The documents submitted must be legible and no larger than 8
1/2" x 11". All documents and photographs will be retained by the Board as a
permanent part of the application file. If original documents are larger than 8
1/2" x 11", the copies must be reduced to the correct size with all wording and
signatures clearly shown. Official translations are required for documents
issued in a foreign language. The following documents are required:
(1) Application: Completed formal application
provided by the Board. Required dates must include month, day and
year.
(2) Birth Certificate: A copy
of birth certificate.
(3) Medical
School Diploma: A copy of a diploma showing graduation from an approved school
of medicine or an international school of medicine.
(4) American Specialty Board Certificate or
Recertification Certificate: A copy of the certificate issued by the American
Specialty Board in the applicant's specialty, if applicable.
(5) Photograph: A close-up, color, passport
quality photograph, front view, head and shoulders (not profile), with features
distinct, taken within 90 days preceding the filing of the
application.
(6) The results of a
Practitioner Self-Query from the National Practitioner Data Bank, if requested
by the Board.
(7) The results of a
Physician Data Center Query from the Federation of State Medical Boards, if
requested by the Board.
(8) Legible
fingerprints as described in
847-008-0068 for the purpose of
a criminal records background check.
(9) An open-book examination on the Medical
Practice Act (ORS chapter 677) and Oregon Administrative Rules chapter 847. If
an applicant fails the examination three times, the applicant must attend an
informal meeting with a Board member, the Executive Director, a Board
investigator and/or the Medical Director of the Board to discuss the
applicant's failure of the examination, before being given a fourth and final
attempt to pass the examination. If the applicant does not pass the examination
on the fourth attempt, the applicant may be denied licensure.
(10) Any other documentation or explanatory
statements as required by the Board.
Notes
Or. Admin. Code
§
847-020-0150
BME 9-2001, f. & cert.
ef. 7-24-01; BME 3-2006, f. & cert. ef. 2-8-06; BME 15-2007, f. & cert.
ef. 7-23-07; BME 20-2007, f. & cert. ef. 10-24-07; BME 6-2010, f. &
cert. ef. 4-26-10; OMB 9-2013, f. & cert. ef. 4-5-13; OMB 34-2013, f. &
cert. ef. 10-15-13;
OMB
14-2016, f. & cert. ef.
10/7/2016;
OMB
14-2023, amend filed 10/09/2023, effective
10/9/2023
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
181A.195,
677.100 &
677.265
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
181A.195,
677.100 &
677.265
