Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 950 - OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION DIVISION
Division 30 - REALD AND SOGI DEMOGRAPHIC DATA COLLECTION STANDARDS
Section 950-030-0030 - Race and Ethnicity Demographic Data Collection Standard
Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 950-030-0030
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) A requestor must ask an open-ended question: "How do you identify your race, ethnicity, tribal affiliation, country of origin, or ancestry?"
(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) At minimum, the disaggregated demographic data categories in this section must be grouped under the applicable aggregated categories as follows:
(a) American Indian and
Alaska Native - Provide details below:
(A)
Alaska Native.
(B) American
Indian.
(C) Canadian Inuit, Metis
or First Nation.
(D) Indigenous
Mexican, Central American or South American.
(E) Enter details, for example, Inuit or
Haida, Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, Navajo, Aztec, Maya, etc. (with
open text box).
(b)
Asian - Provide details below:
(A)
Afghan.
(B) Asian Indian.
(C) Cambodian/Khmer.
(D) Chinese.
(E) Communities of Myanmar.
(F) Filipino/a.
(G) Hmong.
(H) Indonesian.
(I) Japanese.
(J) Korean.
(K) Laotian.
(L) Pakistani.
(M) South Asian.
(N) Taiwanese.
(O) Thai.
(P) Vietnamese.
(Q) Enter details, for example, Mongolian,
Malaysian, Uzbeks, etc. (with open text box).
(c) Black and African American - Provide
details below:
(A) African American.
(B) Afro-Caribbean.
(C) Ethiopian.
(D) Haitian.
(E) Jamaican.
(F) Nigerian.
(G) Somali.
(H) Enter details, for example, Trinidadian,
Ghanaian, Congolese, etc. (with open text box).
(d) Hispanic and Latino/a/x/e - Provide
details below:
(A)
Afro-Latino/a/x/e.
(B) Central
American.
(C) Cuban.
(D) Dominican.
(E) Guatemalan.
(F) Mexican.
(G) Puerto Rican.
(H) Salvadoran.
(I) South American.
(J) Enter details, for example, Colombian,
Honduran, Spaniard, etc. (with open text box)
(e) Jewish - Provide details below:
(A) Ashkenazi.
(B) Sephardi.
(C) Enter details, for example, Mizrahi, etc.
(with open text box).
(f) Middle Eastern/North African/SWANA -
Provide details below:
(A)
Egyptian.
(B) Iraqi.
(C) Iranian.
(D) Israeli.
(E) Lebanese.
(F) Palestinian.
(G) Syrian.
(H) Turkish.
(I) Enter details, for example, Moroccan,
Yemeni, Kurdish, etc. (with open text box).
(g) Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander -
Provide details below:
(A) CHamoru
(Chamorro).
(B) Communities of the
Micronesian Region.
(C)
Fijian.
(D) Marshallese.
(E) Native Hawaiian.
(F) Samoan.
(G) Tongan.
(H) Enter details, for example, Chuukese,
Palauan, Tahitian, etc. (with open text box).
(h) White - Provide details below:
(A) English.
(B) German.
(C) Irish.
(D) Italian.
(E) Polish.
(F) Romanian.
(G) Russian.
(H) Scottish.
(I) Slavic.
(J) Ukrainian.
(K) Enter details, for example, French,
Swedish, Norwegian, etc. (with open text box).
(i) Additional categories: Another category
not listed. Specify: (with open text box).
(4) A requestor must:
(a) Instruct individuals, either in writing
or verbally, that more than one racial or ethnic category may be
chosen.
(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?"
(A)
Response options for paper forms are:
(i) Yes.
Circle your primary racial or ethnic identity above.
(ii) I don't have just one primary racial or
ethnic identity.
(iii) No. I
identify as Biracial or Multiracial.
(iv) Not applicable. I only checked one
category above.
(B)
Response options for electronic formats are:
(i) A list of racial or ethnic identity
categories selected by the individual in section (2) of this rule.
(ii) I don't have just one primary racial or
ethnic identity.
(iii) No. I
identify as Biracial or Multiracial.
(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) 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
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