75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
 
 
                            Enrolled
 
                         House Bill 2435
 
Sponsored by Representatives ROBLAN, GREENLICK; Senator
  MORRISETTE
 
 
                     CHAPTER ................
 
 
                             AN ACT
 
 
Relating to licensing of physicians; and prescribing an effective
  date.
 
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
 
  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. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + This 2009 Act takes effect on the 91st day
after the date on which the regular session of the Seventy-fifth
Legislative Assembly adjourns sine die. + }
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Passed by House April 22, 2009
 
Repassed by House June 4, 2009
 
 
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                                             Chief Clerk of House
 
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                                                 Speaker of House
 
Passed by Senate June 3, 2009
 
 
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                                              President of Senate
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Received by Governor:
 
......M.,............., 2009
 
Approved:
 
......M.,............., 2009
 
 
      ...........................................................
                                                         Governor
 
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
 
......M.,............., 2009
 
 
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                                               Secretary of State
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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