Oregon Statutes 676.110 – Use of title doctor
(1) An individual practicing a health care profession may not use the title ‘doctor’ in connection with the profession, unless the individual:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 676.110
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
(a) Has earned a doctoral degree in the individual’s field of practice; and
(b)(A) Is licensed by a health professional regulatory board to practice the particular health care profession in which the individual’s doctoral degree was earned; or
(B) Is working under a board-approved residency contract and is practicing under the license of a supervisor who is licensed by a health professional regulatory board to practice the particular health care profession in which the individual’s doctoral degree was earned.
(2) If an individual uses the title ‘doctor’ in connection with a health care profession at any time, the individual must designate the health care profession in which the individual’s doctoral degree was earned on all written or printed matter, advertising, billboards, signs or professional notices used in connection with the health care profession, regardless of whether the individual’s name or the title ‘doctor’ appears on the written or printed matter, advertising, billboard, sign or professional notice. The designation must be in letters or print at least one-fourth the size of the largest letters used on the written or printed matter, advertising, billboard, sign or professional notice, and in material, color, type or illumination to give display and legibility of at least one-fourth that of the largest letters used on the written or printed matter, advertising, billboard, sign or professional notice.
(3) Subsection (1) of this section does not prohibit:
(a) A chiropractic physician licensed under ORS Chapter 684 from using the title ‘chiropractic physician’;
(b) A naturopathic physician licensed under ORS Chapter 685 from using the title ‘naturopathic physician’;
(c) A person licensed to practice optometry under ORS Chapter 683 from using the title ‘doctor of optometry’ or ‘optometric physician’; or
(d) A physician licensed under ORS § 677.805 to 677.840 from using the title ‘podiatric physician.’ [Amended by 1967 c.470 § 66; 1983 c.169 § 29; 1983 c.486 § 1a; 1983 c.769 § 1; 1991 c.314 § 4; 1995 c.765 § 1; 2007 c.418 § 1; 2009 c.142 § 1; 2011 c.108 § 1; 2013 c.129 § 35; 2017 c.101 § 16]