ORS 455.463 Specialty code inspection and plan review; department enforcement authority; investigation

In addition to any other authority and power granted to the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services under this chapter and ORS chapters 447 and 479, with respect to specialty code inspectors, plan reviewers and businesses that employ specialty code inspectors and plan reviewers licensed under ORS 455.457, if the director has reason to believe that there is a failure to enforce or there is a violation of any provision of this chapter or ORS chapters 447 and 479 or any rule adopted thereunder, the director may:

Examine building code activities of specialty code inspectors, plan reviewers and businesses that employ specialty code inspectors and plan reviewers;

Take sworn testimony; and

With the authorization of the office of the Attorney General, subpoena persons and records to obtain testimony on official actions that were taken or omitted or to obtain documents otherwise subject to public inspection under ORS 192.311 to 192.478.

The investigative authority authorized by subsection (1) of this section covers violations or omissions by specialty code inspectors, plan reviewers and businesses that employ specialty code inspectors and plan reviewers licensed under ORS 455.457 related to enforcement of codes or administrative rules, licensing of inspectors or financial transactions.