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ORS Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine,

ORS 677.510. Physician assistant; collaboration with health care provider; collaboration agreement; pain management education. (1) A physician assistant shall engage in collaboration with the appropriate health care provider as indicated by the condition of the patient, the standard of care and the physician assistants education, experience and competence. The degree of collaboration must be determined at the physician assistants primary location of practice. The determination may include decisions made by a physician, podiatric physician or employer with whom the physician assistant has entered into a collaboration agreement, or the group or hospital service and the credentialing and privileging systems of the physician assistants primary location of practice. (2)(a) A physician assistant may not practice medicine unless the physician assistant has entered into a collaboration agreement signed by a physician, podiatric physician or employer. The collaboration agreement must include: (A) The physician assistants name, license number and primary location of practice; (B) A general description of the physician assistants process for collaboration with physicians or podiatric physicians; and (C) If the physician assistant has fewer than 2,000 hours of post-graduate clinical experience, a plan for the minimum number of hours per month during which the physician assistant will collaborate, both in person and through technology, with a specified physician or podiatric physician. (b) The physician assistant, or physician, podiatric physician or employer with whom the physician assistant has entered into the collaboration agreement, is responsible for tracking the hours described in paragraph (a) of this subsection. (3) The collaboration agreement must be kept on file at the physician assistants primary location of practice and made available to the Oregon Medical Board upon request. (4) Performance assessments and reviews of a physician assistant may be completed by the physician assistants employer in accordance with a performance assessment and review process established by the employer. (5) A physician assistant shall submit to the board every 36 months documentation of completion of: (a) A one-hour pain management education program approved by the board and developed based on recommendations of the Pain Management Commission; or (b) An equivalent pain management education program, as determined by the board. [1971 c.649 7; 1981 c.220 10; 1995 c.374 1; 1997 c.695 1; 1999 c.119 2; 1999 c.430 1; 1999 c.582 4; 2001 c.743 1,2; 2001 c.987 14a; 2005 c.366 2; 2007 c.347 2; 2009 c.595 1054; 2010 c.43 3; 2011 c.550 3; 2012 c.34 3; 2021 c.50 6; 2021 c.349 11a; 2023 c.314 4] Note: Section 9, chapter 550, Oregon Laws 2011, provides: Sec. 9. Notwithstanding the amendments to ORS 677.097, 677.495, 677.500, 677.510,
ORS Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine,

ORS 677.511. Physician assistant authority to prescribe and dispense prescription drugs; requirements. (1) A physician assistant is authorized to write prescriptions, including prescriptions for controlled substances listed in Schedules II through V. (2)(a) A physician assistant may register with the Oregon Medical Board for authority to dispense prescription drugs. (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection, and except as permitted under ORS 677.515 (5), a physician assistant may not dispense controlled substances classified in Schedule I or II under the federal Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. 811 and 812, as modified under ORS 475.035. (3) A registration under this section must include any information required by the board by rule. (4) Prescription drugs dispensed by a physician assistant must be personally dispensed by the physician assistant, except that nonjudgmental dispensing functions may be delegated to staff assistants when the accuracy and completeness of the prescription is verified by the physician assistant. (5) The physician assistant shall maintain records of the receipt and distribution of prescription drugs. The records must be readily accessible for inspection by the board upon request of the board. (6) The physician assistant shall ensure that a prescription drug dispensed by the physician assistant is labeled in compliance with the requirements of ORS
ORS Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine,

