Or. Admin. R. 415-065-0040

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024

Section 415-065-0040 - Self-Referrals

(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.

Or. Admin. R. 415-065-0040

ADS 3-2010, f. & cert. ef. 7-1-10; ADS 2-2012, f. & cert. ef. 2-9-12; ADS 3-2012, f. 6-27-12, cert. ef. 7-1-12; ADS 2-2014, f. 4-24-14

Stat. Auth.: ORS 413.042 & 676.190

Stats. Implemented: ORS 676.185 - 676.200