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2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.443 - Guidelines, recommendations for prescription of opiates.

As soon as practicable after the establishment of guidelines or recommendations as described in this section, the Oregon Medical Board, the Oregon State Board of Nursing, the Oregon Board of Naturopathic Medicine and the Oregon Board of Dentistry shall provide notice to the practitioners regulated by each board who are authorized under the laws of this state to prescribe opioids or opiates of any guidelines or recommendations established by any association of practitioners whose members are regulated by the boards. [Formerly 677.091]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.473 - Oregon Health Authority grants for recruitment, retention of nurse educators.

The Oregon Health Authority shall provide grants to the Oregon Center for Nursing to work with Oregon’s public nursing education programs, including the nursing programs at the Oregon Health and Science University and Oregon’s community colleges, to develop programs to recruit and retain nurse educators at public institutions of higher education. [2023 c.441 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.479 - Oregon Health Authority reimbursements for on-the-job training of health care professionals.

The Oregon Health Authority shall provide reimbursements to employers participating in a labor-management training trust to expand on-the-job training, apprenticeship opportunities and other programs that support the development of health care professionals, including medical technicians, certified nursing assistants and phlebotomists. [2023 c.441 §4; 2023 c.602 §55]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.565 - Oversight and centralized service by office.

Pursuant to ORS 676.568, the Health Licensing Office shall provide administrative and regulatory oversight and centralized service for the following boards, councils and programs:
(1) Board of Athletic Trainers, as provided in ORS 688.701 to 688.734;
(2) Board of Cosmetology, as provided in ORS 690.005 to 690.225;
(3) State Board of Denture Technology, as provided in ORS 680.500 to 680.565;
(4) State Board of Direct Entry Midwifery, as provided in ORS 687.405 to 687.495;
(5) Respiratory Therapist and Polysomnographic Technologist Licensing Board, as provided in ORS 688.800 to 688.840;
(6) Environmental Health Registration Board, as provided in ORS chapter 700;
(7) Board of Electrologists and Body Art Practitioners, as provided in ORS 690.350 to 690.410;
(8) Advisory Council on Hearing Aids, as provided in ORS 694.015 to 694.170;
(9) Sexual Offense Treatment Board, as provided in ORS 675.365 to 675.410;
(10) Long Term Care Administrators Board, as provided in ORS 678.710 to 678.820;
(11) Board of Licensed Dietitians, as provided in ORS 691.405 to 691.485;
(12) Behavior Analysis Regulatory Board, as provided in ORS 676.806;
(13) Board of Certified Advanced Estheticians, as provided in ORS 676.630 to 676.660;
(14) Art therapy, as provided in ORS 681.740 to 681.758;
(15) Lactation consultation, as provided in ORS 676.665 to 676.689;
(16) Music therapy, as provided in ORS 681.700 to 681.730;
(17) Genetic counseling, as provided in ORS 676.730 to 676.748;
(18) State Board of Sign Language Interpreters, as provided in ORS 676.750 to 676.789; and
(19) Temporary staffing agencies, as provided in ORS 676.695 to 676.725. [Formerly 676.583; 2018 c.61 §22; 2019 c.68 §14; 2019 c.456 §15; 2021 c.231 §8; 2022 c.92 §9; 2023 c.414 §§15,16]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.572 - Issuance of authorizations; renewal; activation.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) or (7) of this section, an authorization issued by the Health Licensing Office becomes not current on the last day of the month, one year from the date of issuance.
(2) A certificate issued under ORS 690.005 to 690.225 becomes not current on the last day of the month, two years from the date of issuance.
(3) In order to renew an authorization, the holder of the authorization shall submit to the office on or before the date on which the authorization becomes not current:
(a) A renewal application;
(b) Fees established by the office under ORS 676.576; and
(c) Any other information required by the office by rule.
(4) In order to activate an inactive authorization, the holder of the authorization shall submit to the office within three years after the authorization becomes not current:
(a) An activation application;
(b) Fees established by the office under ORS 676.576; and
(c) Any other information required by the office by rule.
(5) In order to obtain a new authorization, the holder of an expired authorization shall submit a new application, pay fees established by the office under ORS 676.576 and meet all requirements for a new authorization.
(6) If an authorization has been denied, suspended or revoked for commission of a prohibited act under ORS 676.612, the office may not issue or renew the authorization for at least one year after the denial, suspension or revocation.
(7) The office may vary the date on which an authorization becomes not current by providing the holder of the authorization with written notice of the new date and prorating the renewal fee accordingly.
(8)(a) An authorization must be posted at all times in public view at the location where services are rendered, in accordance with rules adopted by the office.
(b) A facility authorization must be posted at all times in public view at the facility address on file with the office.
(9) This section does not apply to temporary authorizations or authorizations related to demonstration permits. [Formerly 676.589]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.576 - Fees.