ORS 677.515. Practice of medicine by physician assistant; scope of practice. (1) A physician assistant may practice medicine by providing any medical service, including prescribing and administering controlled substances in Schedules II through V under the federal Controlled Substances Act: (a) That is within the scope of practice of the physician assistant; and (b) For which the physician assistant has obtained informed consent as provided in ORS 677.097, if informed consent is required. (2) This chapter does not prohibit a student enrolled in a program for educating physician assistants approved by the Oregon Medical Board from rendering medical services if the services are rendered in the course of the program. (3) The degree of autonomous judgment that a physician assistant may exercise shall be determined at the physician assistants primary location of practice by the community standards of care and the physician assistants education, training and experience. (4) A physician assistants scope of practice is based on the physician assistants education, training and experience. (5) The board may not limit the privilege of administering, dispensing and prescribing prescription drugs to population groups federally designated as underserved, or to geographic areas of the state that are federally designated health professional shortage areas, federally designated medically underserved areas or areas designated as medically disadvantaged and in need of primary health care providers by the Director of the Oregon Health Authority or the Office of Rural Health. All prescriptions written pursuant to this subsection must bear the name, office address and telephone number of the physician assistant who writes the prescription. (6) This chapter does not require or prohibit a physician assistant from practicing in a hospital licensed pursuant to ORS 441.015 to 441.119 and 441.993. (7) Prescriptions for medications prescribed by a physician assistant in accordance with this section and ORS 475.005, 677.010, 677.500, 677.511 and 677.535 and dispensed by a licensed pharmacist may be filled by the pharmacist according to the terms of the prescription, and the filling of such a prescription does not constitute evidence of negligence on the part of the pharmacist if the prescription was dispensed within the reasonable and prudent practice of pharmacy.
ORS Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine,

ORS 677.518. Authority to sign reports of death. A physician assistant may complete and sign reports of death. Reports of death signed by a physician assistant shall fulfill all of the laws dealing with reports of death. A physician assistant who prepares a report of death shall comply with all provisions of ORS 432.133. [2003 c.104 1; 2010 c.43 5; 2013 c.366 76; 2021 c.349 13] Note:
ORS Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine,

ORS 677.520. Performance of medical services by unlicensed physician assistant prohibited. Performance of any medical services by a physician assistant after the revocation or suspension of the license by the Oregon Medical Board, after expiration of a temporary license or in the absence of renewal of a license constitutes the unauthorized practice of medicine and subjects the physician assistant to the penalties provided in ORS 677.990.
ORS Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine,

ORS 677.525. Fees; how determined. Every physician assistant shall pay to the Oregon Medical Board nonrefundable fees as determined by the board pursuant to ORS 677.265.
ORS Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine,

ORS 677.530. [Formerly
ORS Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine,

ORS 677.535. Limited license. The Oregon Medical Board may grant a limited license to a physician assistant if the applicant meets the qualifications of the board, the application file is complete and no derogatory information has been submitted but board approval is pending.
ORS Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine,

ORS 677.750. [Formerly
ORS Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine,

ORS 677.755. [Formerly
ORS Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine,

ORS 677.757. Definitions for ORS 677.757 to 677.770. As used in ORS 677.757 to 677.770: (1)(a) Acupuncture means an Oriental health care practice used to promote health and to treat neurological, organic or functional disorders by the stimulation of specific points on the surface of the body by the insertion of needles. Acupuncture includes the treatment method of moxibustion, as well as the use of electrical, thermal, mechanical or magnetic devices, with or without needles, to stimulate acupuncture points and acupuncture meridians and to induce acupuncture anesthesia or analgesia. (b) The practice of acupuncture also includes the following modalities as authorized by the Oregon Medical Board: (A) Traditional and modern techniques of diagnosis and evaluation; (B) Oriental massage, exercise and related therapeutic methods; and (C) The use of Oriental pharmacopoeia, vitamins, minerals and dietary advice. (2) Oriental pharmacopoeia means a list of herbs described in traditional Oriental texts commonly used in accredited schools of Oriental medicine if the texts are approved by the Oregon Medical Board.
ORS Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine,

