(1) Any dentist or dental hygienist, any person licensed by the Oregon Board of Dentistry, the Oregon Dental Association or any other organization representing dentists or dental hygienists shall, and any other person may, report to the board any suspected violation of this chapter or ORS 680.010 to 680.205 or any rule adopted pursuant to either. This section is not intended to require any person working on or with the Oregon Dental Association’s Dentist Well Being Committee or Peer Review Committee or the Quality Assurance or Peer Review Committee of the Oregon Dental Hygienists’ Association to report to the board any confidential information received within the scope of duties with that committee.
(2) No person who has made a complaint as to the conduct of a licensee of the board or who has given information or testimony relative to a proposed or pending proceeding for misconduct against the licensee of the board, shall be answerable for any such act in any proceeding except for perjury. [1985 c.323 §11; 1999 c.578 §4]
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