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Oregon Medical Board seeks repeal of underused volunteer emeritus license in housekeeping bill
Summary
At a public hearing the Oregon Medical Board told the House committee Senate Bill 873 would repeal a rarely used volunteer emeritus license for out‑of‑state clinicians; the board said a 2022 authorization now handles short volunteer practice and no one currently holds the license.
The House Committee on Behavioral Health and Healthcare held a public hearing April 22 on Senate Bill 873, a measure from the Oregon Medical Board to repeal the board’s volunteer emeritus license.
Elizabeth Ross, legislative and policy analyst for the Oregon Medical Board, told the committee the board licenses and regulates more than 27,000 practitioners in Oregon and described SB 873 as a housekeeping measure. "Currently, no one holds…
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