{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-676.185","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 676.185","heading":"Definitions for ORS 676.185 to 676.200.","body":"As used in ORS 676.185 to 676.200:\n      (1) “Health professional licensing board” means:\n      (a) A health professional regulatory board as defined in ORS 676.160; or\n      (b) The Health Licensing Office for a board, council or program listed in ORS 676.565.\n      (2) “Licensee” means a health professional licensed or certified by or registered with a health professional licensing board.\n      (3) “Monitoring agreement” means a written agreement entered into between the impaired health professional program established under ORS 676.190 and a licensee enrolled in the program that includes the provisions described in ORS 676.193.\n      (4) “Substantial noncompliance” includes the following:\n      (a) Criminal behavior;\n      (b) Conduct that causes injury, death or harm to the public, or a patient, including sexual impropriety with a patient;\n      (c) Impairment in a health care setting in the course of employment;\n      (d) A positive toxicology test result as determined by federal regulations pertaining to drug testing;\n      (e) Violation of a restriction on a licensee’s practice imposed by the impaired health professional program established under ORS 676.190 or the licensee’s health professional licensing board;\n      (f) Civil commitment for mental illness;\n      (g) Failure to participate in the program after entering into a monitoring agreement under ORS 676.190; or\n      (h) Failure to enroll in the program after being referred to the program.\n      (5) “Workplace monitor” means an individual who is free of conflicts of interest, agrees to serve as a liaison between the impaired health professional program and a licensee enrolled in the program, and has responsibility for at least:\n      (a) Monitoring the licensee’s safe practice in the workplace;\n      (b) Completing a monthly safe practice report and submitting the report to the program;\n      (c) Informing the program of any concerns regarding the licensee, including any unsafe practices in which the licensee engages in the workplace; and\n      (d) Receiving noncompliance reports from the program that may require the licensee to cease practicing.","path":["17 - Occupations","52. Occupations and Professions","Chapter 676 — Health Professions Generally"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors676.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:17Z","sha256":"e9261342315b256b99b52880f88dcf50a5935c26dde97fad3828843d8bd95659","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-676.180","next":"us-or/ors-676.190"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}