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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 675 - Psychologists; Occupational Therapists; Certified Sexual Offense Therapists; Regulated Social Workers; Licensed Professional Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists › Section 675.810 - Authorized practice names.

A licensee shall practice under one of the following names:
(1) The name of the licensee.
(2) An assumed business name or other designation that describes a place, institution, organization or agency where or in connection with which the licensee conducts practice. [2009 c.549 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 675 - Psychologists; Occupational Therapists; Certified Sexual Offense Therapists; Regulated Social Workers; Licensed Professional Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists › Section 675.815 - Duty to report prohibited conduct.

Unless state or federal laws relating to confidentiality or the protection of health information prohibit disclosure, a licensee who has reasonable cause to believe that a licensee of another board has engaged in prohibited conduct shall report the prohibited conduct as defined in ORS 676.150 in the manner provided in ORS 676.150. [2009 c.536 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 675 - Psychologists; Occupational Therapists; Certified Sexual Offense Therapists; Regulated Social Workers; Licensed Professional Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists › Section 675.835 - Injunctive proceedings.

(1) The Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists may commence injunction proceedings in any circuit court to enjoin violation of ORS 675.825.
(2) In proceedings under this section, the board need not show that any person is injured by the person against whom the injunction is sought.
(3)(a) If the person against whom an injunction is sought under this section is found by the court to have unlawfully used the title "licensed professional counselor" or "licensed marriage and family therapist," a court may grant an injunction barring the person from using the title.
(b) If the person against whom an injunction is sought under this section is found by the court to have unlawfully engaged in the practice of professional counseling or marriage and family therapy, a court may grant an injunction barring the person from engaging in the unlawful practice.
(4) An injunction under this section is in addition to any other remedies or penalties provided by law. [1989 c.721 §16; 2009 c.549 §10]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 675 - Psychologists; Occupational Therapists; Certified Sexual Offense Therapists; Regulated Social Workers; Licensed Professional Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists › Section 675.850 - Prohibition on practice of conversion therapy; definitions; discipline.

(1) A mental health care or social health professional may not practice conversion therapy if the recipient of the conversion therapy is under 18 years of age.
(2) As used in this section:
(a)(A) "Conversion therapy" means providing professional services for the purpose of attempting to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity, including attempting to change behaviors or expressions of self or to reduce sexual or romantic attractions or feelings toward individuals of the same gender.
(B) "Conversion therapy" does not mean:
(i) Counseling that assists a client who is seeking to undergo a gender transition or who is in the process of undergoing a gender transition; or
(ii) Counseling that provides a client with acceptance, support and understanding, or counseling that facilitates a client’s coping, social support and identity exploration or development, including counseling in the form of sexual orientation-neutral or gender identity-neutral interventions provided for the purpose of preventing or addressing unlawful conduct or unsafe sexual practices, as long as the counseling is not provided for the purpose of attempting to change the client’s sexual orientation or gender identity.
(b)(A) "Mental health care or social health professional" means:
(i) A licensed psychologist as defined in ORS 675.010;
(ii) A psychologist associate licensed by the Oregon Board of Psychology before January 1, 2022;
(iii) An occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant both as defined in ORS 675.210;
(iv) A regulated social worker as defined in ORS 675.510;
(v) A licensed marriage and family therapist or licensed professional counselor both as defined in ORS 675.705;
(vi) An individual who provides counseling as part of an educational or training program necessary to practice any of the professions described in sub-subparagraphs (i) to (v) of this subparagraph; and
(vii) A behavior analyst or assistant behavior analyst licensed under ORS 676.810 or a behavior analysis interventionist registered under ORS 676.815.
(B) "Mental health care or social health professional" includes any individual not described in this paragraph who is licensed in this state and whose license authorizes the individual to provide mental health care or social health counseling services.
(3) Any state board that regulates licensees described in subsection (2)(b)(B) of this section may impose any form of discipline that the board may impose on a licensee under the laws of this state for violating a law of this state or a rule adopted by the board. [2015 c.79 §1; 2021 c.211 §3; 2023 c.500 §10]
Note:
675.850 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 675 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 675 - Psychologists; Occupational Therapists; Certified Sexual Offense Therapists; Regulated Social Workers; Licensed Professional Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists › Section 675.990 - Penalties.

