75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
 
SA to A-Eng. HB 2435
 
LC 2598/HB 2435-A8
 
                      SENATE AMENDMENTS TO
                   A-ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2435
 
        By COMMITTEE ON HEALTH CARE AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS
 
                             May 29
 
  On page 1 of the printed A-engrossed bill, line 2, delete '
creating new provisions; amending ORS 677.132;'.
  Delete lines 5 through 26.
  On page 2, delete lines 1 through 44 and insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 1. + }  { + Section 2 of this 2009 Act is added
to and made a part of ORS chapter 677. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 2. + }  { + (1) On or before January 1, 2010,
the Oregon Medical Board shall implement an expedited physician
licensing process that allows the board to issue a license by
endorsement to a qualified physician. To be considered for a
license by endorsement, a physician:
  ' (a)(A) Must have practiced the physician's specialty, if any,
for at least one year immediately preceding the date of the
physician's application for licensure by endorsement; or
  ' (B) If the physician is retired, must have been retired for
one year or less;
  ' (b) May not have been subject to discipline by a health
professional regulatory board in any state in which the physician
has been licensed; and
  ' (c) May not have been held liable for a significant
malpractice claim as defined by the board by rule.
  ' (2) The licensing process implemented by the board must
require the board to:
  ' (a) Use existing databases to verify application information;
and
  ' (b) Accept documents from the state in which the applicant
was first licensed as a physician as equivalent to primary source
documents to verify:
  ' (A) Medical education;
  ' (B) National medical examination scores;
  ' (C) Postgraduate training, if applicable; and
  ' (D) Other qualifications as provided by rule of the
board. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 3. + }  { + The Oregon Medical Board shall
report to the Seventy-sixth Legislative Assembly in the manner
provided in ORS 192.245 on or before January 31, 2011, on the
issuance of licenses by endorsement under section 2 of this 2009
Act. + } ' .
  In line 45, delete '6' and insert '4'.
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