ORS 337.500 Definitions for ORS 337.500 to 337.506

As used in ORS 337.500 to 337.506:

“Adopter” means any faculty member or academic department or other adopting entity at a higher education institution responsible for considering and choosing course materials to be utilized in connection with accredited courses taught at the institution.

“Higher education institution” means:

A community college, as defined in ORS 341.005;

A public university listed in ORS 352.002;

The Oregon Health and Science University;

A private institution of higher education located in Oregon; and

A bookstore that serves as the primary bookstore for an entity listed in paragraphs (a) to (d) of this subsection.

“Special edition” means a bound book that does not constitute a traditional textbook and that may or may not be used for instructional purposes.

“Textbook bundle” means a textbook packaged together with other supplemental course materials, including but not limited to workbooks, study guides, online technologies, online course resources, CD-ROMs or other books, to be sold as course material for one price.

“Textbook bundle” does not include a textbook that is unusable without the supplemental course materials, materials that cannot be sold separately due to third-party contractual agreements, custom editions or special editions.