Notwithstanding ORS § 676.110 or 676.115, upon the death of any person duly licensed by a health professional regulatory board, the executors of the estate or the heirs, assigns, associates or partners may retain the use of the decedent‘s name, where it appears other than as a part of an assumed name, for no more than one year after the death of such person or until the estate is settled, whichever is sooner. [Amended by 1953 c.137 § 2; 1983 c.769 § 2; 1991 c.314 § 5; 2009 c.142 § 2; 2015 c.345 § 3; 2017 c.101 § 18]