OAR 851-070-0051: Disqualification Criteria

Certificate holder and licensee, either Board-referred or self-referred, may be disqualified from entering or participating in the HPSP for factors including, but not limited to: (1) Certificate holder or licensee’s disciplinary history; (2) Severity and duration of the certificate holder or licensee’s impairment; (3) Extent to which certificate holder or licensee’s practice can be limited or managed to eliminate danger to the public; (4) If certificate holder or licensee’s impairment cannot be managed with treatment and monitoring; (5) Evidence of criminal history that involves injury or endangerment to others; (6) Evidence of sexual misconduct; (7) Evidence of non-compliance with a monitoring program from another state; (8) Pending investigations with the Board or boards from other states; (9) Previous Board investigations with findings of substantiated abuse or dependence; and (10) Prior enrollment in, but failure to successfully complete, the Oregon State Board of Nursing Health Professionals' Program.