OAR 847-010-0070: Competency Examination

(1) Whenever the Board orders a medical competency examination pursuant to ORS 677.420, it may require or administer one, all, or any combination of the following examinations: (a) The Special Purpose Examination (SPEX); (b) The Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Variable-Purpose Examination (COMVEX); (c) Oral examination; (d) Any other examination that the Board determines appropriate. (2) Failure to achieve a passing grade on any examination shall constitute grounds for suspension or revocation of examinee's license on the grounds of Manifest Incapacity to Practice Medicine as provided by ORS 677.190(15). (3) If an oral examination is ordered by the Board, an Examination Panel shall be appointed. The examination shall include questions which test basic knowledge and also test for knowledge expected of a physician with a practice similar in nature to that of the examinee's. The panel shall establish a system for weighing the score for each question in the examination. After it is prepared, the examination shall be submitted to the Board for review and approval. (4) Appointment of an Examination Panel is required only when administering an oral examination. (5) The examinee shall be given no less than two weeks' notice of the date, time and place of any examination to be administered. (6) The medical competency examination shall be paid for by the licensee.