(1) As used in this section:

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(a) ‘Board’ means:

(A) Occupational Therapy Licensing Board;

(B) Oregon Board of Naturopathic Medicine;

(C) Oregon Medical Board;

(D) Oregon State Board of Nursing;

(E) Oregon Board of Physical Therapy; and

(F) State Board of Chiropractic Examiners.

(b) ‘Licensee’ means a person authorized to practice one of the following professions:

(A) Occupational therapist, as defined in ORS § 675.210;

(B) Certified registered nurse anesthetist, as defined in ORS § 678.010;

(C) Chiropractic physician, as defined in ORS § 684.010;

(D) Clinical nurse specialist, as defined in ORS § 678.010;

(E) Naturopathic physician, as defined in ORS § 685.010;

(F) Nurse practitioner, as defined in ORS § 678.010;

(G) Physician, as defined in ORS § 677.010;

(H) Physician assistant, as defined in ORS § 677.495;

(I) Physical therapist, as defined in ORS § 688.010; and

(J) Physical therapist assistant, as defined in ORS § 688.010.

(2) In collaboration with the Oregon Health Authority, a board shall adopt rules to require a licensee regulated by the board to report to the board, upon reauthorization to practice, the licensee’s completion of any continuing education regarding suicide risk assessment, treatment and management.

(3) A licensee shall report the completion of any continuing education described in subsection (2) of this section to the board that regulates the licensee.

(4)(a) A board shall document completion of any continuing education described in subsection (2) of this section by a licensee regulated by the board. The board shall document the following data:

(A) The number of licensees who complete continuing education described in subsection (2) of this section;

(B) The percentage of the total of all licensees who complete the continuing education;

(C) The counties in which licensees who complete the continuing education practice; and

(D) The contact information for licensees willing to share information about suicide risk assessment, treatment and management with the authority.

(b) The board shall remove any personally identifiable information from the data submitted to the board under this subsection, except for the personally identifiable information of licensees willing to share such information with the authority.

(c) For purposes of documenting completion of continuing education under this subsection, a board may adopt rules requiring licensees to submit documentation of completion to the board.

(5) A board, on or before March 1 of each even-numbered year, shall report to the authority on the data documented under subsection (4) of this section, as well as information about any initiatives by the board to promote suicide risk assessment, treatment and management among its licensees.

(6) The authority, on or before August 1 of each even-numbered year, shall report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health care on the information submitted to the authority under subsection (5) of this section. The authority shall include in the report information about initiatives by boards to promote awareness about suicide risk assessment, treatment and management and information on how boards are promoting continuing education described in subsection (2) of this section to licensees.

(7) The authority may use the information submitted to the authority under subsection (5) of this section to develop continuing education opportunities related to suicide risk assessment, treatment and management for licensees and to facilitate improvements in suicide risk assessment, treatment and management efforts in this state. [2017 c.511 § 1; 2019 c.43 § 12; 2021 c.114 § 2; 2023 c.346 § 12]