Section 677.505 - Application of provisions governing physician assistants to other health professions(1) ORS 677.495 and 677.505 to 677.525 are not intended to alter or affect ORS chapter 678, regarding the practice of nursing; ORS chapter 679, regarding the practice of dentistry; ORS 680.010 to 680.205, regarding the practice of dental hygienists and auxiliaries; or ORS 683.010 to 683.340, regarding the practice of optometry.(2) ORS 677.495 and 677.505 to 677.525 do not require an employee of a person licensed to practice medicine under this chapter, or of a medical clinic or hospital to be licensed under ORS 677.495 and 677.505 to 677.525, unless the employee is practicing as a physician associate in which case the individual must be licensed under ORS 677.505 to 677.525.Amended by 2024 Ch. 73,§ 133, eff. 6/6/2024.Formerly 677.055; 1999 c.582 §3