A resident or nonresident individual who is certified as eligible under ORS 442.561, 442.562, 442.563 or 442.564, and is licensed as a physician or podiatric physician and surgeon under ORS chapter 677, licensed as a physician assistant under ORS chapter 677, licensed as a nurse practitioner under ORS chapter 678, licensed as a certified registered nurse anesthetist under ORS chapter 678, licensed as a dentist under ORS chapter 679 or licensed as an optometrist under ORS 683.010 to 683.335 is entitled to the tax credit described in ORS 315.613 even if not a member of the hospital medical staff if the Office of Rural Health certifies that the individual:
(1) Has a rural practice that amounts to 60 percent of the individual’s practice; and
(2)(a) If a physician or a physician assistant, can cause a patient to be admitted to the hospital;
(b) If a certified registered nurse anesthetist, is employed by or has a contractual relationship with one of the hospitals described in ORS 315.613 (1); or
(c) If an optometrist, has consulting privileges with a hospital listed in ORS 315.613 (1). This paragraph does not apply to an optometrist who qualifies as a “frontier rural practitioner,” as defined by the Office of Rural Health. [Formerly 316.144]
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