SB629 • 2025

Requires the Oregon Medical Board to consider a reasonable person standard in determining what constitutes unprofessional conduct.

Healthcare

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Senator Bonham
Last action: 2025-06-27
Official status: In Senate Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Requires the Oregon Medical Board to consider a reasonable person standard in determining what constitutes unprofessional conduct.

Digest: The Act says that the OMB has to look at a reasonable person standard when it says what unprofessional conduct is.

What This Bill Does

Digest: The Act says that the OMB has to look at a reasonable person standard when it says what unprofessional conduct is.
(Flesch Readability Score: 60.6).
Requires the Oregon Medical Board to consider a reasonable person standard in determining what constitutes unprofessional conduct.
Relating to: Relating to the Oregon Medical Board.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-06-27 Senate
In committee upon adjournment.
2025-01-17 Senate
Referred to Health Care.
2025-01-13 Senate
Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act says that the OMB has to look at a reasonable person standard when it says what unprofessional conduct is. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6).
Requires the Oregon Medical Board to consider a reasonable person standard in determining what constitutes unprofessional conduct.
Relating to: Relating to the Oregon Medical Board.
Current location: In Senate Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 629
Sponsored by Senator BONHAM (Presession filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act says that the OMB has to look at a reasonable person standard when it says
what unprofessional conduct is. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6).
Requires the Oregon Medical Board to consider a reasonable person standard in determining
what constitutes unprofessional conduct.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the Oregon Medical Board; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 677.417.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
ORS 677.417 is added to and made a part of ORS chapter 677.
SECTION 2. ORS 677.417 is amended to read:
677.417. The Oregon Medical Board shall determine by rule what constitutes medical incompe-
tence, unprofessional conduct, physical incapacity or impairment for the purposes of ORS chapter
677. When determining what constitutes unprofessional conduct, the board shall consider a
reasonable person standard.
NOTE: Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [ italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
LC 2973