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OR Rev Stat § 679.255 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 679 - Dentists|Section 679.255 - Board to adopt standards for sedation during dental procedures; rules.

The Oregon Medical Board and the Oregon State Board of Nursing, in consultation with the Oregon Board of Dentistry, shall adopt rules establishing standards governing their respective licensees for general anesthesia and conscious sedation administered in conjunction with the professional services of a dentist or dental hygienist. [1985 c.323 §13]
OR Rev Stat § 679.260 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 679 - Dentists|Section 679.260 - Oregon Board of Dentistry Account; disbursement of receipts.

(1) The Oregon Board of Dentistry Account is established in the State Treasury separate and distinct from the General Fund. (2) All moneys received by the Oregon Board of Dentistry under this chapter shall be paid to the State Treasury and credited to the Oregon Board of Dentistry Account. Any interest or other income derived from moneys paid into the account shall be credited monthly to the account. (3) Moneys in the Oregon Board of Dentistry Account are appropriated continuously and shall be used only for the administration and enforcement of ORS 676.850 and 680.010 to 680.205 and this chapter. (4) Ten percent of the annual license fee to be paid by each licensee of the Oregon Board of Dentistry shall be used by the board to ensure the continued professional competence of licensees. Such activities shall include the development of performance standards and professional peer review. [Amended by 1957 c.552 §5; 1967 c.19 §3; 1967 c.282 §5; 1969 c.314 §103; 1973 c.427 §21; 1977 c.192 §8; 1977 c.747 §2; 2003 c.83 §8; 2011 c.597 §279; 2013 c.240 §10]
OR Rev Stat § 679.280 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 679 - Dentists|Section 679.280 - Dental committees or consultants for improving standards of practice; liability; confidentiality of proceedings.

(1) The Oregon Board of Dentistry may appoint a consultant or a committee or committees, each consisting of one or more licensed dentists in this state, to study and report to the board the condition of and dental treatment rendered to any person or persons by any licensed dentist or dentists in this state or by any person purporting to practice dentistry in this state. Any person, hospital, sanatorium, professional grievance committee, nursing or rest home or other organization may, subject to the laws governing privileged or confidential communications, provide information, interviews, reports, statements, memoranda or other data relating to the condition and treatment of any person to the consultant or committee or to the board, to be used in the course of any study for the purpose of improving the standards of dental practice or to enable the board to assess the desirability of disciplinary action relating thereto; and no liability of any kind or character for damages or other relief shall arise or be enforced against the person or organization by reason of having provided the information or material, or arise or be enforced against any consultant or member of the committee by reason of having released or published the findings and conclusions of the consultants or committees to advance dental science and dental education, or by reason of having released or published generally a summary of those studies. When used by the board to assess the desirability of disciplinary action, the testimony given to and the proceedings, reports, statements, opinions, findings and conclusions of the consultants and committees and the board shall be confidential as provided under ORS 676.175, but this shall not preclude the use of the subpoena power with respect to the actual records of dentists, patients, hospitals, sanitaria, nursing or rest homes. (2) There shall be no monetary liability on the part of, and no cause of action for damages shall arise against, any consultant or member of a duly appointed committee for any act or proceeding undertaken or performed within the scope of the functions of that consultant or committee, if the consultant or committee member acts without malice, has made a reasonable effort to obtain the facts of the matter on which the consultant or committee member acts, and acts in a reasonable belief that the action taken is warranted by the facts known to the consultant or committee member after that reasonable effort to obtain the facts. [1965 c.122 §2; 1977 c.192 §9; 1997 c.791 §27]
OR Rev Stat § 679.290 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 679 - Dentists|Section 679.290 - Failure to comply with subpoena issued by board.

(1) If a person fails to comply with any subpoena issued under ORS 679.250 (8), a judge of the circuit court of any county, on application of the executive director of the Oregon Board of Dentistry, shall compel obedience by proceedings for contempt as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from the circuit court. (2) In any proceeding under subsection (1) of this section and where the subpoena is addressed to a licensee of the board it shall not be a defense that: (a) No witness or mileage fee was paid; or (b) The material that is subject to the subpoena is protected under a patient and dentist privilege. [1983 c.169 §31; 2009 c.756 §42]
OR Rev Stat § 679.300 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 679 - Dentists|Section 679.300 - Privileged data; admissibility of data as evidence in judicial proceedings.

