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ORS 479.285. Owner to maintain and test certain smoke alarms and smoke detectors. Where the smoke alarm or smoke detector is located in a common area of a lodging house, the owner or the owners authorized agent shall be responsible for maintenance of the required smoke alarm or smoke detector and for performing such tests as are recommended by the manufacturer and is not required to provide notice of instructions under ORS 479.270. Testing intervals shall not exceed six months.
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ORS 479.290. Certain persons not liable for damages resulting from mechanical failure of smoke alarm or smoke detector. The owner, owners authorized agent, tenant, contract seller or contract purchaser of a dwelling unit shall not be held liable in any civil action for damages for death or injury to persons or property resulting from the mechanical failure of a smoke alarm or smoke detector required under ORS 479.250 to 479.305.
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ORS 479.295. State Fire Marshal to adopt rules setting standards and providing for implementation of certain laws governing smoke alarms and smoke detectors. Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS 476.030, the State Fire Marshal shall adopt, by rule: (1) Standards for the installation and maintenance of smoke alarms and smoke detectors as the State Fire Marshal considers necessary to carry out the purposes of ORS 479.250 to 479.305; and (2) Standards for the implementation of ORS 479.250 to 479.305 and 479.990 (2).
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ORS 479.297. Ionization smoke alarms; required equipment; exemptions. (1) All ionization smoke alarms sold in this state that are solely battery-operated shall be packaged with a 10-year battery. (2) All ionization smoke alarms sold in this state shall include a hush mechanism that allows a person to temporarily disengage the alarm for a period of not more than 15 minutes. (3) The provisions of this section do not apply to: (a) Smoke alarms specifically designed for persons who are hard of hearing; (b) Smoke alarms sold in this state for shipment out of state; or (c) Smoke alarms sold for installation in recreational vehicles, commercial vehicles, railroad equipment, aircraft, marine vessels or manufactured dwellings. (4) The sale of a recreational vehicle, commercial vehicle, railroad equipment, aircraft, marine vessel or new manufactured dwelling containing a smoke alarm does not constitute sale of a smoke alarm.
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ORS 479.300. Removing or tampering with smoke alarm or smoke detector prohibited. No person shall remove or tamper with a properly functioning smoke alarm or smoke detector installed in conformance with ORS 479.250 to 479.305. This prohibition includes removal of working batteries.
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ORS 479.305. Smoking policy disclosure. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the rental agreement for a dwelling unit regulated under ORS chapter 90 must include a disclosure of the smoking policy for the premises on which the dwelling unit is located. The disclosure must state whether smoking is prohibited on the premises, allowed on the entire premises or allowed in limited areas on the premises. If the smoking policy allows smoking in limited areas on the premises, the disclosure must identify the areas on the premises where smoking is allowed. (2) This section does not apply to a rental agreement subject to ORS 90.505 to 90.850 for space in a facility as defined in ORS 90.100.
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ORS 479.410. [Repealed by 1959 c.406 34]
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ORS 479.420. [Repealed by 1959 c.406 34]
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ORS 479.430. [Repealed by 1959 c.406 34]
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ORS 479.450. [Repealed by 1959 c.406 34] ELECTRICAL SAFETY LAW
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ORS 479.520. Purpose. The purpose of the Electrical Safety Law is to protect the health and safety of the people of Oregon from the danger of electrically caused shocks, fires and explosions and to protect property situated in Oregon from the hazard of electrically caused fires and explosions. To accomplish this purpose the Legislative Assembly intends to provide a procedure: (1) For determining where and by whom electrical installations are being made and where electrical products are sold in this state. (2) To assure the public that persons making electrical installations in this state are qualified by experience and training. (3) To assure the public that electrical installations meet minimum safety standards and that electrical products meet electrical product safety standards. (4) For the administration and enforcement of the Electrical Safety Law by the Department of Consumer and Business Services and the Electrical and Elevator Board. (5) By which the cost of administering and enforcing the Electrical Safety Law is defrayed by the collection of fees in connection with the issuing of permits and electrical licenses and the collection of civil penalties.