(1) The Health Licensing Office shall establish by rule and collect fees for:
(a) Application for authorization;
(b) Original authorization;
(c) Renewal of authorization;
(d) Examinations and reexaminations;
(e) Authorizations related to demonstration permits;
(f) Temporary or provisional authorization;
(g) Replacement authorization;
(h) Late renewal of authorization;
(i) Reciprocity;
(j) Authorizations related to freelance licenses and independent contractor registrations;
(k) Authorizations related to facilities;
(L) Renewal of dormant authorization;
(m) Activation of inactive authorization;
(n) Verification of authorization;
(o) Duplicate authorization;
(p) Education or training provided by the office; and
(q) Providing copies of official documentation or records and for recovering administrative costs associated with compiling, photocopying, preparing and delivering the documentation or records.
(2) All moneys collected by the office under this section shall be paid into the General Fund of the State Treasury and credited to the Health Licensing Office Account established under ORS 676.625. Fees established under this section may not exceed the cost of administering the office and the boards and councils within the office, and are subject to ORS 676.625 (3). [Formerly 676.592]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.579 - Director; appointment and qualifications; responsibilities; duties.

(1)(a) The Health Licensing Office is under the supervision and control of a director, who is responsible for the performance of the duties, functions and powers and for the organization of the office.
(b) The Director of the Oregon Health Authority shall establish the qualifications for and appoint the Director of the Health Licensing Office, who holds office at the pleasure of the Director of the Oregon Health Authority.
(c) The Director of the Health Licensing Office shall receive a salary as provided by law or, if not so provided, as prescribed by the Director of the Oregon Health Authority.
(d) The Director of the Health Licensing Office is in the unclassified service.
(2) The Director of the Health Licensing Office shall provide the boards, councils and programs administered by the office with any services and employees as the office requires to carry out the office’s duties. Subject to any applicable provisions of the State Personnel Relations Law, the Director of the Health Licensing Office shall appoint all subordinate officers and employees of the office, prescribe their duties and fix their compensation.
(3) The Director of the Health Licensing Office is responsible for carrying out the duties, functions and powers under ORS 675.365 to 675.410, 676.560 to 676.625, 676.630 to 676.660, 676.665 to 676.689, 676.695 to 676.725, 676.730 to 676.748, 676.750 to 676.789, 676.810, 676.815, 676.825, 676.992, 678.710 to 678.820, 680.500 to 680.565, 681.700 to 681.730, 681.740 to 681.758, 687.405 to 687.495, 687.895, 688.701 to 688.734, 688.800 to 688.840, 690.005 to 690.225, 690.350 to 690.410, 691.405 to 691.485 and 694.015 to 694.170 and ORS chapter 700.
(4) The enumeration of duties, functions and powers in subsection (3) of this section is not intended to be exclusive or to limit the duties, functions and powers imposed on or vested in the office by other statutes. [Formerly 676.610; 2019 c.456 §16; 2021 c.231 §9; 2021 c.366 §3; 2022 c.92 §10; 2023 c.414 §§17,18]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.583

[Formerly 676.606; 2015 c.56 §3; 2015 c.674 §8; 2015 c.722 §10; 2017 c.155 §8; 2017 c.499 §10; renumbered 676.565 in 2017]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.585 - Duty of director to keep records and prepare reports; peer review of office activities; rules.

