Is an exam required before a patient can be treated in Oregon?
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Short answer
Not in person — a physician or physician associate may establish the provider-patient relationship and diagnose, treat, or prescribe by telemedicine, synchronous or asynchronous. The cited rules set no separate pre-treatment exam requirement.
Oregon permits the provider-patient relationship itself to be established by telemedicine. A physician or physician associate may use telemedicine to practice medicine and provide health care services, including establishing the relationship, diagnosing or treating a condition, and prescribing.
Drawn from 2 verified rules in this section · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
- Or. Rev. Stat. §677.494(2) · Sep 3, 2026
- Or. Rev. Stat. §677.494(1) · Sep 3, 2026
The rest of what Oregon says on this
A physician licensed under ORS 677.100 to 677.228, a physician associate licensed under ORS 677.505 to 677.525 or a physician or physician associate licensed under ORS 677.139 may use telemedicine to engage in the practice of medicine and provide health care services, including the establishment of a provider-patient relationship, the diagnosis or treatment of a medical condition or the prescription of drugs.
Or. Rev. Stat. §677.494(2) · verified Sep 3, 2026
As used in this section, telemedicine means the practice of medicine and provision of health care services to a patient by a physician or physician associate from a distance using electronic communications, including synchronous technologies to facilitate an exchange of information between a patient and physician or physician associate in real time or asynchronous technologies to facilitate an exchange of information in other than real time.
Or. Rev. Stat. §677.494(1) · verified Sep 3, 2026
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