Digest: The Act says staff of licensing boards must have culturally responsive training. The Act also allows OMB to give a doctor trained in another country a license to practice in Oregon under some conditions. The Act also tells DHS to make a grant program to help people who went to school out of state get jobs in this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.8). [Digest: The Act says licensing boards have to train their staff and that the OMB cannot set a time limit for someone to complete the USMLE. The Act also tells DHS to make a grant program to help people who went to school out of state get jobs in this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 78.2).] Requires professional licensing boards to provide culturally responsive training to specified staff members and publish guidance on pathways to professional authorization for internationally educated individuals. [Prohibits the Oregon Medical Board from imposing a time limitation on the completion of the United States Medical Licensing Examination. Allows the board to issue a limited license to practice medicine to specified individuals for practice under the supervision of another licensed physician.] Allows the Oregon Medical Board to issue a provisional license to a qualified internationally trained physician. Requires the holder of a provisional license to practice under the supervision of a licensed physician for four years prior to applying for full licensure. Directs the board to submit a report every odd-numbered year to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health care on the provisional licensure of internationally trained physicians. Establishes the Internationally Educated Workforce Reentry Grant Program within the Department of Human Services to award grants to specified entities that provide eligible career guidance and support services to internationally educated residents of Oregon who are seeking to enter the Oregon workforce in certain professions. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 677.132
A-Engrossed: 677.010, 677.100