scope of practice

Scope of Practice Bill Sidelined by Sponsor

Sen. Laurie Monnes Anderson (D-Gresham) will work on this bill with stakeholders “in the interim” between the 2011 and 2012 sessions

April 7, 2011—A bill that would create a more streamlined process for scope of practice changes is being tabled so legislators can focus their energy on more pressing healthcare transformation issues. Read More >>

Dental Health Groups Compromise on Legislation

Oregon Dental Association, Oral Health Coalition emerge from months of mediation with a bill to address dental workforce, access issues

March 10, 2011 --The Oregon Oral Health Coalition and the Oregon Dental Association have joined forces to draft legislation that would create dental care pilot projects intended to address the state’s lack of workforce and access to care. Read More >>

Physician Assistants Try to Gain Leverage with Legislators

Proposed legislation would change the licensing process, placing more responsibility in the hands of the supervising physician

January 13, 2011 -- The Oregon Society of Physician Assistants has prepared legislation to change the licensure process by placing more responsibility in the hands of the PA’s supervising physician and less on the judgment of the Oregon Medical Board. Read More >>

Governor Wields Final Say on Psychologist Bill

No matter what he decides, this issue will come back to haunt the 2011 Oregon Legislature next February

March 4, 2010 -- The battle lines have been drawn, and now it’s up to Gov. Kulongoski to determine whether psychologists should be able to prescribe psychotropic drugs. Read More >>

Psychologists Win Prescribing Rights

Not surprisingly, closing one of the Oregon legislature’s most longstanding “scope-of-practice” issues still feels unresolved

February 25, 2010 -- Beginning in July of next year, licensed psychologists may gain the right to prescribe certain mental health drugs under a bill that passed the Oregon House and Senate this week. Everything hinges on whether Gov. Kulongoski decides to veto the measure. Read More >>

Psychologists Likely to Gain Prescribing Rights in Special Session

Among bills during next month’s special session is one that could end a decades-long battle between psychiatrists and psychologists in Oregon over prescribing

January 28, 2010 -- Robin Henderson knows first hand that central Oregon has a shortage of psychiatrists, which is why she believes giving psychologists the ability to prescribe mental health drugs is the right idea. Read More >>

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