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SB 874 - Amends the Name in Oregon Medical Practice Act to be "Traditional Eastern Medicine" Instead of "Oriental Medicine" - Oregon Key Vote

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Title: Amends the Name in Oregon Medical Practice Act to be "Traditional Eastern Medicine" Instead of "Oriental Medicine"

Signed by Governor Tina Kotek


Title: Amends the Name in Oregon Medical Practice Act to be "Traditional Eastern Medicine" Instead of "Oriental Medicine"

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Title: Amends the Name in Oregon Medical Practice Act to be "Traditional Eastern Medicine" Instead of "Oriental Medicine"

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that amends the name in the Oregon Medical Practice Act to be "traditional Eastern medicine" instead of "oriental medicine".

Highlights:

  • Defines “traditional Eastern medicine” as the practice of acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine (Sec. 1).

  • Amends language in existing medical code using the word “Oriental,” to instead read “Traditional Eastern” (Sec. 3-5).

  • Amends the title of the “Oregon Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine” to “Oregon Association of Acupuncture” (Sec. 6).

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Title: Amends the Name in Oregon Medical Practice Act to be "Traditional Eastern Medicine" Instead of "Oriental Medicine"

Title: Amends the Name in Oregon Medical Practice Act to be "Traditional Eastern Medicine" Instead of "Oriental Medicine"

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