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ORS 479.525. Application of Electrical Safety Law; uniformity. Except as provided in ORS 479.854, the Electrical Safety Law shall be applicable and uniform throughout this state and in all municipalities, and no municipality shall enact or enforce any ordinance, rule or regulation relating to the same matters encompassed by the Electrical Safety Law.
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ORS 479.530. Definitions for ORS 479.510 to 479.945 and 479.995. As used in ORS
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ORS 479.545. License required of state employee; letter of authority. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, no person is exempted by ORS
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ORS 479.550. No work on new electrical installation until permit issued; temporary permit; rules. (1) Except as provided in ORS 479.540, no person shall work on any new electrical installation for which a permit has not been issued. (2) The Electrical and Elevator Board shall adopt by rule provisions to require a city or a county to issue a temporary permit to be used for emergency or unanticipated work which will be valid for seven days to a licensed electrical contractor prior to the start of an electrical installation to allow contractor response prior to purchase of the actual electrical permit. (3) The board shall require a city or a county to revoke the temporary permit of the licensed electrical contractor who fails to comply with the Electrical Safety Law.
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ORS 479.560. Issuance of permit; when permit becomes void; master electrical inspection permit; rules. (1) The Department of Consumer and Business Services or a designated agent shall issue a permit to: (a) Any applicant who has complied with ORS 479.510 to 479.945 and the rules issued thereunder, covering an electrical installation to be made on residential or farm property owned by the applicant or a member of the applicants immediate family as allowed under ORS 479.540 (1). (b) A licensed electrical contractor or an agent the contractor has designated to the department or the departments designated agent in a record signed by the electrical contractor. The department or departments designated agent shall only issue a permit under this subsection if the application for the permit is accompanied by a signed statement that the electrical contractors general supervising electrician of record will sign the permit before an inspection of the electrical work is requested. A contractor or the contractors general supervisor will promptly request an inspection of electrical work performed under a permit issued under this subsection. A permit issued under this subsection shall state the name of the electrical contractor. (2) A permit issued to an electrical contractor upon the request of the contractors supervising electrician is void upon the end of the employment of such supervising electrician before completion of the electrical installation. (3) Except for the installation or alteration of an electrical service, the owner, operating manager or electrical contractor of an industrial plant who meets the provisions of ORS 479.630 (1) and (2), a commercial office building, a building that is owned, leased, managed or operated by the state or a local government entity or other facilities designated by the Electrical and Elevator Board, in lieu of the required inspection permit, may apply to the department or municipality providing inspection service for a master electrical inspection permit. Under the permit the authority having jurisdiction shall cause a periodic inspection to be made of the electrical installations. The authority may also cause a cover inspection, which shall be made before electrical installations are covered. The periodic inspection under the permit shall be done at least once a year or more frequently based on the needs of the particular plant, building or facility. The department shall adopt rules in accordance with ORS chapter 183 for: (a) The annual issuance of the master electrical inspection permit; (b) The conduct of the inspections on the electrical installations and electrical products; (c) The granting of a waiver of payment of permit fees other than for the master electrical inspection permit; and (d) The fixing and collecting of inspection fees at the cost of making the inspection according to the time required of the inspector.
