State Emergency Registry of Volunteers in Oregon (SERV-OR)
SERV-OR is a statewide registry system to help pre-credentialed health care professionals volunteer their services during emergencies with significant health impacts.
The registry is sponsored by the Oregon Public Health Division in partnership with the Medical Reserve Corps. It utilizes a secure database to register, credential, and alert volunteer health providers.
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HSPR/SERV-OR Rulemaking Activates for Senate Bill 837:
333-003 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 12.09.2025.pdf
The Oregon Health Authority (OHA), Public Health Division is proposing to permanently amend Oregon Administrative Rules relating to the registration and activation of emergency health care services volunteers in response to the passage of Senate Bill 837 (Oregon Laws 2025, chapter 622) during the 2025 Legislative Session.
Senate Bill 837 updated ORS 401.651, 401.654, 401.657, 401.658, 401.661, 401.664, 401.667, 656.047, and 431A, which authorize and support the Oregon Health Authority emergency health care volunteer program, known as the State Emergency Registry of Volunteers in Oregon (SERV-OR). The passage of the bill updated the statutes to:
- Allow OHA to register administrative and support personnel, in addition to the licensed health care providers already authorized;
- Allow OHA to deploy volunteers year-round for local outbreaks and other needs, rather than only larger state-declared events after specific declarations or determinations;
- Clarify that OHA can provide workers' compensation, as required by existing statutes but which needed supportive language in some areas; and
- Align with current practice and clarify that OHA can conduct health screenings so as not to deploy volunteers in unsafe conditions and create risk to the state and volunteers.
OHA is proposing to permanently update the appropriate administrative rules to help implement the changes in program operations.
For more details, including a description of each rule's proposed changes, please see the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, including the Statement of Need and Fiscal and Racial Equity Impacts, and the full text of the proposed rules at: https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/Preparedness/SERV-OR/Pages/index.aspx.
You are invited to review and comment on the proposed rules. There are two (2) options to provide comment:
1) You may provide oral (spoken) testimony during a public hearing scheduled on Friday, January 16, 2026, at 10:00 A.M. Pacific Time via video/phone conference using Microsoft Teams.
- To provide oral testimony during this hearing:
- Join using the Meeting URL. You can also find the join link for the meeting in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking under “Remote Meeting Details" using the “Meeting URL."
- You may also contact the Public Health Division Rules Coordinator at publichealth.rules@odhsoha.oregon.gov to sign-up to give oral testimony and receive the link for the Microsoft Teams video conference via calendar appointment.
- To join the hearing via phone (audio/listen only), you may dial 971-277-2343, phone conference ID 953 869 438#
2) Written comments may be submitted before 5:00 P.M. Pacific Time on January 21, 2026:
- Email comments to: publichealth.rules@odhsoha.oregon.gov
- Mail comments* to: OHA - Public Health Division
Brittany Hall, Administrative Rules Coordinator
800 NE Oregon St. Suite 930
Portland, OR 97232
*Comments sent by regular mail must be postmarked by 5:00 P.M. Pacific Time on January 21, 2026.
Send comments by fax to 971-673-1299
Final rules will be filed after consideration of all comments.