OREGON JURISPRUDENCE FOR NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS, 2024
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE CORRECT ANSWERS
What are reasons the board might deny a license application?
Commitment to a mental health institution
Drug addict or alcoholic
Engaging in flirting / sexual behavior with a patient (including when a patient initiates)
Being sexually demeaning to a patient or violating their privacy
Starting a relationship with a patient less than 6 months after you stop working with
them (unless you were already in a relationship beforehand)
PPI breaches
Claiming to be superior to other ND's
Guaranteeing a cure or specific result
Stating that you know/use some kind of secret therapy or medicine
Prescribing off the formulary
Failure to refer
False advertising
What are the main things that can get you in trouble with the board?
- You didn't actually pass your exams
- You didn't do the application for your license correctly
- You're offering medical care for which you need a special certification that you don't
have
- You're engaging in unethical behavior
- You're endangering your patients' health or safety
- You're negligent
- You're prescribing drugs outside your scope
- You got convicted of a crime related to your practice
- You're doing some kind of illegal advertising (?)
, - You quit your practice and didn't tell folks or refer them out
- You kept a patient you clearly should have referred out
Generally, you get a slap on the wrist for which kinds of screw-ups?
Practicing outside your scope
Inadequate charting
Failure to report a change of address;
Prescribing off the formulary
False or misleading advertising
Failure to refer a patient if you kick them out
What kinds of violations would land you in front of the board for a hearing?
Negligence
Unethical behavior
Failure to refer when referral is appropriate
Not responding to a Board investigation
Aiding or abetting unlawful practice by an unlicensed person
Sexual impropriety with a patient
Conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude
What would make the issue much wose?
The same or similar violation has occurred more than once
The violation occurred or was repeated over a long time
This in't your first offense
The violation was deliberate or grossly negligent
You got some benefit from the violation
The violation involved a significant chance for causing harm to the patient or the public
What might cause the board to go easier on you?
You accepted responsibility for the violation
You have practiced for a long time time without complaints or disciplinary action (first
offense)
If you get a notice from the board that you are in trouble, what do you do?
You or your lawyer need to send in a written response no less than 10 days before the
hearing date
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE CORRECT ANSWERS
What are reasons the board might deny a license application?
Commitment to a mental health institution
Drug addict or alcoholic
Engaging in flirting / sexual behavior with a patient (including when a patient initiates)
Being sexually demeaning to a patient or violating their privacy
Starting a relationship with a patient less than 6 months after you stop working with
them (unless you were already in a relationship beforehand)
PPI breaches
Claiming to be superior to other ND's
Guaranteeing a cure or specific result
Stating that you know/use some kind of secret therapy or medicine
Prescribing off the formulary
Failure to refer
False advertising
What are the main things that can get you in trouble with the board?
- You didn't actually pass your exams
- You didn't do the application for your license correctly
- You're offering medical care for which you need a special certification that you don't
have
- You're engaging in unethical behavior
- You're endangering your patients' health or safety
- You're negligent
- You're prescribing drugs outside your scope
- You got convicted of a crime related to your practice
- You're doing some kind of illegal advertising (?)
, - You quit your practice and didn't tell folks or refer them out
- You kept a patient you clearly should have referred out
Generally, you get a slap on the wrist for which kinds of screw-ups?
Practicing outside your scope
Inadequate charting
Failure to report a change of address;
Prescribing off the formulary
False or misleading advertising
Failure to refer a patient if you kick them out
What kinds of violations would land you in front of the board for a hearing?
Negligence
Unethical behavior
Failure to refer when referral is appropriate
Not responding to a Board investigation
Aiding or abetting unlawful practice by an unlicensed person
Sexual impropriety with a patient
Conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude
What would make the issue much wose?
The same or similar violation has occurred more than once
The violation occurred or was repeated over a long time
This in't your first offense
The violation was deliberate or grossly negligent
You got some benefit from the violation
The violation involved a significant chance for causing harm to the patient or the public
What might cause the board to go easier on you?
You accepted responsibility for the violation
You have practiced for a long time time without complaints or disciplinary action (first
offense)
If you get a notice from the board that you are in trouble, what do you do?
You or your lawyer need to send in a written response no less than 10 days before the
hearing date