(1) All data shall be privileged and shall not be admissible in evidence in any judicial proceeding, but this section shall not affect the admissibility in evidence of a party’s records dealing with a party’s care and treatment. (2) A person serving on or communicating information to a committee described in subsection (4) of this section shall not be examined as to any communication to that committee or the findings thereof. (3) A person serving on or communicating to a committee described in subsection (4) of this section shall not be subject to an action for civil damages for affirmative actions taken or statements made in good faith. (4) As used in subsection (1) of this section, "data" means written reports, notes or records of peer review committees or other committees and similar committees of professional societies in connection with training, supervision or discipline of dentists. The term also includes written reports, notes or records of utilization review and professional standards review organization. [1983 c.169 §33] Note: 679.300 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 679 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 679.310 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 679 - Dentists|Section 679.310 - Duty to report violations; exceptions; liability.

(1)(a) Unless state or federal laws relating to confidentiality or the protection of health information prohibit disclosure, any dentist or dental hygienist, or any person licensed by the Oregon Board of Dentistry, shall report to the board any suspected violation of this chapter or ORS 680.010 to 680.205 or any rule adopted by the board. (b) Unless state or federal laws relating to confidentiality or the protection of health information prohibit disclosure, a dentist or dental hygienist, or any person licensed by the board, shall report any prohibited conduct as defined in ORS 676.150 in the manner provided in ORS 676.150. (c) Unless state or federal laws relating to confidentiality or the protection of health information prohibit disclosure, the Oregon Dental Association or any other organization representing dentists or dental hygienists shall report to the board any suspected violation of this chapter or ORS 680.010 to 680.205 or any rule adopted by the board. (d) Any person may report to the board any suspected violation of this chapter or ORS 680.010 to 680.205 or any rule adopted by the board, association or other organization representing dentists or dental hygienists. (2) This section is not intended to require any person working on or with the Oregon Dental Association’s Dentist Well Being Committee or Peer Review Committee or the Quality Assurance or Peer Review Committee of the Oregon Dental Hygienists’ Association to report to the board any confidential information received within the scope of duties with that committee. (3) No person who has made a complaint as to the conduct of a licensee of the board or who has given information or testimony relative to a proposed or pending proceeding for misconduct against the licensee of the board, shall be answerable for any such act in any proceeding except for perjury. [1985 c.323 §11; 1999 c.578 §4; 2009 c.536 §7]
OR Rev Stat § 679.320 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 679 - Dentists|Section 679.320 - Confidentiality of information provided to board; limitation of liability.

(1) Any information provided to the Oregon Board of Dentistry as the basis of a complaint or in the investigation thereof shall not be subject to public disclosure during the period of investigation. (2) Any person who reports or provides information to the board and who does so in good faith shall not be subject to an action for civil damages as a result thereof. [1985 c.323 §12]
OR Rev Stat § 679.323 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 679 - Dentists|Section 679.323 - Removal of individual disciplinary information; rules.

(1) Upon the request of an individual who has been disciplined by the Oregon Board of Dentistry, the board shall remove from its website and other publicly accessible print and electronic publications under the board’s control all information related to disciplining the individual under ORS 679.140 and any findings and conclusions made by the board during the disciplinary proceeding, if: (a) The request is made 10 years or more after the date on which any disciplinary sanction ended; (b) The individual was not disciplined for financially or physically harming a patient; (c) The individual informed the board of the matter for which the individual was disciplined before the board received information about the matter or otherwise had knowledge of the matter; (d) The individual making the request, if the individual is or was a licensee, has not been subjected to other disciplinary action by the board following the imposition of the disciplinary sanction; and (e) The individual fully complied with all disciplinary sanctions imposed by the board. (2) The board shall adopt by rule a process for making a request under this section. [2016 c.41 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 679.500 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 679 - Dentists|Section 679.500 - Administration of local anesthesia for certain purposes; rules.

