(1) Any physician having agreed with a patient to perform any surgical operation or procedure, shall perform the surgery personally or, prior to surgery, shall inform the patient that the physician will not be performing the surgery.

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 677.087

  • Physician: means a person who holds a degree of Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, or a person who holds a degree of Doctor of Podiatric Medicine if the context in which the term 'physician' is used does not authorize or require the person to practice outside the scope of a license issued under ORS § 677. See Oregon Statutes 677.010

(2) This section shall not apply when the physician, because of an emergency, cannot personally notify the patient that the physician will not be performing the surgery. [1977 c.520 § 2; 1983 c.486 § 6; 2013 c.129 § 5]

 

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