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House votes to let physician assistants and nurse practitioners serve as medical examiners to ease staffing shortages
3342536 · May 15, 2025
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Summary
Senate Bill 536 allows licensed physician assistants and nurse practitioners to be appointed as district or medical examiners and updates definitions and procedures to address examiner shortages, particularly in rural counties.
Representative Jane Nelson told the House Senate Bill 536 would allow licensed physician assistants and nurse practitioners to serve as district medical examiners and to perform forensic investigations where authorized by the chief medical examiner.
Nelson said Oregon faces a shortage of medical examiners,…
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