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Healthcare Workforce Data
Healthcare Workforce Fee Assessment
Fees
 
409-026-0130
 
(1) The administrator shall establish a per-license fee to cover the cost of collecting and reporting healthcare workforce information. The fee shall be calculated by adding the costs necessary to compile, maintain, and analyze the healthcare workforce information and dividing that cost by the approximate number of individuals licensed in Oregon.
 
(2) Each healthcare licensing board shall submit, in a format agreed to by the Office and each Board, the total number licensed in accordance with the schedule outlined in OAR 409-026-0120 (1) through (2) for use in determination of fee calculation for the next license period.
 
(3) The fee shall not exceed $5.00 per individual licensed for individuals licensed or renewed on or after January 1, 2010. If the per-license fee calculation results in a figure above $5.00, the office shall review the process for calculating the fee with a stakeholder group with representation from each healthcare workforce regulatory board.
 
(4) The healthcare workforce information fees collected by healthcare workforce regulatory boards shall be paid to the office on a schedule agreed to by the office and each healthcare workforce regulatory board.
 
(5) Late payments are subject to recovery in accordance with the laws of the State of Oregon.
 
Stat. Auth.: 2009 OL Ch. 595 (HB 2009, Sec. 1175)
Stat. Implemented: 2009 OL Ch. 595 (HB 2009, Sec. 1174–1178)
Hist.: OHP 4-2009, f. 12-23-09, cert. ef. 1-1-10

Healthcare Workforce Data Reporting
(1) The Office for Oregon Health Policy and Research shall create and maintain a healthcare workforce database that will provide information upon request to state agencies and to the Legislative Assembly about Oregon’s healthcare workforce, including:
(a) Demographics, including race and ethnicity.
(b) Practice status.
(c) Education and training background.
(d) Population growth.
(e) Economic indicators.
(f) Incentives to attract qualified individuals, especially those from underrepresented minority groups, to healthcare education.
(2) The Administrator for the Office for Oregon Health Policy and Research may contract with a private or public entity to establish and maintain the database and to analyze the data. The office is not subject to the requirements of ORS chapters 279A, 279B and 279C with respect to the contract. [2009 c.595 §1174]
 

Note: See note under 442.464 (Definitions for ORS 442.464 and 442.466)