(1)(a) Violation of any provision of ORS 675.010 to 675.150 is a Class C misdemeanor.
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection, violation of ORS 675.020 is a Class A misdemeanor.
(2) Violation of any provision of ORS 675.220 is a Class B misdemeanor.
(3) The following shall be Class C misdemeanors:
(a) Any violation of ORS 675.520;
(b) Obtaining or attempting to obtain or renew an authorization to practice regulated social work by bribery or fraudulent representation;
(c) Knowingly making a false statement in connection with any application for an authorization to practice regulated social work under ORS 675.510 to 675.600; or
(d) Knowingly making a false statement on any form adopted by the State Board of Licensed Social Workers in accordance with ORS 675.510 to 675.600, or the rules adopted under ORS 675.510 to 675.600. [1963 c.396 §18; 1973 c.777 §18; subsection (2) enacted as 1977 c.858 §18; subsection (3) enacted as 1977 c.677 §11; 1979 c.769 §10; 1989 c.721 §44; subsection (1)(b) of 1995 Edition enacted as 1995 c.810 §4; 2009 c.442 §25]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.108 - Definition of "health professional regulatory board."

For purposes of ORS 676.110, 676.115, 676.120 and 676.130, "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. [2017 c.101 §15; 2018 c.61 §18]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.110 - Use of title "doctor."

(1) An individual practicing a health care profession may not use the title "doctor" in connection with the profession, unless the individual:
(a) Has earned a doctoral degree in the individual’s field of practice; and
(b)(A) Is licensed by a health professional regulatory board to practice the particular health care profession in which the individual’s doctoral degree was earned; or
(B) Is working under a board-approved residency contract and is practicing under the license of a supervisor who is licensed by a health professional regulatory board to practice the particular health care profession in which the individual’s doctoral degree was earned.
(2) If an individual uses the title "doctor" in connection with a health care profession at any time, the individual must designate the health care profession in which the individual’s doctoral degree was earned on all written or printed matter, advertising, billboards, signs or professional notices used in connection with the health care profession, regardless of whether the individual’s name or the title "doctor" appears on the written or printed matter, advertising, billboard, sign or professional notice. The designation must be in letters or print at least one-fourth the size of the largest letters used on the written or printed matter, advertising, billboard, sign or professional notice, and in material, color, type or illumination to give display and legibility of at least one-fourth that of the largest letters used on the written or printed matter, advertising, billboard, sign or professional notice.
(3) Subsection (1) of this section does not prohibit:
(a) A chiropractic physician licensed under ORS chapter 684 from using the title "chiropractic physician";
(b) A naturopathic physician licensed under ORS chapter 685 from using the title "naturopathic physician";
(c) A person licensed to practice optometry under ORS chapter 683 from using the title "doctor of optometry" or "optometric physician"; or
(d) A physician licensed under ORS 677.805 to 677.840 from using the title "podiatric physician." [Amended by 1967 c.470 §66; 1983 c.169 §29; 1983 c.486 §1a; 1983 c.769 §1; 1991 c.314 §4; 1995 c.765 §1; 2007 c.418 §1; 2009 c.142 §1; 2011 c.108 §1; 2013 c.129 §35; 2017 c.101 §16]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.115 - Use of title "nurse."

An individual may not use the title "nurse" unless the individual:
(1) Has earned a nursing degree or a nursing certificate from a nursing education program that is:
(a) Approved by the Oregon State Board of Nursing; or
(b) Accredited or approved by another state or United States territory as described under ORS 678.040 and approved by the board; and
(2) Is licensed by a health professional regulatory board to practice the particular health care profession in which the individual’s nursing degree or nursing certificate was earned. [2015 c.345 §2; 2017 c.101 §17; 2019 c.358 §19]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.120 - Use of deceased licensee’s name.

Notwithstanding ORS 676.110 or 676.115, upon the death of any person duly licensed by a health professional regulatory board, the executors of the estate or the heirs, assigns, associates or partners may retain the use of the decedent’s name, where it appears other than as a part of an assumed name, for no more than one year after the death of such person or until the estate is settled, whichever is sooner. [Amended by 1953 c.137 §2; 1983 c.769 §2; 1991 c.314 §5; 2009 c.142 §2; 2015 c.345 §3; 2017 c.101 §18]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.130 - Enforcement of ORS 676.110, 676.115 and 676.120.

