OAR 409-026-0110: Data Elements

(1) Pursuant to ORS 676.410, a health care workforce regulatory board must collaborate with the Oregon Health Authority to collect health care workforce information. The information may include but is not limited to the following: (a) Gender; (b) Race; (c) Ethnicity (d) Languages spoken; (e) Year of birth; (f) Educational background; (g) Specialty training or certification; (h) Practice status and hours; (i) Practice type and setting; (j) Geographic location of practice; and (k) Future practice plans. (2) The Authority may not include any health care workforce information relating to licensees’ disciplinary actions or criminal background. (3) The Authority shall collaborate with health care workforce regulatory boards to determine data elements and specifications and communicate the information to the health care workforce regulatory boards no later than six months prior to data collection. (4) The Authority shall provide a data collection tool that health care workforce regulatory boards may use to collect required data elements. (5) The healthcare workforce regulatory boards that utilize the Authority’s data collection tool shall provide verification information to the Authority, which may include: (a) License number; (b) Name; (c) Birth year; and (d) Original license date.