Any state board or commission that examines applicants for license or certification to practice a profession or engage in a trade or calling may, in its discretion, waive the educational requirement for admission to such examination, provided that the applicant furnishes evidence satisfactory to such state board or commission that the applicant is currently …
Evidence of completion of the educational requirement waived as provided in ORS 670.010 shall be filed with such state board or commission not later than four calendar months from the first day of the month following the month in which the examination is taken. State boards and commissions shall withhold official certification of the successful completion of…
As used in this section:
“Occupational or professional service” means a service:
That an individual must possess a license, certificate or other form of authorization to provide under the laws of this state; and
Over which a professional licensing board has regulatory oversight.
“Professional licensing board” means a state agency or board that licenses, …
LICENSING ADMINISTRATION
(Generally)
In enacting chapter 753, Oregon Laws 1971, it is the intention of the Legislative Assembly to provide for the more effective coordination of the administrative functions of boards charged with responsibility for protecting the public through the licensing and regulating of certain professions practiced in this state. Further, it is the intention of the Legis…
As used in this section:
“License” includes a registration, certification or permit.
“Licensee” includes a registrant or a holder of a certification or permit.
Except as provided in ORS 342.143 (3) or 342.175 (3), a licensing board, commission or agency may not deny, suspend or revoke an occupational or professional license solely for the reason that the …
If a state agency, board or commission has the power to issue any license, certification or registration necessary to practice any profession or engage in any trade or calling, any statute granting the state agency, board or commission the power to suspend the license, certification or registration includes the power to reinstate:
At a time certain; or
Whe…
It shall be unlawful for any state agency or licensing board, including the Oregon State Bar, to:
Require that an applicant for employment, licensing or admission answer any questions regarding the existence or contents of a juvenile record that has been expunged pursuant to ORS 419A.260 to 419A.271;
Bar or discharge from employment or refuse to hire or em…
Except as otherwise provided by law, each professional licensing and advisory board shall select annually one of its members as chairperson and another as vice chairperson, with such powers and duties necessary for the performance of the functions of such offices as the board shall determine.
The majority of the members of the board constitutes a quorum for…
Except as otherwise specifically provided, ORS 670.300 to 670.380 apply to the following professional licensing and advisory boards:
Professional licensing and advisory boards established in the Office of the Secretary of State.
The Oregon Board of Maritime Pilots.
The Board of Cosmetology, in the Health Licensing Office.
The State Board of Architect Exa…
Subsections (2) and (3) of this section shall apply only to the following professional licensing boards:
State Board of Architect Examiners.
Construction Contractors Board.
State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying.
State Landscape Architect Board.
State Landscape Contractors Board.
State Board of Tax Practitioners.
A board shall fix…
Except as otherwise provided by law and in accordance with any applicable provisions of ORS chapter 183, each professional licensing board and advisory board may make such rules as are necessary or proper for the administration of the laws such board is charged with administering.
Each professional licensing board and advisory board may adopt a seal.
Except as otherwise provided by law, each professional licensing board or advisory board, acting through its chairperson or vice chairperson or an administrative law judge, may administer oaths, take depositions and issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, records, memoranda or other information necessary to …
All proceedings for the refusal to issue, or the suspension or revocation of any license, certificate of registration or other evidence of authority required to practice any profession subject to the authority of a professional licensing or advisory board shall be conducted pursuant to the procedure for contested cases required or authorized by ORS chapter 1…
Except as otherwise provided by law, all fees or other funds received by a professional licensing or advisory board shall be paid into the State Treasury monthly. Such payments shall be credited to separate accounts in the General Fund for each board, and any such payments shall constitute a continuous appropriation of such amounts from the General Fund for …
At least 60 days before a vacancy is to occur on a professional licensing or advisory board, the professional organizations representing persons subject to licensing or other regulation by the board may nominate at least three qualified persons for each vacancy, and shall certify its nominees to the appointing officer or body who shall consider these nominee…
Each professional licensing and advisory board that is authorized or required by law to administer an examination as part of its determination of professional qualifications shall administer such examinations at least once each year at such time and place as the board shall designate.
(Reciprocal Agreements)
If the administrator determines that the standards, qualifications and examinations for licensing or registration of building trades and mechanical and specialty skills of another state are substantially similar to the standards, qualifications and examinations required under applicable Oregon statutes and rules administered by the agency as specified in ORS…
As used in this section:
“Occupational or professional service” means a service:
For which an individual must possess a license, certificate or other form of authorization to provide under the laws of this state; and
Over which a professional licensing board has regulatory oversight.
“Professional licensing board” means a state agency or board that licen…
As used in this section:
“Professional licensing board” has the meaning given that term in ORS 670.400.
“Temporary authorization” means an authorization issued under ORS 670.400.
Not later than December 31 of each year, a professional licensing board shall report, in the manner provided in ORS 192.245, to an interim committee of the Legislative Assembly r…
As used in this section:
“Occupational or professional service” means a service:
That an individual must possess a license, certificate or other form of authorization to provide under the laws of this state; and
Over which a professional licensing board has regulatory oversight.
“Professional licensing board” means a state agency or board that licenses, …
As used in this section:
“Occupational or professional service” means a service:
That an individual must possess a license, certificate or other form of authorization to provide under the laws of this state; and
Over which a professional licensing board has regulatory oversight.
“Professional licensing board” means a state agency or board that licenses, …
As used in this section:
“Occupational or professional service” means a service:
That an individual must possess a license, certificate or other form of authorization to provide under the laws of this state; and
Over which a professional licensing board has regulatory oversight.
“Professional licensing board” means a state agency or board that licenses, …
As used in this section:
“Individual” means a natural person.
“Person” has the meaning given that term in ORS 174.100.
“Services” means labor or services.
As used in ORS chapters 316, 656, 657, 671 and 701, “independent contractor” means a person who provides services for remuneration and who, in the provision of the services:
Is free from direction and…
In accordance with ORS chapter 183, those agencies responsible for the administration of ORS 671.510 to 671.760 and ORS chapters 316, 656, 657 and 701 jointly shall adopt rules to carry out the provisions of ORS 670.600.
The agencies responsible for the administration of ORS 671.510 to 671.760 and ORS chapters 316, 656, 657 and 701 shall cooperate as necess…
Notwithstanding ORS 670.600, for purposes of ORS chapter 653, a person serving as a referee or assistant referee in a youth or adult recreational soccer match shall be considered to be an independent contractor.
INTERAGENCY COMPLIANCE NETWORK
There is established an Interagency Compliance Network consisting of:
The Department of Justice;
The Department of Revenue;
The Employment Department;
The Department of Consumer and Business Services;
The Bureau of Labor and Industries;
The Construction Contractors Board;
The State Landscape Contractors Board; and
Other state agencies that enter into…
The member agencies of the Interagency Compliance Network shall prepare a report once every two years that details the activities of the network during the two-year period. The report shall identify the manner in which the funding for the network has been expended, and an estimate of the revenue impact of the network’s activities. The report shall be provide…
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