Oregon physician licensing.

About 8 to 12 weeks from submission, the board estimates, though it says the time varies and may run longer with an extensive work history or licenses held in many other states or countries; it processes applications in the order received. Oregon law sets no deadline for the board to decide. Fingerprint checks average 2 to 4 weeks, and an application not completed within six months expires, with no extensions, so starting over takes a new application and fee.

$1,241 for an MD and $1,236 for a DO in published fees for a license issued in 2026: the $375 application fee, the $48 criminal background check, $748 in registration fees covering 2026 and 2027, and a $70 USMLE or $65 COMLEX-USA transcript. Expedited endorsement costs $1,171, without a transcript unless your first licensing state cannot supply your scores. For a license issued in 2027, the second year of the registration period, the board reduces the registration fees. Fieldprint’s own charge and verifications from your other boards come on top, and the license renews for $756 every two years.

No. Oregon has not joined the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact and has no compact law, and the legislature’s records show no compact bill in its 2025 or 2026 sessions; the last one, HB 2335, was left in committee in 2021. Every Oregon license is a direct application, even for physicians whose other licenses came through the compact, and an Oregon license cannot be your state of principal license. The board points physicians licensed elsewhere to expedited endorsement instead.

Yes, by expedited endorsement, if you hold a current license in another state or DC, practiced your specialty actively and without restriction for the year before applying or retired a year or less before, are in good standing everywhere with nothing pending, have had no privileges denied, restricted, or ended for practice or conduct reasons, and show no significant malpractice claim pattern. Your first licensing state must be able to verify your education, training, and exam scores, or the board may accept current ABMS or AOA-BOS certification instead. It cuts verification work, not fees: the same $375 application fee and registration fees apply, and staff decide after you apply whether you qualify.

Yes, outside narrow exceptions, because Oregon law says telemedicine is practiced where the patient is physically located. If you practice entirely outside Oregon, you can hold your Oregon license at Telemedicine Active status, which takes the full application and fees and rules out in-person practice and dispensing; the board’s November 2026 count showed 2,455 MD and 420 DO licenses at that status. Without an Oregon license, you may consult with an Oregon-licensed physician without taking on primary responsibility, treat an established patient who is in Oregon temporarily for business, education, vacation, or work, or give temporary or intermittent follow-up care to an established patient. Teleradiology for Oregon needs no Oregon license under the board’s rule.

No. The board accepts an FCVS profile in place of some of its documents, such as your diploma, school and training verifications, and exam transcripts, but does not require one, and a profile does not cover everything the board asks for. A first profile costs $395, transcripts included.

Both. Every applicant has fingerprints taken by Fieldprint, which serves applicants nationwide, for a state and FBI check through the Oregon State Police; the board charges $48 for the check, Fieldprint’s own charge is unpublished, and processing averages 2 to 4 weeks. Every applicant also passes an open-book exam on the Medical Practice Act and board rules, with no fee: 21 questions, repeated if you miss four or more, and after three failures an interview with a board member or staff before a fourth and final attempt.

Only if the board requires it, which it may when neither your postgraduate training nor a specialty certification or recertification falls within the past 10 years, or when you stopped practicing for 12 or more consecutive months just before applying. Waivers include ongoing maintenance of certification and, for the 10-year rule, 50 hours of board-approved CME a year for the past three years. SPEX costs $1,400, paid to FSMB, and COMVEX $750, paid to NBOME.

Barely. One board licenses both, on the same application and fee schedule, through the same routes and practice statuses. DOs send COMLEX-USA scores from NBOME, at $65, rather than USMLE scores from FSMB, at $70, face COMVEX rather than SPEX where a competence exam applies, and count AOA-BOS certification alongside ABMS.

Renewal every two years by December 31 of odd-numbered years, $756; 60 CME hours a cycle or ongoing maintenance of certification, plus a one-hour pain management course every 24 months and cultural competency education; registration with the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program if you hold a DEA number at an Oregon address; and a separate $888 DEA registration for Oregon. There is no state controlled substance registration and no e-prescribing mandate.