(1) A dentist licensed to practice dentistry in this state may administer local anesthesia to a person for the purposes of receiving permanent lip color from a person licensed to perform tattooing under ORS 690.350 to 690.410 or having permanent hair removal in the lip area from a person licensed to perform electrolysis under ORS 690.350 to 690.410. (2) Prior to administering local anesthesia for the purposes authorized under subsection (1) of this section, the dentist must: (a) Receive a written order from a person licensed to perform tattooing or electrolysis under ORS 690.350 to 690.410; (b) Obtain a current health history from and perform an oral examination of the person who will receive the anesthesia; and (c) Establish and maintain a patient record in accordance with rules adopted by the Oregon Board of Dentistry. (3) The Oregon Board of Dentistry shall adopt rules authorizing a dentist licensed to practice dentistry in Oregon to administer local anesthesia for the purposes of tattooing human lips or having permanent hair removal in the lip area by a person licensed to perform tattooing or electrolysis under ORS 690.350 to 690.410. [1999 c.578 §10; 2003 c.187 §1; 2011 c.346 §32]
OR Rev Stat § 679.510 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 679 - Dentists|Section 679.510 - Liability insurance for retired dentist; requirements; rules.

(1) For the purposes of this section, "retired dentist" means a person who is retired from active practice except for the practice of dentistry without remuneration as a volunteer. (2) Subject to availability of funding, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall establish a program to purchase and maintain liability insurance for retired dentists. Insurance provided under the program shall be acquired through contracts with liability insurers that are authorized to offer liability malpractice insurance in this state. Insurance shall be provided under the program only if: (a) Dental services by the retired dentist will be provided through nonprofit corporations offering community services; (b) Dental services provided by the retired dentist will be offered to low-income patients based on ability to pay; and (c) The retired dentist will receive no compensation for the dental services provided, except for reimbursement for laboratory fees, testing services and other out-of-pocket expenses. (3) This section does not impose any liability on the state, or on the officers, employees and agents of the state, for any civil or criminal action against a retired dentist insured under the program established under subsections (1) to (5) of this section. (4) The department shall monitor the claims experience of retired dentists insured through the program established under subsections (1) to (5) of this section. The department may impose any risk management requirements that the department deems appropriate as a condition of providing liability insurance under the program. (5) The department shall provide insurance under subsection (2) of this section only to the extent that funds are appropriated to the department for the purposes of funding the program established under subsections (1) to (5) of this section. (6) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services may by rule establish any conditions considered necessary by the department before providing liability insurance for a retired dentist under the program established by subsections (1) to (5) of this section. [1999 c.1016 §§1,2; 2001 c.104 §261] Note: 679.510 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 679 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 679.520 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 679 - Dentists|Section 679.520 - Treatment of dental waste materials containing mercury.

(1) A dentist who places in or removes from the human oral cavity dental materials containing mercury shall: (a) Implement and maintain best management practices of dental wastes as developed by the Oregon Dental Association to prevent amalgam waste and mercury from entering the air, sewage systems, waterways and garbage; (b) Have an amalgam separator installed on a wastewater drain in a dental facility where the dentist practices if dental materials containing amalgam pass through the wastewater drain. The amalgam separator must be verified by the manufacturer to remove at least 95 percent of the amalgam that passes through the drain on which it is installed; (c) Maintain an amalgam separator installed as required by this subsection in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendations; and (d) Place all dental waste materials containing mercury in a vapor-proof container that is clearly labeled as containing mercury and dispose of the materials in accordance with best management practices of dental wastes recommended by the Oregon Dental Association. Disposal may not be by incineration that would result in the release of mercury into the air. (2) Each dental office shall keep proof of installation of an amalgam separator and maintain an amalgam separator maintenance log that the office shall make available for inspection by the Oregon Board of Dentistry. The board may inspect maintenance logs from a period of up to three years prior to the date of inspection. [2007 c.517 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 679.525 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 679 - Dentists|Section 679.525 - Amalgam separators required in certain dental facilities.

Each dental facility constructed on or after January 1, 2008, shall have amalgam separators that meet the requirements of ORS 679.520 (1)(b). [2007 c.517 §3] Note: 679.525 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 679 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 679.530 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 679 - Dentists|Section 679.530 - Information about oral prosthetic devices.