Each health professional regulatory board shall notify the appropriate district attorney of any violation of ORS 676.110, 676.115 and 676.120 that may be brought to the attention of the board. The district attorney of the county in which a violation of ORS 676.110, 676.115 or 676.120 takes place shall prosecute the violation upon being informed of the violation by a person or by one of the boards. [Amended by 1983 c.769 §3; 2009 c.142 §3; 2015 c.345 §4; 2017 c.101 §19]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.160 - Definitions for ORS 676.165 to 676.180.

As used in ORS 676.165 to 676.180, "health professional regulatory board" means the:
(1) State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology;
(2) State Board of Chiropractic Examiners;
(3) State Board of Licensed Social Workers;
(4) Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists;
(5) Oregon Board of Dentistry;
(6) State Board of Massage Therapists;
(7) State Mortuary and Cemetery Board;
(8) Oregon Board of Naturopathic Medicine;
(9) Oregon State Board of Nursing;
(10) Oregon Board of Optometry;
(11) State Board of Pharmacy;
(12) Oregon Medical Board;
(13) Occupational Therapy Licensing Board;
(14) Oregon Board of Physical Therapy;
(15) Oregon Board of Psychology;
(16) Board of Medical Imaging;
(17) Oregon State Veterinary Medical Examining Board; and
(18) Oregon Health Authority, to the extent that the authority licenses emergency medical services providers. [1997 c.791 §1; 1999 c.537 §4; 2001 c.274 §4; 2009 c.43 §9; 2009 c.442 §44; 2009 c.595 §1051; 2009 c.768 §33; 2009 c.833 §25; 2011 c.630 §22; 2011 c.703 §45; 2015 c.674 §7; 2017 c.6 §23; 2017 c.101 §8; 2019 c.43 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.165 - Complaint investigation.

(1) When a health professional regulatory board receives a complaint by any person against a licensee, applicant or other person alleged to be practicing in violation of law, the board shall assign one or more persons to act as investigator of the complaint.
(2) The investigator shall collect evidence and interview witnesses and shall make a report to the board. The investigator shall have all investigatory powers possessed by the board.
(3) The report to the board shall describe the evidence gathered, the results of witness interviews and any other information considered in preparing the report of the investigator. The investigator shall consider, and include in the report, any disciplinary history with the board of the licensee, applicant or other person alleged to be practicing in violation of law.
(4) The investigator shall make the report to the board not later than 120 days after the board receives the complaint. However, the board may extend the time for making the report by up to 30 days for just cause. The board may grant more than one extension of time.
(5) Investigatory information obtained by an investigator and the report issued by the investigator shall be exempt from public disclosure.
(6) When a health professional regulatory board reviews the investigatory information and report, the public members of the board must be actively involved. [1997 c.791 §5; 2009 c.756 §5; 2013 c.568 §18; 2017 c.101 §9]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.177 - Disclosure of confidential information to another public entity; criteria; exception.

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of ORS 676.165 to 676.180 and except as provided in subsection (5) of this section, a health professional regulatory board, upon a determination by the board that it possesses otherwise confidential information that reasonably relates to the regulatory or enforcement function of another public entity, may disclose that information to the other public entity.
(2) Any public entity that receives information pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall agree to take all reasonable steps to maintain the confidentiality of the information, except that the public entity may use or disclose the information to the extent necessary to carry out the regulatory or enforcement functions of the public entity.
(3) For purposes of this section, "public entity" means:
(a) A board or agency of this state, or a board or agency of another state with regulatory or enforcement functions similar to the functions of a health professional regulatory board of this state;
(b) A district attorney;
(c) The Department of Justice;
(d) A state or local public body of this state that licenses, franchises or provides emergency medical services; or
(e) A law enforcement agency of this state, another state or the federal government.
(4) Notwithstanding subsections (1) to (3) of this section, the Oregon Board of Physical Therapy may disclose information described in subsection (1) of this section to the Physical Therapy Compact Commission established in ORS 688.240.
(5) A health professional regulatory board may not disclose the information described in subsection (1) of this section to another public entity if the information relates to the provision of or referral for reproductive or gender-affirming health care services. [1999 c.751 §2; 2016 c.13 §3; 2019 c.43 §7; 2023 c.228 §44]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.180 - Notice prior to disclosure.

