OAR 847-008-0020: Locum Tenens Registration

(1) Any licensee who proposes to practice intermittently within Oregon and who does not qualify under OAR 847-008-0015 shall register and pay the biennial locum tenens registration fee. (2) The licensee practicing in Oregon with a locum tenens registration status may practice for a period not longer than two hundred and forty consecutive days in the biennium, or a total of two hundred and forty days on an intermittent basis in the biennium. A licensee practicing in Oregon with a locum tenens registration status who wishes to reactivate to active registration status, may be granted an additional ninety days to complete the reactivation process. (3) A volunteer camp physician, who provides medical care at a non-profit camp, shall practice with locum tenens registration status. The volunteer camp physician with locum tenens status may practice in Oregon for a period not longer than fourteen days per year. (4) A licensee who registers as locum tenens and who does not practice in Oregon during the biennium, shall be registered as inactive at the time of registration renewal, and shall be required to reactivate to locum tenens registration status prior to practicing in Oregon. (5) Requirements, procedures, and fees for a Locum Tenens registration shall be the same as for active registration. (6) Any licensee registered as locum tenens shall provide the Board with timely notification of the location and duration of each Oregon practice prior to beginning of such practice. (7) The licensee with locum tenens status who wishes to practice under a different license status must submit the reactivation application and fee and satisfactorily complete the reactivation process.