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The Board of Electrologists and Body Art Practitioners, under the Health Licensing Office, has filed proposed rules with the Oregon Secretary of State. The rule is needed to clarify that all body art facilities, where individuals licensed to perform earlobe piercing services, have unrestricted access to hot and cold running water.
The Board of Athletic Trainers, under the Health Licensing Office, has filed permanent rules with the Oregon Secretary of State. The permanent rule language is effective April 1, 2022 and will offer a $60 discount to Athletic Trainers who renew their annual license online.
The Respiratory Therapist and Polysomnographic Technologists Licensing Board, under the Health Licensing Office (HLO), has filed temporary rules with the Oregon Secretary of State good from April 1 through September 27, 2022. The temporary rule language allows respiratory therapists with out-of-state licenses, who were authorized by the HLO to practice respiratory therapy during the declared state of emergency, to continue to practice for 90-days from the date the declared state of emergency ends.
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Health Licensing Office suspended continuing education rules that required in-person education and put in place Oregon Administrative Rule (OAR) 331-030-0036, which outlined remote continuing education through online courses, remote access, webinars or self-study. When the Governor lifts the state of emergency on April 1, 2022, the suspended rules reactivate, but OAR 331-030-0036 will allow authorization holders (licensees, certification or registration holders) to keep obtaining remote CE for 60 days after that date, until May 31, 2022.
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