74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 367
 
                         Senate Bill 205
 
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
  President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
  rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
  of the President (at the request of Governor Theodore R.
  Kulongoski for Board of Naturopathic Examiners)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Modifies examination requirements for licensure by Board of
Naturopathic Examiners.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to examinations for licensure by Board of Naturopathic
  Examiners; amending ORS 685.080.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 685.080 is amended to read:
  685.080. (1)   { - For the purpose of determining the
qualifications of applicants for license under this chapter, the
Board of Naturopathic Examiners shall hold meetings and conduct
examinations of applicants for licenses at such time and places
and under such rules as a majority of the board may determine.
The time and place of holding such an examination shall be
published at least 30 days prior to the date of the
examination. - }  { +  An applicant for licensure under this
chapter shall:
  (a) Provide evidence satisfactory to the Board of Naturopathic
Examiners of having successfully passed the basic science and the
core clinical science examinations administered by the North
American Board of Naturopathic Examiners; and
  (b) Pass any additional examinations required for licensure by
the board by rule. + }
    { - (2) At the time and place the board has previously
designated, the applicant shall appear before the board to be
examined as to the fitness of the applicant to practice
naturopathic medicine. The examination shall be in writing and
embrace and be restricted to the subjects listed in ORS
685.060. - }
   { +  (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1)(a) of this section,
the board may waive the basic science examination requirement for
licensure for an applicant who is qualified in basic science as a
result of successful performance on an examination determined by
the board to be comparable to the basic science examination
required under subsection (1)(a) of this section and to have been
taken recently enough to assure the currency of the applicant's
knowledge.
  (3) At a time and place designated by the board, an applicant
for licensure shall take any examinations required by the board
by rule. The board shall publish the time and place of the
examinations at least 30 days prior to the date of the
examinations. + }
    { - (3) - }   { + (4) + } If the applicant passes the
 { - examination - }  { +  required examinations and satisfies
all other requirements for licensure under this chapter + }, upon
payment of the   { - appropriate - }   { + initial + } license
fee { +  assessed under ORS 685.100 + }, the board shall issue to
  { - such - }   { + the + } applicant a license to practice
naturopathic medicine.
    { - (4) If an applicant fails to pass either the basic
science or clinical section of the examination, without losing
credits for subjects passed, the applicant shall be permitted to
retake each subject a total of two times within a period of two
years. If after three attempts, the applicant has not passed the
entire basic science or clinical section of the examination, the
applicant shall be required to wait one year and retake the
complete section. - }
    { - (5) The board may waive the basic science portion of its
own examination for an applicant whom it declares qualified in
basic science as a result of successful performance on a
comparable examination, taken recently enough to assure the
currency of the applicant's knowledge. In such cases, the board
shall determine the necessary comparability through evaluation of
both examination content and testing procedures, and shall
determine the appropriate qualifying score for waiver regardless
of any nominal passing score. - }
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