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2025 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment
Chapter 653 - Minimum Wages; Employment Conditions; Minors
Section 653.298 - Prohibition of adverse actions or retaliation by management services organizations or professional medical entities against medical licensees for engaging in protected disclosures or actions related to nondisclosure or nondisparagement agreements.
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OR Rev Stat § 653.298 (2025)
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A management services organization or a professional medical entity may not take an adverse action against a medical licensee as retaliation for, or as a consequence of, the medical licensee’s violation of a nondisclosure agreement or nondisparagement agreement or because the medical licensee in good faith disclosed or reported information that the medical licensee believes is evidence of a violation of a federal or state law, rule or regulation to:
(1) The management services organization;
(2) A hospital, as defined in ORS 442.015, or hospital-affiliated clinic, as defined in ORS 442.612; or
(3) A state or federal authority. [2025 c.295 §8]
Note: Section 9 (1)(b), chapter 295, Oregon Laws 2025, provides:
Sec. 9. (1)(b) Sections 7 [653.297] and 8 [653.298], chapter 295, Oregon Laws 2025, apply to noncompetition agreements, as defined in section 7, chapter 295, Oregon Laws 2025, that restrict the practice of medicine or the practice of nursing and into which a medical licensee, as defined in section 7, chapter 295, Oregon Laws 2025, enters before, on or after the effective date of chapter 295, Oregon Laws 2025 [June 9, 2025]. [2025 c.295 §9; 2025 c.572 §3(1)(b)]
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