Or. Admin. Code § 409-035-0010 - Definitions

For the purposes of this Division, the following definitions apply:

(1) "Application" means the Physician Visa Waiver Program application form and supporting documentation.

(2) "Authority" means the Oregon Health Authority.

(3) "Department of State" means the federal agency that reviews J-1 waiver applications.

(4) "Flex Option" means the placement of a physician in an area that is not a federally designated shortage area, who will serve patients living in designated shortage areas, as determined by the Health Resources and Services Administration.

(5) "Health Care Facility" means the clinic or hospital that employs the J-1 physician.

(6) "Health Services and Resources Administration" (HRSA) means the branch of the Department of Health and Human Services that designates federal shortage areas.

(7) "Health Care Shortage Area" means a geographic area or site approved by HRSA. Categories include Health Professional Shortage area (HPSA), Medically Underserved Area (MUA), and Medically Underserved Population (MUP).

(8) "J-1 Application" means the application form and supporting material submitted jointly by the health care facility and the J-1 physician to the Authority.

(9) "J-1 Physician" means allopathic or osteopathic physician who is requesting a waiver of the two-year foreign country residency requirement in order to practice in a facility in Oregon that is either located in a federally designated shortage area or serves patients living in designated shortage areas.

(10) "Low Income" means a patient whose income does not exceed 200% of the current Federal Poverty Guidelines (see: https://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty).

(11) "Mental Health Facility" means an agency that provides mental health services in an outpatient, residential, or hospital setting.

(12) "Oregon Health Plan" means the joint Federal/State entitlement program, enacted in 1965 as Title XIX of the Social Security Act, that pays for medical care on behalf of certain groups of low-income persons, as operated in Oregon.

(13) "Primary Care Physician" means a physician licensed in Oregon to practice family medicine, general internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, or general psychiatry.

(14) "United States Citizenship and Immigration Services" means the agency that replaced the Immigration and Naturalization Service, effective March 1, 2003.

Notes

Or. Admin. Code § 409-035-0010

PH 14-2003(Temp), f. 9-25-03 cert. ef. 10-1-03 thru 3-29-04; PH 11-2004, f. 3-25-04, cert. ef. 3-29-04; Renumbered from 333-005-0010 by OHP 7-2010, f. 12-29-10, cert. ef. 1-1-11; OHP 9-2022, amend filed 12/06/2022, effective 12/6/2022

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 413.248

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 413.248