{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-677.133","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 677.133","heading":"Expedited license by endorsement; rules.","body":"(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:\n      (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\n      (B) If the physician is retired, must have been retired for one year or less;\n      (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\n      (c) May not have been held liable for a significant malpractice claim as defined by the board by rule.\n      (2) The licensing process implemented by the board must require the board to:\n      (a) Use existing databases to verify application information; and\n      (b) Accept documents from the state in which the applicant was first licensed as a physician as equivalent to primary source documents to verify:\n      (A) Medical education;\n      (B) National medical examination scores;\n      (C) Post-graduate training, if applicable; and\n      (D) Other qualifications as provided by rule of the board.","path":["17 - Occupations","52. Occupations and Professions","Chapter 677 — Regulation of Medicine, Podiatry and Acupuncture"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors677.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:17Z","sha256":"a7edb9e27817ffdb34bc12abca93b3f6d64d300d194c3a7312d2d9f0d4753091","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-677.132","next":"us-or/ors-677.134"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}