If a health professional regulatory board intends to disclose a record pursuant to ORS 676.175 (2), the board shall provide the licensee or applicant seven days’ prior written notice by first class mail. The notice shall describe the record that the board intends to disclose in sufficient detail to permit the licensee or applicant to know the contents of the record. In any subsequent action for injunctive or declaratory relief, the burden shall be on the person seeking disclosure to demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that the public interest in disclosure outweighs other interests in nondisclosure, including but not limited to the public interest in nondisclosure. [1997 c.791 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.185 - Definitions for ORS 676.185 to 676.200.

As used in ORS 676.185 to 676.200:
(1) "Direct supervisor" means the individual who is responsible for:
(a) Supervising a licensee enrolled in the impaired health professional program;
(b) Monitoring the licensee’s compliance with the requirements of the program; and
(c) Periodically reporting to the program on the licensee’s compliance with the requirements of the program.
(2) "Health profession licensing board" means:
(a) A health professional regulatory board as defined in ORS 676.160; or
(b) The Health Licensing Office for a board, council or program listed in ORS 676.565.
(3) "Impaired professional" means a licensee who is unable to practice with professional skill and safety by reason of habitual or excessive use or abuse of drugs, alcohol or other substances that impair ability or by reason of a mental health disorder.
(4) "Licensee" means a health professional licensed or certified by or registered with a health profession licensing board.
(5) "Substantial noncompliance" includes the following:
(a) Criminal behavior;
(b) Conduct that causes injury, death or harm to the public, or a patient, including sexual impropriety with a patient;
(c) Impairment in a health care setting in the course of employment;
(d) A positive toxicology test result as determined by federal regulations pertaining to drug testing;
(e) Violation of a restriction on a licensee’s practice imposed by the impaired health professional program established under ORS 676.190 or the licensee’s health profession licensing board;
(f) Civil commitment for mental illness;
(g) Failure to participate in the program after entering into a diversion agreement under ORS 676.190; or
(h) Failure to enroll in the program after being referred to the program. [2009 c.697 §1; 2013 c.314 §6; 2013 c.367 §1; 2013 c.568 §19; 2017 c.155 §12a; 2017 c.499 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.194 - Impaired Health Professional Program Work Group.

(1) The Impaired Health Professional Program Work Group is established.
(2) The work group consists of the designees of any health profession licensing boards that elect to establish or contract for an impaired health professional program as described in ORS 676.190.
(3) The work group shall facilitate the establishment and continuation of the impaired health professional program described in ORS 676.190.
(4) A majority of the members of the work group constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
(5) Official action by the work group requires the approval of a majority of the members of the work group.
(6) The work group shall elect one of its members to serve as chairperson.
(7) The work group shall meet at times and places specified by the call of the chairperson or of a majority of the members of the work group.
(8) The work group may adopt rules necessary for the operation of the work group.
(9) The Oregon Medical Board shall provide staff support to the work group.
(10) Members of the work group are not entitled to compensation, but may be reimbursed for actual and necessary travel and other expenses incurred by them in the performance of their official duties in the manner and amounts provided for in ORS 292.495. Claims for expenses shall be paid out of funds appropriated to the health professional licensing board that the member represents for purposes of the work group.
(11) All agencies of state government, as defined in ORS 174.111, are directed to assist the work group in the performance of duties of the work group and, to the extent permitted by laws relating to confidentiality, to furnish information and advice the members of the work group consider necessary to perform their duties. [2016 c.5 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.200 - Board participation in program; rules.

