Why is the Emeritus Inactive status being eliminated?
Short: The Oregon Medical Board is only offering the Emeritus status to physicians providing volunteer, nonrenumerative care to Oregon patients. Long: The Oregon Medical Board supports Emeritus physicians providing volunteer, nonrenumerative care to Oregon patients by offering these physicians a reduced annual license renewal fee of $50. The mission of the Oregon Medical Board is to protect the health, safety and well being of Oregon citizens, and the Board’s position is that physicians practicing in another state should be supported by the state in which the physician is practicing. The Emeritus Inactive status for physicians not practicing medicine in Oregon is being eliminated as a status either because physicians with this status are practicing in another state and their practice activities are the responsibility of the other state, or if living in Oregon and they are not practicing, their status is Inactive. Out-of-state physicians with Emeritus Inactive who do not wish to practic
