Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 950 - OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY, OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION
Division 30 - RACE, ETHNICITY, LANGUAGE, AND DISABILITY (REALD) 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. 3, March 1, 2024
(1) An individual must be asked an open-ended question: "How do you identify your race, ethnicity, tribal affiliation, country of origin, or ancestry?"
(2) At minimum, the demographic data categories in this section must be listed as possible responses with the identifying label of "Racial or ethnic identity" on data collection and intake forms. These categories are designed to aggregate to existing federal reporting categories as those categories are defined in these rules.
(a) American Indian.
(b) Alaska Native.
(c) Canadian Inuit, Metis or First
Nation.
(d) Indigenous Mexican,
Central American or South American.
(e) Hispanic or Latino/a/x Mexican.
(f) Hispanic or Latino/a/x Central
American.
(g) Hispanic or
Latino/a/x South American.
(h)
Other Hispanic or Latino/a/x.
(i)
Asian Indian.
(j)
Cambodian.
(k) Chinese.
(l) Communities of Myanmar.
(m) Filipino/a.
(n) Japanese.
(o) Korean.
(p) Laotian.
(q) Hmong.
(r) South Asian.
(s) Vietnamese.
(t) Other Asian.
(u) CHamoru (Chamorro).
(v) Communities of the Micronesian
Region.
(w) Marshallese.
(x) Native Hawaiian.
(y) Samoan.
(z) Other Pacific Islander.
(aa) African American.
(bb) Afro-Caribbean.
(cc) Ethiopian.
(dd) Somali.
(ee) Other African (Black).
(ff) Other Black.
(gg) Middle Eastern.
(hh) North African.
(ii) Western European.
(jj) Slavic.
(kk) Eastern European.
(ll) Other White.
(mm) Other.
(3) A requestor must:
(a) Instruct individuals, either in writing
or verbally, that more than one racial or ethnic category may be
chosen.
(b) If multiple categories
of race or ethnicity are chosen, ask an individual an additional question
regarding their primary racial or ethnic affiliation using the categories
listed in section (2) of this rule.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 413.161 & ORS 413.042
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 413.161
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