2018 law lacks teeth for overprescribing doctors
(Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter)
SALEM — State officials know of 160 doctors with suspicious prescribing patterns but Oregon law shields those doctors from further scrutiny.
Legislators put little teeth into a 2018 law that requires doctors to register for a program that monitors drug prescriptions. Doctors, for instance, face no sanction if they don’t join, according to state officials.
Doctors identified as perhaps improperly prescribing opioids only get a letter from the state suggesting…