(1)(a) A health profession licensing board that is authorized by law to take disciplinary action against licensees may adopt rules opting to participate in the impaired health professional program established under ORS 676.190 and may contract with or designate one or more programs to deliver therapeutic services to its licensees.
(b) A board may not establish the board’s own impaired health professional program for the purpose of monitoring licensees of the board that have been referred to the program.
(c) A board may adopt rules establishing additional requirements for licensees referred to the impaired health professional program established under ORS 676.190 or a program with which the board has entered into a contract or designated to deliver therapeutic services under subsection (1) of this section.
(2) If a board participates in the impaired health professional program, the board shall establish by rule a procedure for referring licensees to the program. The procedure must provide that, before the board refers a licensee to the program, the board shall ensure that:
(a) An independent third party approved by the board to evaluate alcohol or substance abuse or mental health disorders has diagnosed the licensee with alcohol or substance abuse or a mental health disorder and provided the diagnosis and treatment options to the licensee and the board;
(b) The board has investigated to determine whether the licensee’s professional practice while impaired has presented or presents a danger to the public; and
(c) The licensee has agreed to report any arrest for or conviction of a misdemeanor or felony crime to the board within three business days after the licensee is arrested or convicted.
(3) A board that participates in the impaired health professional program shall review reports received from the program. If the board finds that a licensee is substantially noncompliant with a diversion agreement entered into under ORS 676.190, the board may suspend, restrict, modify or revoke the licensee’s license or end the licensee’s participation in the impaired health professional program.
(4) A board may not discipline a licensee solely because the licensee:
(a) Self-refers to or participates in the impaired health professional program;
(b) Has been diagnosed with alcohol or substance abuse or a mental health disorder; or
(c) Used controlled substances or cannabis before entry into the impaired health professional program, if the licensee did not practice while impaired. [2009 c.697 §1a; 2012 c.2 §2; 2013 c.367 §3; 2017 c.21 §66]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.205 - Continuing jurisdiction of boards; effect of expiration, lapse, surrender, suspension or revocation of license.

(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Health professional regulatory board" means the agencies listed in ORS 676.160 and the Health Licensing Office created in ORS 676.560.
(b) "License" means a license, registration, certification or other authorization to engage in a profession.
(2) A health professional regulatory board continues to have jurisdiction for licensing, regulatory and disciplinary purposes related to acts and omissions that occur while a person is licensed or required to be licensed, regardless of any changes in the licensing status of the person.
(3) A person who obtains, but is not required to obtain, a license to engage in a profession regulated by a health professional regulatory board, and whose license expires, lapses or is voluntarily surrendered while the person is under investigation by the board, or whose license is suspended or revoked, may not engage in that profession unless the person again obtains a license from the relevant health professional regulatory board to engage in the profession.
(4) Nothing in this section limits the jurisdictional, investigatory or other authority otherwise provided by law to a health professional regulatory board. [2009 c.756 §2; 2013 c.568 §20]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.210 - Practice of health care profession after suspension or revocation of license prohibited.

No person whose license has been revoked or suspended by any board authorized by the statutes of the State of Oregon to issue licenses to practice a health care profession shall continue the practice of this profession after the order or decision of the board suspending or revoking the license of the person has been made. The license shall remain suspended or revoked until a final determination of an appeal from the decision or order of the board has been made by the court. [1953 c.592 §1; 1983 c.769 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.220 - Enjoining health care professional from practicing after suspension or revocation of license.

(1) If at any time the board suspending or revoking the license of any licensee of a health care profession determines that the licensee is continuing to practice the health care profession notwithstanding, the board shall in its own name bring an action to enjoin the licensee.
(2) If the court finds that the licensee has been or is continuing the practice of the health care profession for which the license has been revoked or suspended, the court shall issue an injunction restraining the licensee. The commission of a single act constituting the practice of the respective health care profession shall be prima facie evidence warranting the issuance of an injunction. [1953 c.592 §2; 1979 c.284 §191; 1983 c.769 §5; 2019 c.13 §64]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.260 - Health care facility notification of blood alcohol level or presence of cannabis or controlled substance in blood; content of notice.

(1) A health care facility that provides medical care immediately after a motor vehicle accident to a person reasonably believed to be the operator of a motor vehicle involved in the accident shall notify any law enforcement officer who is at the health care facility and is acting in an official capacity in relation to the motor vehicle accident if the health care facility becomes aware, as a result of any blood test performed in the course of that treatment, that:
(a) The person’s blood alcohol level meets or exceeds the percent specified in ORS 813.010;
(b) The person’s blood contains cannabis; or
(c) The person’s blood contains a controlled substance, as defined in ORS 475.005.
(2) If a health care facility is required to notify a law enforcement officer of test results under subsection (1) of this section and no law enforcement officer is present in an official capacity at the health care facility, the health care facility shall notify a law enforcement agency in the county in which the accident occurred, or an Oregon State Police dispatch center, as soon as possible but no more than 72 hours after becoming aware of the results of the blood test.
(3) A notice required under this section must consist of:
(a) The name of the person being treated;
(b) The blood alcohol level, the blood cannabis level and name and level of any controlled substance disclosed by the test; and
(c) The date and time of the administration of the test.
(4) ORS 40.225 to 40.295 do not affect the requirement to provide notice imposed by this section, and the health care facility shall not be considered to have breached any duty under ORS 40.225 to 40.295 owed to the person about whom the notice is made. [1995 c.546 §1; 2003 c.89 §2; 2007 c.662 §1; 2011 c.672 §1; 2017 c.21 §67]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.280 - Immunity of person providing notice to law enforcement of blood test results.

