Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 847 - OREGON MEDICAL BOARD
Division 80 - PODIATRIC MEDICINE
Section 847-080-0013 - Documents to Be Submitted for Licensure

(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) Doctor of Podiatric Medicine Diploma: A copy of a diploma showing graduation from a school of podiatry.

(4) 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.

(5) The results of a Practitioner Self-Query from the National Practitioner Data Bank sent directly to the Board by the applicant.

(6) Legible fingerprints as described in 847-008-0068 for the purpose of a criminal records background check.

(7) 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 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.

(8) Any other documentation or explanatory statements as required by the Board.