(1) In addition to any other duties imposed by law or otherwise required of state agencies, the Director of the Health Licensing Office shall keep all records of the Health Licensing Office and discharge all duties prescribed by the office.
(2) The director shall prepare periodic reports regarding the licensing, monitoring and investigative activities of the office. The director shall submit the reports to the Governor. The Oregon Health Authority, in consultation with the office, 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 authority. The rules shall require the office to undergo a peer review of office activities by a team of executive directors of health professional regulatory boards, as defined in ORS 676.160, and at least one public member of a health professional regulatory board. The authority may assess the office for the cost of the peer review. [Formerly 676.611]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.590 - Disclosure of investigatory information, records.

(1) Information obtained by the Health Licensing Office as part of an investigation conducted under the following laws and any reports issued by an investigator are exempt from public disclosure:
(a) ORS 676.630 to 676.660, 676.665 to 676.689, 676.695 to 676.725, 676.730 to 676.748, 676.750 to 676.789, 681.700 to 681.730, 681.740 to 681.758, 690.005 to 690.225, 690.350 to 690.410 or 694.015 to 694.170.
(b) ORS 676.560 to 676.625 if the investigation is related to the regulation of:
(A) Advanced nonablative esthetics under ORS 676.630 to 676.660;
(B) Lactation consultation under ORS 676.665 to 676.689;
(C) Music therapy under ORS 681.700 to 681.730;
(D) Art therapy under ORS 681.740 to 681.758;
(E) Barbering, hair design, esthetics, nail technology or natural hair care under ORS 690.005 to 690.225;
(F) Electrologists and body art practitioners under ORS 690.350 to 690.410;
(G) Dealing in hearing aids under ORS 694.015 to 694.170;
(H) Genetic counseling under ORS 676.730 to 676.748;
(I) Signed language interpretation under ORS 676.750 to 676.789; or
(J) Temporary staffing agencies under ORS 676.695 to 676.725.
(2) The office shall disclose information obtained as part of an investigation described in subsection (1) of this section to a person who demonstrates by clear and convincing evidence that the public interest in disclosure outweighs other interests in nondisclosure, including the public interest in nondisclosure.
(3) A complaint that forms the basis for an investigation described in subsection (1) of this section shall not be considered information obtained as part of an investigation and is not exempt from public disclosure.
(4) Upon request, the office shall disclose to a person against whom disciplinary action is sought any information obtained as part of an investigation described in subsection (1) of this section, if the information is not otherwise privileged or confidential under state or federal law. [Formerly 676.609; 2019 c.456 §17; 2021 c.231 §10; 2022 c.92 §11; 2023 c.414 §§19,20]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.599 - Disclosure of information to other public entity.

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 676.595, the Health Licensing Office, upon a determination by the office that it possesses information that reasonably relates to the regulatory or enforcement function of another public entity, may disclose information to the other public entity.
(2) A public entity that receives information pursuant to subsection (1) of this section must 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" has the meaning given that term in ORS 676.177. [2017 c.101 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.605

[1999 c.885 §2; 2001 c.54 §1; 2005 c.648 §1; 2013 c.314 §7; 2013 c.568 §1; renumbered 676.575 in 2013]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.606

[2003 c.547 §6; 2005 c.648 §2; 2007 c.841 §13; 2009 c.701 §8; 2009 c.768 §27; 2011 c.346 §24; 2011 c.630 §14; 2011 c.715 §20; 2013 c.314 §8; 2013 c.568 §23; renumbered 676.583 in 2013]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.607

[1999 c.885 §3; 2005 c.648 §3; 2009 c.701 §9; 2013 c.314 §9; 2013 c.568 §24; 2013 c.657 §8; renumbered 676.586 in 2013]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.610

[1999 c.885 §6; 2001 c.324 §1; 2005 c.648 §5; 2007 c.841 §14; 2009 c.701 §11; 2009 c.768 §28; 2011 c.346 §25; 2011 c.630 §15; 2013 c.314 §11; 2013 c.568 §2; 2013 c.771 §12; 2015 c.674 §12; 2017 c.155 §9; 2017 c.499 §13; renumbered 676.579 in 2017]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.613 - Injunctions.