No action or administrative proceeding shall be brought against anyone participating in good faith in providing notice pursuant to ORS 676.260 and any person participating in providing notice shall have immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, and from any professional disciplinary action, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed with respect to the notification or the content of the notice. Any such participant shall have the same immunity with respect to participating in any judicial proceeding resulting from the notice. [1995 c.546 §2; 2003 c.89 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.300 - Authority of health care provider to notify law enforcement agency that patient who is under influence of intoxicants is about to drive vehicle; immunity.

(1) If a health care provider who is providing emergency medical care in a health care facility to a person has reason to believe that the person is under the influence of intoxicants and is about to drive a motor vehicle on a highway as defined in ORS 801.305 or a premises open to the public as defined in ORS 801.400 and is a clear and present danger to society, the health care provider may notify as soon as reasonably possible the law enforcement agency which has jurisdiction over the health care facility site.
(2) The notice shall consist of the name and physical description of the person being treated and the fact that the health care provider believes the person is intoxicated and is about to drive a motor vehicle as described in subsection (1) of this section.
(3) The health care provider may inform the person if the health care provider intends to notify the law enforcement agency described in subsection (1) of this section. The person’s consent is not required.
(4) Anyone participating in good faith in the making of a report or not making a report pursuant to subsections (1) to (3) of this section shall have immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed with respect to the making or the content of such report. Any such participant shall have the same immunity with respect to participating in any judicial proceeding resulting from such report. [Formerly 441.827]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.303 - Purposes of health professional regulatory boards; authority of boards to require fingerprints.

(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Health professional regulatory board" means the agencies listed in ORS 676.160 and the Health Licensing Office created in ORS 676.560.
(b) "Impairment" means an inability to practice with reasonable competence and safety due to the habitual or excessive use of drugs or alcohol, other chemical dependency or a mental health condition.
(c) "License" means a license, registration, certification or other authorization to engage in a profession.
(d) "Licensee" means a person licensed, registered, certified or otherwise authorized by a health professional regulatory board to engage in a profession.
(2) All health professional regulatory boards shall operate with the primary purposes of promoting the quality of health services provided, protecting the public health, safety and welfare by ensuring that licensees practice with professional skill and safety and addressing impairment among licensees.
(3) For the purpose of requesting a state or nationwide criminal records check under ORS 181A.195, a health professional regulatory board may require the fingerprints of a licensee seeking renewal of a license, an applicant for a license, a board employee or volunteer or an applicant for employment with the board. [2009 c.756 §1; 2013 c.568 §21]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.306 - Executive directors; reports; rules.

(1) As used in this section, "health professional regulatory board" means a health professional regulatory board described in ORS 676.160 other than the Oregon Health Authority with regard to the licensure of emergency medical services providers.
(2) Subject to applicable provisions of the State Personnel Relations Law and the approval of the Governor, notwithstanding ORS 182.468, each health professional regulatory board shall appoint an executive director and prescribe the duties and fix the compensation of the executive director. The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor under the direct supervision of the appointing board. The board may request that the Governor remove the executive director.
(3) In addition to any other duties imposed by law or otherwise required of state agencies, the executive director shall keep all records of the board and discharge all duties prescribed by the board.
(4) The executive director shall prepare periodic reports regarding the licensing, monitoring and investigative activities of the board. The executive director shall submit the reports to the board and the Governor. The Oregon Department of Administrative Services, in consultation with the board, shall adopt rules specifying requirements for the report content and processes for preparing and submitting the reports. The rules may be consistent with performance management measures and processes initiated by the department. The rules shall require each board to undergo a peer review of board activities by a team of executive directors of other health professional regulatory boards and at least one public member. The department may assess the board for the cost of the peer review. [2009 c.756 §4; 2011 c.703 §46; 2011 c.720 §214]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.308 - Authorization for military spouse or domestic partner to practice health profession; rules.

