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OR Rev Stat § 676.345 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally|Section 676.345 - Registration program for health care professionals claiming liability limitation; program requirements.

(1) A health practitioner described in ORS 676.340 (7) may claim the liability limitation provided by ORS 676.340 only if the health practitioner has registered with a health professional regulatory board in the manner provided by this section. Registration under this section must be made: (a) By a physician, physician assistant or acupuncturist, with the Oregon Medical Board; (b) By a nurse, nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist, with the Oregon State Board of Nursing; (c) By a dentist or dental hygienist, with the Oregon Board of Dentistry; (d) By a pharmacist, with the State Board of Pharmacy; (e) By an optometrist, with the Oregon Board of Optometry; and (f) By a naturopathic physician, with the Oregon Board of Naturopathic Medicine. (2) The health professional regulatory boards listed in subsection (1) of this section shall establish a registration program for the health practitioners who provide health care services without compensation and who wish to be subject to the liability limitation provided by ORS 676.340. All health practitioners registering under the program must provide the health professional regulatory board with: (a) A statement that the health practitioner will provide health care services to patients without compensation, except for reimbursement for laboratory fees, testing services and other out-of-pocket expenses; (b) A statement that the health practitioner will provide the notice required by ORS 676.340 (2) in the manner provided by ORS 676.340 (2) before providing the services; and (c) A statement that the health practitioner will only provide health care services without compensation that are within the scope of the health practitioner’s license. (3) Registration under this section must be made biennially. The health professional regulatory boards listed in subsection (1) of this section may not charge a fee for registration under this section. [1999 c.771 §2; 1999 c.771 §4; 2005 c.462 §3; 2012 c.41 §4; 2017 c.356 §85; 2019 c.227 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 676.350 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally|Section 676.350 - Authority of health professional regulatory boards to adopt rules permitting expedited partner therapy.

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Expedited partner therapy" means the practice of prescribing or dispensing antibiotic drugs for the treatment of a sexually transmitted infection to the partner of a patient without first examining the partner of the patient. (b) "Partner of a patient" means a person whom a patient diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection identifies as a sexual partner of the patient. (c) "Practitioner" has the meaning given that term in ORS 475.005. (2) A health professional regulatory board, as defined in ORS 676.160, the Long Term Care Administrators Board, the Board of Licensed Dietitians and the Behavior Analysis Regulatory Board may adopt rules permitting practitioners to practice expedited partner therapy. If a board adopts rules permitting practitioners to practice expedited partner therapy, the board shall consult with the Oregon Health Authority to determine which sexually transmitted infections are appropriately addressed with expedited partner therapy. (3) A prescription issued in the practice of expedited partner therapy authorized by the rules of a board is valid even if the name of the patient for whom the prescription is intended is not on the prescription. (4) The authority shall make available informational material about expedited partner therapy that a practitioner may distribute to patients. [2009 c.522 §1; 2011 c.720 §215; 2017 c.101 §20; 2018 c.61 §20; 2019 c.280 §13]
OR Rev Stat § 676.360 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally|Section 676.360 - Pelvic examinations.

(1) A person may not knowingly perform a pelvic examination on a woman who is anesthetized or unconscious in a hospital or medical clinic unless: (a) The woman or a person authorized to make health care decisions for the woman has given specific informed consent to the examination; (b) The examination is necessary for diagnostic or treatment purposes; or (c) A court orders the performance of the examination for the collection of evidence. (2) A person who violates subsection (1) of this section is subject to discipline by any licensing board that licenses the person. [2011 c.200 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 676.400 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally|Section 676.400 - Racial and ethnic composition of regulated health professions; findings; duties of health professional regulatory boards.