(1) In addition to all other remedies, when it appears to the Health Licensing Office that a person is engaged in, has engaged in or is about to engage in any act, practice or transaction that violates any provision of ORS 675.365 to 675.410, 676.630 to 676.660, 676.665 to 676.689, 676.695 to 676.725, 676.730 to 676.748, 676.750 to 676.789, 676.810, 676.815, 678.710 to 678.820, 680.500 to 680.565, 681.700 to 681.730, 681.740 to 681.758, 687.405 to 687.495, 688.701 to 688.734, 688.800 to 688.840, 690.005 to 690.225, 690.350 to 690.410, 691.405 to 691.485 or 694.015 to 694.170 or ORS chapter 700, the office may, through the Attorney General or the district attorney of the county in which the act, practice or transaction occurs or will occur, apply to the court for an injunction restraining the person from the act, practice or transaction.
(2) A court may issue an injunction under this section without proof of actual damages. An injunction issued under this section does not relieve a person from any other prosecution or enforcement action taken for violation of statutes listed in subsection (1) of this section. [2003 c.547 §5; 2005 c.648 §7; 2007 c.841 §16; 2009 c.768 §30; 2011 c.346 §27; 2011 c.630 §17; 2013 c.314 §13; 2013 c.568 §28; 2013 c.771 §14; 2015 c.674 §13; 2017 c.155 §11; 2017 c.499 §15; 2019 c.456 §21; 2021 c.231 §12; 2021 c.366 §5; 2022 c.92 §12; 2023 c.414 §§22,23]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.615 - Rulemaking authority.

(1) In accordance with applicable provisions of ORS chapter 183, the Director of the Health Licensing Office may adopt rules necessary for the administration of the laws that the Health Licensing Office is charged with administering.
(2) In accordance with applicable provisions of ORS chapter 183, the director may adopt rules necessary for the administration of ORS 676.560 to 676.625 and 676.992.
(3) The office may adopt rules establishing requirements for placement of an authorization issued by the office in a dormant status upon application by the authorization holder and establishing conditions for reactivation of the authorization.
(4) Pursuant to ORS 676.560 and 676.568, the office may adopt rules to recognize specialties within a regulated field of practice subject to the authority of the boards, councils and programs listed in ORS 676.565 and may establish requirements for education, experience, examinations and supervision as necessary to ensure public safety and competency within the specialty. [1999 c.885 §7; 2005 c.648 §8; 2009 c.701 §13; 2013 c.314 §14; 2013 c.568 §29; 2017 c.155 §12e; 2017 c.499 §16]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.616 - Final order authority for contested cases related to practice of direct entry midwifery.

The Health Licensing Office shall delegate the authority to enter a final order for all contested cases related to the practice of direct entry midwifery, as defined in ORS 687.405, to the State Board of Direct Entry Midwifery. Notwithstanding ORS 183.411, the delegation of authority does not need to be made in writing before the issuance of an order. [2013 c.657 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.618 - Inspection of facilities.

(1) Upon its own motion or upon any complaint, the Health Licensing Office may conduct an inspection to determine whether a facility or a part of the facility that is the subject of the inspection complies with the authorization, safety, infection control and sterilization requirements imposed by statute or rule of the office or the boards and councils administered by the office.
(2) The office shall provide for the periodic inspection of facilities, business premises or other locations where services are performed by the practitioners of the occupations or professions subject to the authority of the boards and councils that are administered and regulated by the office pursuant to ORS 676.565. [2003 c.547 §2; 2005 c.648 §11; 2013 c.314 §15; 2013 c.568 §31]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.622 - Exemption from certain requirements for original signatures.