Dental technicians shall, upon request by a dentist or patient, provide the dentist or patient with information about the location where oral prosthetic devices that are inserted into the human oral cavity or that come in contact with its adjacent structures and tissues were manufactured. [2009 c.147 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 679.535 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 679 - Dentists|Section 679.535 - Requirement to test heat sterilization device; rules.

(1) A person licensed by the Oregon Board of Dentistry who uses an autoclave or other heat sterilization device in the person’s practice shall test the autoclave or other heat sterilization device at least once per week to ensure that the device is functioning properly. (2) The Oregon Board of Dentistry shall adopt rules to implement this section. [2014 c.16 §2; 2017 c.362 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 679.540 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 679 - Dentists|Section 679.540 - Oral disease prevention services; reimbursement; rules.

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Dental provider" means a licensed dentist, dental hygienist or other dental practitioner or a dental care team or clinic that provides the following core services: (A) Comprehensive dental care; (B) Basic preventive dental services; (C) Referral to dental specialists; and (D) Family centered dental care. (b) "Health worker" means "traditional health worker" as defined by the Oregon Health Authority by rule. (2) The Oregon Health Authority, in consultation with coordinated care organizations and dental care organizations in this state, shall adopt rules and procedures for the training and certification of health workers to provide oral disease prevention services and for the reimbursement of oral disease prevention services provided by certified health workers. (3) The rules adopted under subsection (2) of this section must prescribe the training required for certification, including instruction on: (a) The performance of dental risk assessments; and (b) The provision of oral disease prevention services. (4) The authority shall adopt rules requiring that a certified health worker: (a) Refer patients to dental providers; and (b) Recommend to patients, or to the parent or legal guardian of a patient, that the patient visit a dental provider at least once annually. [2015 c.542 §1] Note: 679.540 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 679 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 679.543 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 679 - Dentists|Section 679.543 - Use of telehealth by dental care provider.

(1) As used in this section, "telehealth" means a variety of methods, through the use of electronic and telecommunications technologies, for the distance delivery of health care services, including dental care services, and clinical information designed to improve a patient’s health status and to enhance delivery of the health care services and clinical information. (2) A dental care provider authorized by the Oregon Board of Dentistry to practice dental care services may use telehealth if: (a) In the professional judgment of the dental care provider, the use of telehealth is an appropriate manner in which to provide a dental care service; and (b) The dental care provider is providing a dental care service that is within the scope of practice of the dental care provider. (3) The use of telehealth as described in subsection (2) of this section is not an expansion of the scope of practice of a dental care provider. (4) The board shall treat a dental care service that is delivered by a dental care provider through telehealth as described in subsection (2) of this section the same as the board treats the dental care service when delivered in person. The board shall apply identical quality and practice standards to a particular dental care service regardless of the method of delivery of the dental care service. [2017 c.348 §1] Note: 679.543 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 679 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 679.546 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 679 - Dentists|Section 679.546 - Advertising as specialist; requirements; rules.

(1) A dentist licensed by the Oregon Board of Dentistry may advertise that the dentist is a specialist in one or more areas of dentistry if the dentist: (a) Has completed a post-doctoral residency program that is at least two years in length and is accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation, or its successor organization, and approved by the board by rule; (b) Is a specialist as defined by the National Commission on Recognition of Dental Specialties and Certifying Boards, or its successor organization, and adopted by the board by rule; or (c) Has completed an advanced dental education program that is at least two years in length and is recognized by the United States Department of Education, and approved by the board by rule. (2) The board may adopt rules as necessary to carry out this section. [2019 c.379 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 679.549 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 679 - Dentists|Section 679.549 - Expression of regret or apology.

(1) For the purposes of any civil action against a person licensed by the Oregon Board of Dentistry or against a dental office or clinic, health care institution, health care facility or other entity that employs or grants the person privileges, any expression of regret or apology made by or on behalf of the person, office, clinic, institution, facility or entity, including an expression of regret or apology that is made in writing or by conduct, does not constitute an admission of liability. (2) A person licensed by the board, or any other person who makes an expression of regret or apology on behalf of a person licensed by the board, may not be examined by deposition or otherwise in any civil or administrative proceeding, including any arbitration or mediation proceeding, with respect to an expression of regret or apology made by or on behalf of the person, including expressions of regret or apology that are made in writing, orally or by conduct. [2019 c.182 §2]