OAR 847-025-0010: Definitions

For the purpose of OAR chapter 847, division 025: (1) “Applicant” means an out-of-state physician, physician assistant, or physician associate applying for a license to practice medicine across state lines. (2) “Telemedicine licensee” means an out-of-state physician, physician assistant, or physician associate granted a license to practice medicine across state lines under ORS 677.135 through 677.141. (3) “The practice of medicine across state lines” means: (a) The rendering directly to a person of a written or otherwise documented medical opinion concerning the diagnosis or treatment of that person located within Oregon for the purpose of patient care by a physician, physician assistant, or physician associate located outside Oregon as a result of the transmission of individual patient data by telemedicine as defined in Oregon Laws 2022, chapter 45, section 14, from within Oregon to that physician, the physician’s agent, physician assistant, or physician associate outside Oregon; or (b) The rendering of medical treatment directly to a person located within Oregon by a physician, physician assistant, or physician associate located outside Oregon as a result of the outward transmission of individual patient data by telemedicine as defined in Oregon Laws 2022, chapter 45, section 14, from within this state to that physician, the physician’s agent, a physician assistant, or physician associate outside the state.