Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 950 - OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION DIVISION
Division 30 - REALD AND SOGI DEMOGRAPHIC DATA COLLECTION STANDARDS
Section 950-030-0010 - Definitions

(1) "Caregiver" means a person, paid or unpaid, related or unrelated, who acts on behalf of or cares for the individual.

(2) "Contractor" means a person or governmental entity who has a legal agreement with the Oregon Health Authority to provide goods or services.

(3) "Demographic data" means collected information in accordance with these rules related to age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, preferred spoken, signed and written language, interpreter needs, English proficiency and disability.

(4) "Ethnicity" means a demographic designation for a group of people sharing a culture that includes race, religion, language, and other cultural characteristics including ancestry or country of origin.

(5) "Gender identity":

(6) "Gender modality" means how an individual's gender identity stands in relation to their gender assigned at birth. For example, a person whose gender modality is transgender is someone whose gender identity is different from what was assigned at birth.

(7) "Individual" means the person who is the subject of the demographic data that is being collected.

(8) "LGBTQIA2S+" means lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or gender expansive, queer or questioning/exploring, intersex, asexual, two-spirit, and other terms that may be used to describe a sexual or gender minority identity.

(9) "Primary racial or ethnic identity" means the race or ethnicity with which an individual most identifies when opting to choose from multiple designations.

(10) "Race":

(11) "REALD" means race, ethnicity, language and disability.

(12) "Requestor" means an individual or entity that is collecting REALD and SOGI information in accordance with these rules.

(13) "Sexual orientation" means a demographic designation that describes how an individual characterizes their emotional and sexual attraction to others.

(14) "SOGI" means sexual orientation, gender identity and gender modality.

(15) "Subcontractor" means a person or governmental entity who has a legal agreement with a contractor as that is defined in this rule, to provide goods or services.