2011 Oregon Revised Statutes
ORS Volume 15, Chapters 670 - 704
ORS Chapter 677
677.115 Expedited license by endorsement; rules.

(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) Post-graduate training, if applicable; and

(D) Other qualifications as provided by rule of the board. [2009 c.615 2]