(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Authorization" means a license, registration, certificate or other authorization to engage in a profession.
(b) "Board" means a health professional regulatory board, as defined in ORS 676.160, or a board, council or program listed in ORS 676.565.
(c) "Military spouse or domestic partner" means a spouse or domestic partner of an active member of the Armed Forces of the United States who is the subject of a military transfer to Oregon.
(2) A board shall issue an authorization to a military spouse or domestic partner if the military spouse or domestic partner provides the board with:
(a) Evidence that the applicant is married to, or in a domestic partnership with, an active member of the Armed Forces of the United States who is assigned to a duty station located in Oregon by official active duty military order;
(b) Evidence that the military spouse or domestic partner is authorized by another state or territory of the United States to provide services regulated by the board; and
(c) Evidence that the military spouse or domestic partner:
(A) Has provided services or taught the subject matter regulated by the board for at least one year during the three years immediately preceding the date on which the military spouse or domestic partner submits an application for an authorization; and
(B) Has demonstrated competency, as determined by the board by rule, over services regulated by the board.
(3) A board may issue a temporary authorization to an applicant who applies for an authorization under subsection (2) of this section before the board receives the evidence required by subsection (2) of this section if the military spouse or domestic partner affirms on the application that the military spouse or domestic partner:
(a) Has requested evidence of authorization from the state or territory in which the military spouse or domestic partner is authorized; and
(b) Is not subject to disciplinary action in that state or territory for a matter related to services regulated by the board. [2013 c.351 §1; 2017 c.499 §9]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.310 - Fees for laboratory testing; itemized billing; failure to comply considered unprofessional conduct.

(1) Any person authorized by law to order laboratory testing may charge a reasonable fee for all laboratory and other specialized testing performed by the practitioner or by a person in the practitioner’s employ. In addition, the practitioner is entitled to charge a reasonable fee for collecting and preparing specimens to be sent to independent persons or laboratories for testing, and for the preparation of the billing to the patient for the test. However, a practitioner shall not mark up, or charge a commission or make a profit on services rendered by an independent person or laboratory.
(2) A practitioner shall prepare an itemized billing, indicating the charges for each service rendered to the patient. Any services rendered to the patient that were performed by persons other than those in the direct employ of the practitioner and the charges therefor shall be indicated separately on the patient’s bill.
(3) Failure to comply with the requirements of this section shall be considered to be unprofessional conduct and may be subject to disciplinary action by the appropriate licensing board.
(4) As used in this section, "practitioner" means a person licensed to practice medicine, dentistry, naturopathic medicine or chiropractic or to be a nurse practitioner. [1979 c.428 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.313 - Prohibition on malpractice insurer taking adverse action against health care provider for specified reasons.

An insurer that provides malpractice insurance for a health care provider for care provided in this state may not take any adverse action, including but not limited to sanctions, fines, penalties, rate increases or denial or revocation of coverage, against a health care provider authorized to provide care in this state if the adverse action is:
(1) Based solely on the health care provider’s providing, authorizing, recommending, aiding, assisting, referring for or otherwise participating in a reproductive or gender-affirming health care service that is lawful in this state but unlawful in the jurisdiction in which the health care provider provided the service, so long as the service provided was performed in accordance with the standard of care applicable to the service; or
(2) A result of an adverse action taken against the health care provider’s license issued by another state that resulted solely from the health care provider’s providing, authorizing, recommending, aiding, assisting, referring for or otherwise participating in a reproductive or gender-affirming health care service that is lawful in this state but provided to a resident of a jurisdiction in which the service is unlawful or is unlawful in the jurisdiction in which the health care provider provided the service, so long as the service provided was performed in accordance with the standard of care applicable to the service. [2023 c.228 §31]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.330 - Approved osteopathic residency training and certification included as medical specialty certification.

Any health care entity, hospital, hospital medical staff, health care service contractor, independent practice association, health insurance company or any other entity that requires physicians to be certified or eligible for certification in a medical specialty shall include residency training and certification approved by the American Osteopathic Association and the American Board of Medical Specialties. [1995 c.627 §1]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]