Oregon · Through 2025 Edition

ORS 677.135: “Practice of medicine across state lines” defined for ORS 677.135 to 677.141.

As used in ORS 677.135 to 677.141:
      (1) “The practice of medicine across state lines” means:
      (a) The rendering directly to a person of a written or otherwise documented medical opinion concerning the diagnosis or treatment of that person located within this state for the purpose of patient care by a physician or physician associate located outside this state as a result of the transmission of individual patient data by telemedicine, as defined in ORS 677.494, from within this state to that physician, the physician’s agent or a physician associate; or
      (b) The rendering of medical treatment directly to a person located within this state by a physician or a physician associate located outside this state as a result of the outward transmission of individual patient data by telemedicine from within this state to that physician, the physician’s agent or a physician associate.
      (2) “The practice of medicine across state lines” does not include the practice of medicine by a person practicing in this state under ORS 676.347.

Where this section sits in the code

17 - Occupations
52. Occupations and Professions
Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine, Podiatry and Acupuncture

As used in ORS 677.135 to 677.141:

(1) “The practice of medicine across state lines” means:

(a) The rendering directly to a person of a written or otherwise documented medical opinion concerning the diagnosis or treatment of that person located within this state for the purpose of patient care by a physician or physician associate located outside this state as a result of the transmission of individual patient data by telemedicine, as defined in ORS 677.494, from within this state to that physician, the physician’s agent or a physician associate; or

(b) The rendering of medical treatment directly to a person located within this state by a physician or a physician associate located outside this state as a result of the outward transmission of individual patient data by telemedicine from within this state to that physician, the physician’s agent or a physician associate.

(2) “The practice of medicine across state lines” does not include the practice of medicine by a person practicing in this state under ORS 676.347.

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