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The primary care shortage is already a threat to the health of Oregonians in many parts of the state.  This law allows NDs do their part in filling the need in rural areas where they would be the only physician for miles.  NDs have already been prescribing prescription drugs without any more errors than are found in other medical professions; this law simply erases the arbitrary line of "natural" versus "synthetic." 

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