(1) It is the intention of the Legislative Assembly to achieve the goal of universal access to adequate levels of high quality health care at an affordable cost for all Oregonians, regardless of ethnic or cultural background. (2) The Legislative Assembly finds that: (a) Access to health care is of value when it leads to treatment that substantially improves health outcomes; (b) Health care is most effective when it accounts for the contribution of culture to health status and health outcomes; (c) Ethnic and racial minorities experience more than their statistically fair share of undesirable health outcomes; (d) The lack of licensed health care professionals from ethnic and racial minorities or who are bilingual contributes to the inadequacy of health outcomes in communities of color in this state; and (e) The development of a partnership between health professional regulatory boards and communities of color to increase the representation of people of color and bilingual people in health care professions has significant potential to improve the health outcomes of people of color and bilingual citizens of this state. (3) Health professional regulatory boards shall establish programs to increase the representation of people of color and bilingual people on the boards and in the professions that they regulate. Such programs must include activities to promote the education, recruitment and professional practice of members of these targeted populations in Oregon. (4) Each health professional regulatory board shall maintain records of the racial and ethnic makeup of applicants and professionals regulated by the board. Such information shall be requested from applicants and the professionals regulated who shall be informed in writing that the provision of such information is voluntary and not required. (5) Each health professional regulatory board shall report biennially to the Legislative Assembly in the manner required by ORS 192.245. The report shall contain: (a) Data detailing the efforts of the board to comply with the requirements of subsection (3) of this section; and (b) Data collected under subsection (4) of this section documenting the ethnic and racial makeup of the applicants and of the professionals regulated by the board. (6) For purposes of this section, "health professional regulatory board" means a health professional regulatory board, as defined in ORS 676.160, the Long Term Care Administrators Board, the Board of Licensed Dietitians and the Behavior Analysis Regulatory Board. [2001 c.973 §1; 2017 c.101 §21; 2018 c.61 §21]
OR Rev Stat § 676.405 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally|Section 676.405 - Release of personal information.

(1) As used in this section, "health professional regulatory board" means the agencies listed in ORS 676.160 and the Health Licensing Office created in ORS 676.560. (2) Notwithstanding ORS 192.311 to 192.478, a health professional regulatory board may, at its discretion, release or withhold the personal electronic mail address, home address and personal telephone number for a person licensed, registered or certified by the board. If the personal electronic mail address, home address or personal telephone number is requested for a public health or state health planning purpose, the board shall release the information. [2009 c.756 §3; 2013 c.568 §22]
OR Rev Stat § 676.440 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally|Section 676.440 - Duty of health professional regulatory boards to encourage multidisciplinary pain management services.

(1) Health professional regulatory boards shall encourage the development of state-of-the-art multidisciplinary pain management services and the availability of these services to the public. (2) As used in subsection (1) of this section, "health professional regulatory boards" means the: (a) Oregon Medical Board; (b) Oregon Board of Naturopathic Medicine; (c) Oregon Board of Dentistry; (d) Oregon State Board of Nursing; (e) Oregon Board of Physical Therapy; (f) State Board of Chiropractic Examiners; (g) State Board of Pharmacy; and (h) Oregon Board of Psychology. [2003 c.325 §1; 2009 c.43 §10; 2017 c.6 §26; 2019 c.43 §9]
OR Rev Stat § 676.450 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally|Section 676.450 - Health Care Provider Incentive Fund.

The Health Care Provider Incentive Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Health Care Provider Incentive Fund shall be credited to the fund. The fund consists of moneys appropriated to the fund by the Legislative Assembly and gifts, grants or other moneys contributed to the fund by any source, whether public or private. Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the Oregon Health Authority to carry out ORS 676.454 and 676.467. [2015 c.829 §1; 2017 c.718 §13]
OR Rev Stat § 676.459 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally|Section 676.459 - Health care workforce needs; report to Legislative Assembly.

(1) The Oregon Health Policy Board, in consultation with the Oregon Health and Science University and the Office of Rural Health, shall conduct an assessment of the health care workforce needs in this state, including but not limited to the health care workforce needed to address: (a) The continuing expansion in commercial and publicly funded health care coverage; (b) Health disparities among medically underserved populations; and (c) The need for health care providers in rural communities. (2) The board shall report to the Legislative Assembly no later than February 1 in each odd-numbered year on the health care workforce needs in this state and proposals for addressing those needs with programs funded by the Health Care Provider Incentive Fund established under ORS 676.450. [2017 c.718 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 676.460 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally|Section 676.460

[2015 c.829 §2; 2017 c.718 §5; renumbered 676.454 in 2017]
OR Rev Stat § 676.463 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally|Section 676.463 - Financial incentive program participation data; reporting.