ORS 677.759. License required; qualifications; effect of using certain terms; rules. (1) No person shall practice acupuncture without first obtaining a license to practice medicine and surgery or a license to practice acupuncture from the Oregon Medical Board except as provided in subsection (2) of this section. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the board may issue a license to practice acupuncture to an individual licensed to practice acupuncture in another state or territory of the United States if the individual is licensed to practice medicine and surgery or acupuncture in the other state or territory. The board shall not issue such a license unless the requirements of the other state or territory are similar to the requirements of this state. (3) The board shall examine the qualifications of an applicant and determine who shall be authorized to practice acupuncture. (4) Using the term acupuncture, acupuncturist, Oriental medicine or any other term, title, name or abbreviation indicating that an individual is qualified or licensed to practice acupuncture is prima facie evidence of practicing acupuncture. (5) In addition to the powers and duties of the board described in this chapter, the board shall adopt rules consistent with ORS 677.757 to 677.770 governing the issuance of a license to practice acupuncture.
ORS Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine,

ORS 677.760. [Formerly
ORS Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine,

ORS 677.761. enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 677. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
ORS Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine,

ORS 677.765. Unauthorized practice by acupuncturist. Performance of acupuncture without licensure or after the termination of licensure by the Oregon Medical Board or in the absence of renewal of licensure constitutes the unauthorized practice of medicine and subjects the person to the penalties provided by ORS 677.990. [Formerly
ORS Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine,

ORS 677.770. Fees. Every physician or surgeon or other person licensed as an acupuncturist shall pay to the Oregon Medical Board nonrefundable fees as determined by the board pursuant to ORS 677.265.
ORS Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine,

ORS 677.780. Acupuncture Advisory Committee; membership; terms. (1) There is established an Acupuncture Advisory Committee consisting of six members appointed by the Oregon Medical Board. Of the committee members appointed by the board: (a) One shall be a person who is a current member of the board. (b) Two shall be physicians licensed under ORS chapter 677. (c) Three shall be acupuncturists licensed under ORS 677.759. In appointing the three acupuncturists, the board may receive nominations from the Oregon Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine and other professional acupuncture organizations. (2) The term of office of each committee member is three years, but a committee member serves at the pleasure of the board. A committee member may not serve more than two consecutive terms. A committee member serves until a successor is appointed and qualified. If there is a vacancy for any cause, the board shall make an appointment to become immediately effective for the unexpired term. (3) A committee member is entitled to compensation and expenses as provided for board members in ORS 677.235. (4) A majority of the members of the committee constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business. [1997 c.527 1; 2001 c.345 2; 2009 c.535 8] Note:
ORS Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine,

ORS 677.785. Duties of committee. The Acupuncture Advisory Committee shall: (1) Review and make recommendations concerning all applications to the Oregon Medical Board for acupuncture licensing or acupuncture license renewal. (2) Recommend to the board standards of professional responsibility and practice for licensed acupuncturists. (3) Recommend to the board standards of didactic and clinical education and training for acupuncture license applicants. (4) Recommend to the board a licensing examination that meets the standards of the National Commission for Certifying Agencies or an equivalent organization nationally recognized for testing acupuncturists. [1997 c.527 2; 2007 c.71 220] Note: See note under
ORS Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine,

ORS 677.805. (1) In a hospital or in an ambulatory surgical center licensed by the Oregon Health Authority under ORS 441.025; and (2) By a podiatric physician and surgeon who meets the qualifications for ankle surgery established by rule of the Oregon Medical Board.
ORS Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine,

ORS 677.810. License required to practice podiatry. (1) No person shall practice podiatry without first obtaining from the Oregon Medical Board a license authorizing the practice of podiatry in this state, except as otherwise provided in ORS 677.805 to 677.840. (2) It shall be deemed prima facie evidence of practicing podiatry within the meaning of ORS 677.805 to 677.840 if any person uses the name or title podiatrist, podiatric physician and surgeon, chiropodist, D.S.C., D.P.M., D.P., foot expert, foot specialist, foot correctionist, or any other word, abbreviation or title indicating that the person was or is qualified and licensed to practice podiatry. [Formerly 682.020]
ORS Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine,

