Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) A licensee may
only self-refer to the program if the licensee's board has adopted a rule
permitting self-referrals.
(2)
Provisional Enrollment. To be provisionally enrolled in the program, a
self-referred licensee must:
(a) Sign a
written consent allowing disclosure and exchange of information between the
program or the program's contractor, as applicable, the licensee's employer,
independent third-party evaluators, and treatment providers;
(b) Sign a written consent allowing
disclosure and exchange of information between the program or the programs'
contractor, as applicable, the board, the licensee's employer, independent
third-party evaluators and treatment providers in the event the program
determines the licensee to be in substantial noncompliance with his or her
provisional monitoring agreement.;
(c) Sign a written statement that the
licensee has agreed to report any arrest for or conviction of a misdemeanor or
felony crime to the program within three business days after the licensee is
arrested or convicted;
(d) Attest
that the licensee is not, to the best of the licensee's knowledge, under
investigation by his or her board; and
(e) Agree to and sign a monitoring agreement.
(3) Enrollment: To move
from provisional enrollment to enrollment in the program, a self-referred the
licensee must:
(a) Obtain at the licensee's
own expense and provide to the program, an independent third-party evaluator's
written evaluation containing a DSM diagnosis and diagnostic code, treatment
recommendations, and practice restrictions, if any;
(b) Agree to cooperate with the program's
investigation to determine whether the licensee's practice while impaired
presents or has presented a danger to the public; and
(c) Enter into an amended monitoring
agreement to reflect the treatment recommendations of the independent
third-party evaluator and the program's practice investigation.
(4) Once the program provisionally
enrolls a self-referred licensee in the program failure to complete enrollment
constitutes substantial non-compliance and must be reported to the board.
(5) The program may not report a
self-referred licensee's enrollment in or successful completion of the program
to the licensee's board.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
413.042 &
676.190
Stats. Implemented: ORS
676.185 -
676.200