(1) As used in this section, "financial incentive programs" includes but is not limited to the: (a) Rural health care provider tax credit available under ORS 315.613; (b) Scholars for a Healthy Oregon Initiative created by ORS 348.303; and (c) Incentives provided by the health care provider incentive program created by ORS 676.454. (2) In order to evaluate the effectiveness of state financial incentive programs in recruiting health care providers to practice in rural and medically underserved areas and retaining health care providers in rural and medically underserved areas, the Oregon Health Policy Board shall collect information about financial incentive program participants, which may include: (a) The month and year of entry into the program; (b) The locations of service and duration of service in each location; (c) The main services provided, discipline, specialty and hours of direct patient care; (d) The percentage of services provided through telemedicine; and (e) Other demographic information that the board and the Office of Rural Health determine to be useful in the evaluation. (3) To collect the data described in subsection (2) of this section, the board shall use unique provider identifiers and link the identifiers to the provider data reported under ORS 442.373. (4) The board shall compile and analyze the data collected under this section and report its findings and analysis to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health every two years. [2017 c.718 §2; 2017 c.718 §17]
OR Rev Stat § 676.467 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally|Section 676.467 - Allocation of moneys; administration by Oregon Health and Science University.

(1) On the basis of the assessment and the evaluation conducted under ORS 676.459 and 676.463, the Oregon Health Policy Board shall determine the best allocation of moneys in the Health Care Provider Incentive Fund established under ORS 676.450 toward providing: (a) Incentives through the health care provider incentive program created by ORS 676.454. (b) Loans or grants to support communities’ plans for addressing the unmet health care workforce needs in each community, including but not limited to: (A) Funding start-up costs for new health care professional training programs that: (i) Are designed to expand the racial and ethnic diversity of Oregon’s health care workforce; (ii) Are designed to expand the health care workforce in medically underserved areas; (iii) Provide financial incentives to faculty members in health care professional training programs and clinical preceptors; (iv) Ensure that individuals enrolled in the programs are adequately compensated; and (v) Include technical assistance; and (B) Supplementing Medicare funding paid to hospitals for graduate medical education. (2) With respect to the loans and grants provided under subsection (1)(b) of this section, the board shall: (a) Prescribe the process and procedures for communities to apply for loans or grants and for the board to award loans and grants. (b) Establish criteria to ensure that the moneys support community plans that: (A) Include a substantial financial investment by the community, as determined by the board, and may include financial or in-kind support; (B) Are designed to improve the access to health care by medical assistance recipients and Medicare enrollees to the same extent that each plan improves access to health care by the general population of the community; and (C) Are sustainable over the long term. (c) Conduct outreach to communities to solicit ideas and applications for new training programs and other incentive programs. (d) Collaborate with community colleges and public universities in this state. (3) The board shall enter into an agreement with the Oregon Health and Science University to administer this section under the board’s direction. [2017 c.718 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 676.551 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally|Section 676.551 - Needlestick injury; blood draw of patient; test results; rules.

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Health care practitioner" means a person who provides medical care in an emergency setting and who is: (A) An emergency medical services provider licensed under ORS chapter 682; (B) A physician licensed under ORS chapter 677; or (C) A nurse licensed under ORS 678.010 to 678.410. (b) "Needlestick injury" means a wound caused by a needle puncturing the skin. (2) Notwithstanding ORS 431A.570, a health care practitioner who receives a needlestick injury during the treatment of a patient who is unconscious or otherwise unable to consent may, in compliance with this section, perform a blood draw on the patient for the purpose of testing the blood to determine whether the health care practitioner needs to begin immediate post-exposure prophylactic treatment that may include the administration of medications to the health care practitioner. (3) A blood draw described in subsection (2) of this section may be performed if: (a) The patient is not expected to regain consciousness or the ability to consent in the amount of time necessary for the health care practitioner to receive appropriate medical treatment; (b) There is no other person immediately available who is able to consent on behalf of the patient; and (c) The health care practitioner will benefit medically from knowing the results of a test described under subsection (2) of this section. (4) A test performed under this section must be anonymous. (5) The patient, or patient’s legal guardian, must be informed of the blood draw and the test results. (6) The results of a test described in subsection (2) of this section may not be: (a) Made available to law enforcement agencies; (b) Made available to any person other than the health care practitioner, the individual who performs the test and the patient or the patient’s legal guardian; or (c) Included in the medical record of the health care practitioner or the patient. (7) The patient, or the patient’s health insurer, may not be charged for the cost of performing a test under this section. (8) The Oregon Health Authority may adopt rules to carry out this section. [2019 c.476 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 676.553 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally|Section 676.553 - Prohibitions relating to provision of substance abuse, problem gambling or mental health services and support.

