Chapter 418 Oregon Laws 2007
AN ACT
HB 3089
Relating to use of professional title by acupuncturists; amending ORS
676.110.
Be It Enacted by the People of
the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
ORS 676.110 is amended to read:
676.110. Any person
practicing a health care profession who uses the title “doctor,” or any
contraction thereof, “clinic,” “institute,” “specialist” or any other assumed
or artificial name or title, in connection with the business or profession, on
any written or printed matter, or in connection with any advertising,
billboards, signs or professional notices, shall add after the name of the
person, or after any such assumed or artificial names, one of the following
respective designations in letters or print which shall be at least one-fourth
the size of the largest letters used in the title or name, and in material,
color, type or illumination to give display and legibility of at least
one-fourth that of the title or name:
(1) In the case of a
person practicing podiatry, the word “podiatrist” or the words “podiatric
physician” or “podiatric physician and surgeon.”
(2) In the case of a
person practicing chiropractic, the word “chiropractor” or the words “chiropractic
physician.”
(3) In the case of a
person practicing dentistry, the word “dentist” or “dentistry.”
(4) In the case of a
person practicing naturopathic medicine, the word “naturopath” or the words “naturopathic
physician.”
(5) In the case of a
person practicing optometry, the word “optometrist” or the words “doctor of
optometry” or “optometric physician.”
(6) In the case of a
person licensed to practice medicine by the Board of Medical Examiners for the
State of Oregon who holds the degree of Doctor of Osteopathy, or the
equivalent, the word “osteopath” or the words “osteopathic physician” or “osteopathic
physician and surgeon.”
(7) In the case of a
person licensed to practice medicine by the Board of Medical Examiners for the
State of Oregon who holds the degree of Doctor of Medicine, or the equivalent,
the word “physician” or the word “surgeon” or the words “physician and surgeon.”
(8) In the case of a
person practicing veterinary medicine, the word “veterinarian.”
(9) In the case of a
person practicing acupuncture, the word “acupuncturist[.]” and in the case of a person who has completed a program that
leads to a doctoral degree in Oriental Medicine and Acupuncture from a school
that has federally recognized accreditation, the words “doctor of acupuncture
and oriental medicine.”
Approved by the Governor June 13, 2007
Filed in the office of Secretary of State June 13, 2007
Effective date January 1, 2008
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