77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session
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LC 2342
House Bill 2611
Sponsored by Representative KENY-GUYER, Senator SHIELDS;
Representatives DEMBROW, FREDERICK, GALLEGOS, GREENLICK,
MATTHEWS, Senators DINGFELDER, MONNES ANDERSON, WINTERS
(Presession filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
Directs certain health professional regulatory boards to adopt
rules by January 1, 2017, requiring licensees to document
participation in continuing education opportunities relating to
cultural competency approved by Oregon Health Authority.
Requires authority to collaborate with boards to define '
cultural competency,' develop list of approved continuing
education opportunities and provide list to boards on or before
January 1, 2015.
Declares emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to continuing education for health care professionals;
and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. { + (1) As used in this section, 'board' means the:
(a) State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and
Audiology;
(b) State Board of Chiropractic Examiners;
(c) State Board of Licensed Social Workers;
(d) Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and
Therapists;
(e) Oregon Board of Dentistry;
(f) Board of Licensed Dietitians;
(g) State Board of Massage Therapists;
(h) Oregon Board of Naturopathic Medicine;
(i) Oregon State Board of Nursing;
(j) Nursing Home Administrators Board;
(k) Oregon Board of Optometry;
(L) State Board of Pharmacy;
(m) Oregon Medical Board;
(n) Occupational Therapy Licensing Board;
(o) Physical Therapist Licensing Board;
(p) State Board of Psychologist Examiners;
(q) Board of Medical Imaging;
(r) State Board of Direct Entry Midwifery;
(s) State Board of Denture Technology;
(t) Respiratory Therapist and Polysomnographic Technologist
Licensing Board; and
(u) Oregon Health Authority, to the extent that the authority
licenses emergency medical service providers.
(2) In collaboration with the Oregon Health Authority, a board
shall adopt rules making it a condition of licensure that a
person licensed by the board document participation in continuing
education designed to reduce health care disparities and improve
cultural competency, as defined by the authority under section 2
of this 2013 Act. + }
SECTION 2. { + (1) The Oregon Health Authority shall
collaborate with the boards listed in section 1 of this 2013 Act
to:
(a) Define 'cultural competency'; and
(b) Determine how often persons licensed by the boards must
complete the continuing education required under section 1 of
this 2013 Act.
(2) The authority shall develop a list of continuing education
opportunities relating to cultural competency approved by the
authority and make the list available to each of the boards
listed in section 1 of this 2013 Act.
(3) The continuing education opportunities may include, but
need not be limited to:
(a) Courses delivered either in person or electronically;
(b) Experiential learning such as cultural or linguistic
immersion;
(c) Service learning; or
(d) Specially designed cultural experiences.
(4) The continuing education opportunities must teach
attitudes, knowledge and skills that enable a health care
professional to care effectively for patients from diverse
cultures, groups and communities, including but not limited to:
(a) Applying linguistic skills to communicate effectively with
patients from diverse cultures, groups and communities;
(b) Using cultural information to establish therapeutic
relationships; and
(c) Eliciting, understanding and applying cultural and ethnic
data in the process of clinical care.
(5) The authority may accept gifts, grants or contributions
from any public or private source for the purpose of carrying out
this section. Moneys received by the authority under this
subsection shall be deposited into the Oregon Health Authority
Fund established by ORS 413.101.
(6) The authority may contract with or award grant funding to a
public or private entity to develop the list of or offer approved
continuing education opportunities relating to cultural
competency. The authority is not subject to the requirements of
ORS chapters 279A, 279B and 279C with respect to contracts
entered into under this subsection. + }
SECTION 3. { + (1) Section 2 of this 2013 Act becomes
operative on January 1, 2015.
(2) The Oregon Health Authority may take any action necessary
before the operative date specified in subsection (1) of this
section to enable the authority to exercise, on and after the
operative date specified in subsection (1) of this section, all
the duties, functions and powers conferred on the authority by
section 2 of this 2013 Act. + }
SECTION 4. { + (1) Section 1 of this 2013 Act becomes
operative on January 1, 2017.
(2) A health professional regulatory board may take any action
necessary before the operative date specified in subsection (1)
of this section to enable the board to exercise, on and after the
operative date specified in subsection (1) of this section, all
the duties, functions and powers conferred on the board by
section 1 of this 2013 Act.
(3) If a health professional regulatory board adopts rules
requiring persons licensed by the board to document participation
in continuing education relating to cultural competency before
January 1, 2017, the board shall collaborate with the Oregon
Health Authority in developing the requirements. + }
SECTION 5. { + This 2013 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2013 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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