Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 811 - BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS › Division 15 - CONSUMER PROTECTION › Section 811-015-0080 - License Suspension and Probation

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Chiropractic physicians and certified
			 chiropractic assistants who are placed on suspension may not provide
			 chiropractic treatment or services to any patient and are not to be in the
			 clinic during business hours.
(2)
			 The suspended chiropractic physicians shall not, directly or indirectly, engage
			 in any conduct or make any statement which is intended to mislead, or is likely
			 to have the effect of misleading any patient, member of the public, or other
			 person as to the nature of and reason for the suspension. It shall be
			 prohibited to portray themselves to patients in any way as potentially
			 practicing. Suspended chiropractic physicians may not perform intake functions
			 or greet patients. Suspended chiropractic physicians and suspended certified
			 chiropractic assistants should not be visible to patients as that could induce
			 the belief they are practicing.
(3)
			 Suspended chiropractic physicians shall prominently post in their clinic a
			 suspension notice provided by the Board in a place conspicuous and readable to
			 the public. The suspension notice shall remain posted during the entire period
			 of actual suspension. The Board may waive this for good cause.
(4) Chiropractic physicians and certified
			 chiropractic assistants are prohibited from misrepresenting the status of
			 licensure to any patients.
(5)
			 Chiropractic physicians will be prohibited from using any student interns
			 during the period of suspension or probation.
(6) Suspended chiropractic physicians may not
			 provide any therapies as a certified chiropractic assistant. They may not
			 personally sell or provide supplements or other products to clinic patients or
			 persons coming in to the clinic. They may not perform adjustments on family or
			 friends while they are suspended. They may not take X-ray films or perform any
			 diagnostic procedures.
(7)
			 Suspended chiropractic physicians may not engage in marketing which leads
			 clients, consumers, or patients to believe they are a practicing chiropractic
			 physician at the time they are suspended. They may not place new advertising
			 which indicates in any way the suspended chiropractic physician is practicing
			 chiropractic during the suspension period.
(8) The list of prohibitions in this rule is
			 not all inclusive and if the Board determines that a suspended chiropractic
			 physician was practicing chiropractic during the term of suspension, it may
			 result in further disciplinary action, pursuant to ORS
			 684.100.
(9) A limited exception includes providing
			 expert testimony at hearing or deposition, information to legal counsel in
			 regards to a patient's case that is in legal process of resolution regarding
			 care provided prior to the suspension. Suspended chiropractic physicians are
			 not prohibited from performing such business functions such as billing and
			 attending tasks not related to patient scheduling, care, treatment or
			 evaluation; such action must be done outside of regular business
			 hours.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 183.684 & 684.100
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  684.155(b)