.
      9. (I) Enter details, for example, Moroccan, Yemeni, Kurdish, etc. (with open text box).

   7. (g) Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander – Provide details below:

      1. (A) CHamoru (Chamorro).
      2. (B) Communities of the Micronesian Region.
      3. (C) Fijian.
      4. (D) Marshallese.
      5. (E) Native Hawaiian.
      6. (F) Samoan.
      7. (G) Tongan.
      8. (H) Enter details, for example, Chuukese, Palauan, Tahitian, etc. (with open text box).

   8. (h) White – Provide details below:

      1. (A) English.
      2. (B) German.
      3. (C) Irish.
      4. (D) Italian.
      5. (E) Polish.
      6. (F) Romanian.
      7. (G) Russian.
      8. (H) Scottish.
      9. (I) Slavic.
      10. (J) Ukrainian.

      11. (K) Enter details, for example, French, Swedish, Norwegian, etc. (with open text box).

          1. (i) Additional categories: Another category not listed. Specify: (with open text box).

4. (4) A requestor must:

   1. (a) Instruct individuals, either in writing or verbally, that more than one racial or ethnic category may be chosen.

   2. (b) Ask an additional question “If you checked more than one category, is there one you think of as your primary racial or ethnic identity?”

      1. (A) Response options for paper forms are:

         1. (i) Yes. Circle your primary racial or ethnic identity above.
         2. (ii) I don’t have just one primary racial or ethnic identity.
         3. (iii) No. I identify as Biracial or Multiracial.
         4. (iv) Not applicable. I only checked one category above.

      2. (B) Response options for electronic formats are:

         1. (i) A list of racial or ethnic identity categories selected by the individual in section (2) of this rule.
         2. (ii) I don’t have just one primary racial or ethnic identity.
         3. (iii) No. I identify as Biracial or Multiracial.
      3. (C) If a requestor collects data in an electronic format and uses technology that limits their ability to present a list of racial and ethnic identity categories selected by the individual as stated in (3) of this rule, a requestor must contact the Oregon Health Authority REALD and SOGI Governance Committee to receive guidance on acceptable alternative(s).
5. (5) If a requestor uses technology that limits their ability to store data from any of the open text boxes listed in section (3) of this rule, a requestor must contact the Oregon Health Authority REALD and SOGI Governance Committee to receive guidance on acceptable alternative(s).

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 413.161 & ORS 413.042

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 413.161

History

EID 2-2024, amend filed 07/02/2024, effective 07/02/2024
OHA 3-2023, renumbered from 943-070-0030, filed 05/04/2023, effective 05/04/2023
OHA 1-2021, amend filed 03/23/2021, effective 03/23/2021
OHA 4-2020, temporary amend filed 11/06/2020, effective 11/06/2020 through 03/29/2021
OHA 3-2020, temporary amend filed 10/02/2020, effective 10/02/2020 through 03/29/2021
OHA 2-2020, temporary amend filed 09/29/2020, effective 10/01/2020 through 03/29/2021
OHA 2-2014, f. & cert. ef. 3-10-14