OAR 409-045-0120: Telemedicine Providers Standard List of Credentialing Documents

(1) To become credentialed by an originating-site hospital or health care facility a telemedicine health care practitioner or the distant-site hospital or health care facility must provide the following information and documentation to the originating-site hospital or health care facility: (a) A completed current (within the past 6 months) Oregon Practitioner Credentialing Application (OPCA) and the following documents: (A) A copy of the state license authorizing practice; (B) Drug Enforcement Agency certificate; (C) State approved foreign education equivalency certificate or report, if applicable; and (D) Certification of professional liability insurance. (b) Attestation by medical staff at the distant-site hospital or health care facility that they have conducted primary source verification of all materials of the OPCA except for: (A) Hospital affiliations other than to the distant-site hospital or health care facility; and (B) Work history beyond the previous five years. (2) Originating-site hospitals or health care facilities may request documentation of all the verifications above from the distant-site hospital or health care facility or the telemedicine health care practitioner. Verifications that are not provided may be obtained separately by the originating-site hospital or health care facility. (3) Originating-site hospitals or health care facilities may not require either the telemedicine health care practitioner or the distant-site hospital to provide the following documentation for the purposes of credentialing or privileging a telemedicine provider: (a) Proof of Tuberculosis screening; (b) Proof of vaccination or immunity to communicable diseases; and (c) HIPAA training verification. (4) Originating-site hospitals or health care facilities may not require a telemedicine provider to attend physician and staff meetings at the originating-site hospital or health care facility. (5) Originating-site hospitals or health care facilities may not request credentialing information if the credentialing information was made available under OAR 409-045-0120 and is not subject to change. (6) To become recredentialed by an originating-site hospital or health care facility, every two years a telemedicine health care practitioner or the distant-site hospital or health care facility must provide a completed current Oregon Practitioner Recredentialing Application and all other information required in OAR 409-045-0120.