(1) A resident or nonresident individual certified as eligible under ORS 442.563, licensed under ORS chapter 677, who is engaged in the practice of medicine, and who has a rural practice that amounts to 60 percent of the individual’s practice, shall be allowed an annual credit against taxes otherwise due under this chapter in the sum of $5,000 during the time in which the individual retains such practice and membership if the individual is actively practicing in and is a member of the medical staff of one of the following hospitals:
(a) A type A hospital designated as such by the Office of Rural Health;
(b) A type B hospital designated as such by the Office of Rural Health if the hospital is:
(A) Not within the boundaries of a metropolitan statistical area;
(B) Located 30 or more highway miles from the closest hospital within the major population center in a metropolitan statistical area; or
(C) Located in a county with a population of less than 75,000;
(c) A type C rural hospital, if the Office of Rural Health makes the findings required by ORS 315.619; or
(d) A rural critical access hospital.
(2) A nonresident shall be allowed the credit under this section in the proportion provided in ORS 316.117. If a change in the status of a taxpayer from resident to nonresident or from nonresident to resident occurs, the credit allowed by this section shall be determined in a manner consistent with ORS 316.117.
(3) For purposes of this section, an “individual’s practice” shall be determined on the basis of actual time spent in practice each week in hours or days, whichever is considered by the Office of Rural Health to be more appropriate. In the case of a shareholder of a corporation or a member of a partnership, only the time of the individual shareholder or partner shall be considered and the full amount of the credit shall be allowed to each shareholder or partner who qualifies in an individual capacity.
(4) As used in this section:
(a) “Type A hospital,” “type B hospital” and “type C hospital” have the meaning for those terms provided in ORS 442.470.
(b) “Rural critical access hospital” means a facility that meets the criteria set forth in 42 U.S.C. 1395i-4 (c)(2)(B) and that has been designated a critical access hospital by the Office of Rural Health and the Department of Human Services. [Formerly 316.143]
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