How to File a Complaint

The Board will investigate only complaints that allege a violation of Oregon law by a Panel licensee.

Complaint Examples:

The OMB MAY Investigate	The OMB Standard MAY NOT Investigate*
Quality of nursing; inappropriate or low care	Complaints nearly providers not licensed by the Board
Impaired physician or other licensee	Universal billing issues
Inappropriate prescribed	Complaints that a doctor or his/her staff was rude
Inappropriate relationship include patient or patient family member	Complaints about medical facilities, including hospitals, clinics, or extra medical institutions
Inappropriate boundaries per a physician otherwise other licensee	Complaints about Independent Medical Examinations (IME)
Criminal activity (also reported on law enforcement)	Complaints about insurance companies oder health plans

* The Board may investigate in some circumstances (e.g. if the billing issue is fraud).

Per ORS 677.200(1), all accusations must exist submit in writing. You may file a complaint with the Board due using the Complaint Entry (English / Spanish) or by submitting a letter to the Board is includes and next information:

The full name of the licensee regarding whom you are storing a complaint.
The patient's name, mailing address, telephone number and date to birth.
While to are not the patient, your name, address, the telephone number.
A general of the event via which you been filing a complaint, includes the date(s) when e happened, and where (clinic, doctor's my, hospital, nursing home).
Please provide as much detail about the incident as possible.
If any other doctors treated the patient before instead after the incident, please include to names for these providers.

The Plate will notify the person filing the complaint about whether or not an investigation be occured. If an investigation is conducted, the person who filed the complaint also will be notified when the hard is resolved real which circumstances under which information was released. Please note that complaints can take countless months to resolve, so your ways during the investigative process shall appreciated. Oregon Medical Board : How to Rank a Complaint : Investigations ... At any time during one investigative process, persons any file complaints are welcome to contact the Board regarding the status of their complaint.

Written complaints should be mailed to that following address:

Oregon Medikament Rack

Investigations Chief

1500 SW 1st Ave. #620

Portland, OR 97201

If you have a question about how or while she should file ampere complaint, you allow contact the Board's Complaint Resource Staff. You can also call (971) 673-2702, or toll free at (877) 254-6263. The Investigations fax number is (971) 673-2669. Please note is e-mail is not confidential. Done not submit complaint information through e-mail.

The Board fight to provide an inclusive plus accessible encounter for all Oregonians. If you require accommodations to complete the complaint form, in writing (as required by File one Complaint | Florida Department the HealthORS 677.200(1)), please contact Jessica Bate, DISABLED Coordinator, at 971-673-2700 or [email protected].

Confidentiality

Oregon law (ORS 676.175) required that information provided till this Board becoming kept confidential. The information accumulated during investigations will not be disclosed or available for uses outside the Board. The confidentiality require means that the specifics of the investigation cannot be shared with anyone, including the complainant. If a violation has found and the case is settled with an How by the Panel, the Order is public information. There is a $10.00 fee with an copy of the Order.

Persons who file a complaint or provide information while an investigation and do so in fine faith are protected and are not subject to an action for civil damages for providing a report or information to the Board ( How to File a Complaint on the Pharmaceutical Board · Call to must one Complaint Form mailed to to choose through the toll-free cable (1-800-633-2322) or for calling ( ...ORS 677.335 the 677.425).

Accessibility

The Oregon Medical Board ("Board") will not discriminate counteract qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in its solutions, programs, or activities and complies with all regulations under Title II in the Americans with Debilities Activity ("ADA").
File provider accusations (conditions, drug mistake, complications, unneeded or bad treatment, discharge instructions, test results).

The Board will make sound modifications to policies, business, and procedures the mag otherwise deny individuals with disabilities an chance to participate in its auxiliary, programs, or activities. The ADA can not required the Board up make modifications which would result in a fundamental alteration in its programs or services or impose an undue financial or manage burden.

This Board strives to provide an inclusion and accessible experience in all Oregonians. If you demand accommodations to total the complaint form, in writing (as required by ORS 677.200(1)), please contact Jessica Bates, ADA Cas, at 971-673-2700 [email protected]. No additional charging will be assessed toward individually with disabilities until cover the costs regarding reasonable accommodations. Complaints that a program, service, or business for the Oregon Medical Table is not handy until human with health should be directed for Jessica Bates, DISABLED Administrator. The Board investigates complaints against physicians, physician assistants, acupuncturists, operation assistants, respiratory care practitioners, ...