ORS 677.812. Surgery on ankle; limitations. Surgery of the ankle as defined in ORS
ORS Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine,

ORS 677.814. Assisting in surgery. A podiatric physician and surgeon may assist in performing surgery on any part of the body.
ORS Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine,

ORS 677.815. Application of ORS 677.805 to 677.840. (1) ORS 677.805 to 677.840 do not prevent: (a) Any person, firm or corporation from manufacturing, selling, fitting or adjusting any shoe or appliance designed and intended to equalize pressure on different parts of the foot. (b) The sale by licensed druggists of plasters, salves and lotions for the relief and cure of corns, warts, callosities and bunions. (2) ORS 677.805 to 677.840 shall not be construed to apply to or interfere with: (a) The practice of any person whose religion treats or administers to the sick or suffering by purely spiritual means, nor with any individuals selection of any such person. (b) Physicians licensed by the Oregon Medical Board, other than physicians licensed under ORS 677.805 to 677.840, nor to surgeons of the United States Army, Navy and United States Public Health Service, when in actual performance of their official duties. [Formerly 682.030; 1987 c.158 140; 2013 c.129 18] (Licensing)
ORS Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine,

ORS 677.820. Qualifications of applicants. All applicants for a license to practice podiatry under ORS 677.805 to 677.840 shall: (1) Have attained the age of 18 years. (2) Be of good moral character. (3) Have graduated from an approved podiatry school or college. (4) Have satisfactorily completed one year of post-graduate training served in a program that is approved by the Oregon Medical Board pursuant to standards adopted by the board by rule. (5) As used in this section, approved podiatry school or college means any school or college offering a full-time resident program of study in podiatry leading to a degree of Doctor of Podiatric Medicine, such program having been fully accredited or conditionally approved by the American Podiatric Medical Association or its successor agency, or having been otherwise determined by the board to meet the association standards as specifically incorporated into board rules.
ORS Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine,

ORS 677.825. Examination of applicants; issuing license; fees; reexamination. Any person desiring a license to practice podiatry shall be examined by the Oregon Medical Board in subjects which the board may deem advisable. If the applicant possesses the qualifications required by ORS 677.820 and passes the examination prescribed, the applicant shall be issued a license by the board to practice podiatry in this state. Each applicant shall submit an application for examination and the required examination fee to the board. Any applicant failing in the examination, and being refused a license, is entitled to a reexamination upon the payment of an additional examination fee.
ORS Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine,

ORS 677.830. Reciprocal licensing; use of national board examination. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS 677.825, the Oregon Medical Board may issue a license to practice podiatry without a written examination of the applicant if the applicant has a license to practice podiatry issued by a licensing agency of another state or territory of the United States and the applicant complies with the other provisions of ORS 677.805 to 677.840. Such a license shall not be issued unless the requirements, including the examination for such license are substantially similar to the requirements of this state for a license to practice podiatry. The board shall adopt rules governing the issuance of licenses to persons applying under this section. The license may be evidenced by a certificate of the board indorsed on the license issued by the other state or territory, or by issuance of a license as otherwise provided by ORS 677.805 to 677.840. (2) The Oregon Medical Board may accept a certificate of successful examination issued by the National Board of Podiatry Examiners in lieu of a written examination given by the Oregon Medical Board. (3) The Oregon Medical Board may require an applicant under subsection (1) or (2) of this section to take an oral examination conducted by one or more members of the board.
ORS Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine,

ORS 677.835. [Formerly 682.060; repealed by 1989 c.830 49]
ORS Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine,