(1) A transaction conducted through a state or local system or network that provides electronic access to the Health Licensing Office information and services is exempt from any requirement under ORS 675.365 to 675.410, 676.560 to 676.625, 676.630 to 676.660, 676.665 to 676.689, 676.695 to 676.725, 676.730 to 676.748, 676.750 to 676.789, 676.810, 676.815, 676.992, 680.500 to 680.565, 681.700 to 681.730, 681.740 to 681.758, 687.405 to 687.495, 688.701 to 688.734, 688.800 to 688.840, 690.005 to 690.225, 690.350 to 690.410, 691.405 to 691.485 and 694.015 to 694.170 and ORS chapter 700, and rules adopted thereunder, requiring an original signature or the submission of handwritten materials.
(2) Electronic signatures subject to ORS 84.001 to 84.061 and facsimile signatures are acceptable and have the same force as original signatures. [2009 c.701 §3; 2011 c.346 §29; 2011 c.630 §18; 2013 c.568 §32; 2013 c.771 §15; 2015 c.674 §14; 2017 c.155 §12; 2017 c.499 §17; 2019 c.456 §22; 2021 c.231 §13; 2021 c.366 §6; 2022 c.92 §13; 2023 c.414 §§24,25]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.625 - Health Licensing Office Account; fees; record keeping; disposition of receipts.

(1) The Health Licensing Office shall establish by rule and shall collect fees and charges to carry out the office’s responsibilities under ORS 676.560 to 676.625, 676.850 and 676.992 and any responsibility imposed on the office pertaining to the boards, councils and programs administered and regulated by the office pursuant to ORS 676.565.
(2) The Health Licensing Office Account is established separate and distinct from the General Fund. The account shall consist of the moneys credited to the account by the Legislative Assembly. All moneys in the account are continuously appropriated to and shall be used by the office for payment of expenses of the office in carrying out the duties, functions and obligations of the office, and for payment of the expenses of the boards, councils and programs administered and regulated by the office pursuant to ORS 676.565. The office shall keep a record of all moneys credited to the account and report the source from which the moneys are derived and the activity of each board, council or program that generated the moneys.
(3) Subject to prior approval of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, the fees and charges may not exceed the cost of administering the office and the boards, councils and programs within the office, as authorized by the Legislative Assembly within the office’s budget, as the budget may be modified by the Emergency Board.
(4) All moneys credited to the account pursuant to ORS 676.576 and 676.806, and moneys credited to the account from other office and program fees established by the office by rule, are continuously appropriated to the office for carrying out the duties, functions and powers of the office under ORS 676.560 to 676.625, 676.806, 676.850 and 676.992.
(5) The moneys received from civil penalties assessed under ORS 676.710, 676.725 and 676.992 shall be deposited and accounted for as are other moneys received by the office and shall be for the administration and enforcement of the statutes governing the boards, councils and programs administered by the office. [1999 c.885 §14; 2005 c.648 §13; 2009 c.701 §16; 2011 c.346 §30; 2011 c.630 §19; 2013 c.240 §7; 2013 c.314 §16; 2013 c.568 §6; 2013 c.771 §16; 2017 c.155 §12f; 2017 c.499 §18; 2022 c.92 §14; 2023 c.506 §§6,7; 2023 c.602 §§19,19a]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.630 - Definitions for ORS 676.630 to 676.660.

As used in ORS 676.630 to 676.660:
(1) "Advanced nonablative esthetics procedure" means a procedure that uses a laser, intense pulsed light or other device for nonablative procedures performed on the skin or hair, including, but not limited to, procedures performed in conjunction with one of the following modalities:
(a) Skin rejuvenation;
(b) Photo rejuvenation;
(c) Body contouring;
(d) Dyschromia reduction;
(e) Cellulite reduction;
(f) Hair removal or reduction; and
(g) Nonablative tattoo removal.
(2) "Certified advanced esthetician" means a person certified to practice advanced nonablative esthetics procedures under ORS 676.630 to 676.660.
(3) "Device" has the meaning given that term by the Board of Certified Advanced Estheticians by rule, in collaboration with the Board of Cosmetology.
(4) "Esthetician" means a person certified to practice esthetics under ORS 690.005 to 690.225.
(5) "Nonablative" means involving an action performed on the skin or hair of a person that does not result in the wounding of skin or underlying tissue. [2015 c.722 §1; 2021 c.366 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.635 - Prohibition on unauthorized practice of advanced nonablative esthetics procedures or unauthorized use of title.