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Advertisement" means a public notice, announcement or communication in any form or by means of any media that describes a mental health or substance abuse treatment service or facility for the purpose of promoting, soliciting the purchase of or selling substance abuse, problem gambling or mental health services and support that a person provides to residents of this state. (b)(A) "Person" means a natural person, a partnership, a limited partnership, a limited liability partnership, a corporation, a professional corporation, a nonprofit corporation, a limited liability company, a business trust or another business entity. (B) "Person" does not include a public body, as defined in ORS 174.109, or the Oregon Health and Science University. (c) "Substance abuse, problem gambling or mental health services and support" means all services and supports necessary to treat substance abuse, problem gambling or other mental health issues, such as outpatient behavioral health services and supports for children and adults, intensive treatment services for children, outpatient and residential substance use disorders treatment services and outpatient and residential problem gambling treatment services. (2) A person that provides substance abuse, problem gambling or mental health services and support may not: (a) Accept from another person, or pay to another person, a fee, commission, bonus, rebate or other compensation for a referral of, or to refer, a resident of this state for substance abuse, problem gambling or mental health services and support. (b) Issue, engage, pay for, disseminate or otherwise make available an advertisement that intentionally falsely states or misrepresents the need for a resident of this state to obtain substance abuse, problem gambling or mental health services and support outside this state or at a facility that is located outside this state. (c) Intentionally misrepresent or falsely state in an advertisement a resident of this state’s eligibility to participate in a medical assistance program. [2019 c.363 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 676.560 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally|Section 676.560 - Purpose of Health Licensing Office.

(1) To provide for the more effective coordination of administrative and regulatory functions of certain health boards, councils and programs involved in protecting the public through the licensing and regulation of health-related professions and occupations practiced in this state under a uniform mission and uniform goals, the Health Licensing Office is created within the Oregon Health Authority. (2) The mission of the office is to serve the public by providing a uniform structure and accountability for the boards, councils and programs under its administration to protect the public from harm. The office’s focus is to: (a) Promote effective health policy that protects the public from incompetent or unauthorized individuals and allows consumers to select a provider from a range of safe options. (b) Provide outreach and training to stakeholders to improve compliance with public health and safety standards, and to involve stakeholders in the regulation of the various disciplines and fields of practice. (c) Form partnerships and work in collaboration with each constituency, local and state governmental agencies, educators, organizations and other affected entities to encourage diverse opinions and perspectives. (d) Provide the boards, councils and programs with a standardized administrative forum and procedures for operation, fiscal services, licensing, enforcement and complaint resolution. (e) Resolve disputes between regulatory entities regarding the scope of practice of persons with authorization by those entities in the professions and occupations overseen by those boards, councils and programs. [Formerly 676.575; 2019 c.456 §14]
OR Rev Stat § 676.562 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally|Section 676.562 - Definitions for ORS 676.560 to 676.625.

As used in ORS 676.560 to 676.625: (1) "Active authorization" means an authorization that is current and not suspended. (2) "Authorization" means a certificate, license, permit or registration issued by the Health Licensing Office that allows a person to practice: (a) One of the occupations or professions or maintain a facility subject to the authority of the boards, councils and programs listed in ORS 676.565; or (b) A profession or occupation subject to direct oversight by the office. (3) "Expired authorization" means an authorization that has been not current for more than three years. (4) "Inactive authorization" means an authorization that has been not current for three years or less. [Formerly 676.580]