ORS 677.837. Continuing podiatric education required; exemption. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, all podiatric physicians and surgeons licensed under this chapter shall complete at least 50 hours in an approved program of continuing podiatric education every two calendar years and shall submit satisfactory evidence thereof to the Oregon Medical Board when the license is renewed. (2) The board may exempt a licensed podiatric physician and surgeon from the requirements of subsection (1) of this section upon a finding by the board that the podiatric physician and surgeon was unable to comply with the requirements because of extenuating circumstances. [Formerly 677.455]
ORS Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine,

ORS 677.840. Fees. Every podiatric physician and surgeon shall pay to the Oregon Medical Board nonrefundable fees as determined by the board pursuant to ORS 677.265.
ORS Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine,

ORS 677.845. [Formerly 682.080; repealed by 1989 c.830 49]
ORS Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine,

ORS 677.850. [Formerly 682.090; repealed by 1989 c.830 49]
ORS Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine,

ORS 677.860. [Formerly 682.160; repealed by 1989 c.830 49]
ORS Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine,

ORS 677.865. [Formerly 682.170; repealed by 1989 c.830 49]
ORS Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine,

ORS 677.870. [Formerly 682.191; repealed by 1989 c.830 49]
ORS Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine,

ORS 677.875. [Formerly 682.200; repealed by 1989 c.830 49]
ORS Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine,

ORS 677.880. [Formerly 682.210; repealed by 1989 c.830 49] PENALTIES
ORS Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine,

ORS 677.990. Penalties. (1) Violation of any provision of this chapter is a misdemeanor. In any prosecution for such violation, it shall be sufficient to sustain a conviction to show a single act of conduct in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter and it shall not be necessary to show a general course of such conduct. (2) Any person who practices medicine without being licensed under this chapter as prohibited in ORS 677.080 (4) commits a Class C felony. (3) A person who violates the provisions of ORS 677.360 to 677.370 commits a Class C misdemeanor. [Amended by 1967 c.470 61; (2) enacted as 1975 c.695 19; (3) enacted as 1977 c.686 8; (4) formerly 682.990; 1989 c.782 37; 1989 c.830 46] Note: See note under
ORS Chapter 683 — Optometrists; Opticians

ORS 683.010. of this section. (3) In addition to making expenditures for the administration and enforcement of ORS 683.010 to 683.340, the Oregon Board of Optometry may make expenditures for educational purposes out of funds available.
ORS Chapter 683 — Optometrists; Opticians

ORS 683.020. License required to practice optometry; exception. Except as provided in ORS 676.347, a person may not engage in the practice of optometry or purport in any way to be an optometrist or an expert in the field of optometry without having first obtained a license from the Oregon Board of Optometry as provided for in ORS 683.010 to 683.340. In any prosecution for the violation of this section, the use of test cards, test lenses or of trial frames is prima facie evidence of the practice of optometry.
ORS Chapter 683 — Optometrists; Opticians

ORS 683.030. Persons and practices not affected. ORS 683.010 to 683.340 may not be construed: (1) To prevent any person duly licensed to practice medicine and surgery from treating or fitting glasses to the human eye; (2) To prohibit the sale of complete ready-to-wear eye glasses as merchandise from a permanent place of business in good faith and not in evasion of ORS 683.010 to 683.340 by any person not purporting to be competent to examine and prescribe for the human eye; (3) To prohibit vision or eye care practices by persons working under the direct supervision of an optometrist authorized to practice in this state; or (4) To prohibit vision screening by: (a) Employees of a school or an education provider as defined in ORS 336.211; (b) Persons or nonprofit entities designated by the Department of Education to provide vision screening to students for the purpose of ORS 336.211; or (c) Employees of the Department of Transportation.
ORS Chapter 683 — Optometrists; Opticians

ORS 683.035. Discrimination against optometrists prohibited. No official, board, commission or other agency of the state or of any of its political subdivisions or municipalities shall discriminate between duly licensed optometrists and any other person authorized by law to render professional services which a duly licensed optometrist may render, when such services are required. Such services shall be paid for in the same manner and under the same standards as similar professional services. [1963 c.121 1] (Licensing)