(1) A person may not practice advanced nonablative esthetics procedures or use a title, word or abbreviation, including the designation certified advanced esthetician, that indicates that the person is authorized to practice advanced nonablative esthetics procedures unless the person is certified by the Board of Certified Advanced Estheticians under ORS 676.640.
(2) Notwithstanding ORS 677.080, a certified advanced esthetician may practice advanced nonablative esthetics procedures.
(3) This section does not apply to:
(a) A person who is a licensed health care professional if the person’s scope of practice includes the practice of advanced nonablative esthetics procedures; or
(b) A student enrolled in an advanced nonablative esthetics education program or training program or in an advanced nonablative esthetics program that combines education and training. [2015 c.722 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.640 - Certification for practice of advanced nonablative esthetics procedures; rules.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, the Health Licensing Office shall issue a certificate to practice advanced nonablative esthetics procedures to an applicant who:
(a) Is at least 18 years of age;
(b) Is an esthetician in good standing with the Board of Cosmetology;
(c) Successfully completes:
(A) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, an advanced nonablative esthetics education program or training program, or an advanced nonablative esthetics program that combines education and training, that is approved by the Board of Certified Advanced Estheticians; or
(B) A nationally recognized program that is approved by the Board of Certified Advanced Estheticians and through which individuals are certified to use lasers or other devices for purposes related to practicing advanced nonablative esthetics procedures;
(d) Passes an examination adopted by the Board of Certified Advanced Estheticians by rule; and
(e) Pays the applicable fees established under ORS 676.576.
(2) An education program described in subsection (1)(c)(A) of this section must be:
(a) If the program is located in this state, licensed through the Higher Education Coordinating Commission; or
(b) If the program is not located in this state, substantially equivalent to a program licensed through the Higher Education Coordinating Commission.
(3) The office shall issue a certificate to practice advanced nonablative esthetics procedures to an applicant who:
(a) Is an esthetician in good standing with the Board of Cosmetology;
(b) Is authorized and in good standing to practice advanced nonablative esthetics procedures in a state where the requirements to practice nonablative esthetics procedures are substantially similar to the requirements to practice advanced nonablative esthetics procedures in this state; and
(c) Pays the applicable fee established under ORS 676.576.
(4) The office shall issue a temporary certificate to perform advanced nonablative esthetics procedures to an applicant who:
(a) Is an esthetician in good standing with the Board of Cosmetology;
(b) Meets any qualifications prescribed by the office by rule; and
(c) Pays the applicable fee established under ORS 676.576. [2015 c.722 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.645 - Renewal of certificate; rules.

(1) A certificate issued under ORS 676.640 (1) or (3) must be renewed annually. To renew a certificate under this section, a certified advanced esthetician must submit to the Health Licensing Office:
(a) A renewal application;
(b) Proof that the certified advanced esthetician has completed any continuing education requirements established by the Board of Certified Advanced Estheticians by rule; and
(c) The applicable renewal fee established under ORS 676.576.
(2) A temporary certificate issued under ORS 676.640 (4) expires as prescribed by the office by rule. [2015 c.722 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 676 - Health Professions Generally › Section 676.647 - Prohibition on use of unregistered device; rules.

(1) A person may not use a device that is not registered with the United States Food and Drug Administration to perform advanced nonablative esthetics procedures.
(2) The Board of Certified Advanced Estheticians may adopt rules to carry out this section. [2021 c.366 §2]