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ORS 479.565. Master individual inspection permits; fee. Notwithstanding ORS 479.560 (3), if a municipality does not elect to provide master electrical inspection permits, the municipality shall, upon request of the owner or operating manager or electrical contractor of the facility otherwise entitled to master permit services under ORS 479.560 (3), issue a master individual inspection permit and provide electrical inspection before any installation is covered or placed into service and charge for the inspection at the municipalitys hourly inspection rate. [1995 c.553 2] Note:
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ORS 479.570. Energizing of electrical installations; rules. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a person who sells electricity may not energize an electrical installation unless the installation is first approved by an inspector authorized to perform inspections under ORS 479.510 to
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ORS 479.610. Installation of uncertified electrical product prohibited. Except as provided under ORS 479.540, a person may not install an electrical product in connection with the persons business unless the product is certified under ORS
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ORS 479.620. Certain electrical license required; electrical installations by unlicensed persons prohibited. Subject to ORS 479.540, a person may not: (1) Without an electrical contractors license, engage in the business of making electrical installations, advertise as or otherwise purport to be licensed to make electrical installations or purport to be acting as a business that makes electrical installations. (2) Except as provided in ORS 479.630 (10)(c) and (11)(f), direct, supervise or control the making of an electrical installation without a supervising electricians license. (3) Except as provided in subsection (5) of this section, make any electrical installation without a supervising or journeyman electricians license. (4) Perform work on an electrical installation as an electrical apprentice without an electrical apprentices license. (5) Make any electrical installation on a single or multifamily dwelling unit not exceeding three floors above grade, as provided in ORS 479.630 (14), without a limited residential electricians license. (6) Permit or suffer any electrical installation on property that the person owns, controls, manages or supervises to be made by a person not licensed to make such an installation.
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ORS 479.632. Applicant training or experience obtained in another state. Notwithstanding any other provision of ORS 479.510 to 479.945 or any rule adopted by the Electrical and Elevator Board under ORS 455.117, the board may not administer an examination to, and the Department of Consumer and Business Services may not issue any license to, a person whose practical experience qualification for the license is based upon training or experience in another state if the board determines that the training or experience is not equivalent to the standards for electrical training programs prescribed in this state.
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ORS 479.670. Maintenance of action or suit by unlicensed person prohibited. Except to appeal from an act or determination of the Electrical and Elevator Board, no person carrying on, conducting or transacting business regulated by ORS 479.510 to
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ORS 479.680. Adoption of rules by Electrical and Elevator Board; establishment of continuing education program. The Electrical and Elevator Board: (1) Shall establish, by rule under ORS 455.117, a program of continuing education necessary for renewal of licenses. The board may approve programs for continuing education that meet standards for continuing education established by the board under this subsection. (2) Shall adopt any rules necessary to carry out the duties of the board under ORS
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ORS 479.710. Electrical installations must meet minimum safety standards. (1) Except as provided in ORS 479.540, no person shall make, supervise or direct the making of an electrical installation which does not meet minimum safety standards. (2) Except for a person authorized by the jurisdiction having authority, no person shall remove, transfer, alter or otherwise tamper with an inspection permit, label, tag or other indicia of inspection placed on or at an electrical job site, electrical installation or electrical product. A property owner may remove the construction inspection permit, label or tag if, after all required inspections are completed, the installation is found to be in compliance with the electrical code and has been approved by the inspector having jurisdiction.
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ORS 479.730. Adoption of rules by Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services. In compliance with ORS chapter 183 the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, with the approval of the Electrical and Elevator Board, shall adopt reasonable rules: (1) Establishing, altering or revoking minimum safety standards for workmanship and materials in various classifications of electrical installations. (2) Establishing, altering or revoking electrical product safety standards for design and construction of electrical products to be installed in this state. The standards may allow the certification of electrical products that a testing laboratory approved by the director and the board under ORS 479.760 has tested and found to be safe within the electrical product safety standards established under this subsection. (3) Relating to the procedure for certifying and decertifying electrical products to be installed in this state. The Department of Consumer and Business Services, with the approval of the board, may limit the type of electrical products it accepts for certification under ORS 479.760 (3). (4) Prescribing times, places and circumstances that permits shall be exhibited for inspection. (5) Governing the internal organization and procedure for administering and enforcing ORS 479.510 to 479.945 and 479.995. (6) Establishing, altering, approving or revoking minimum standards for electrical training programs. (7)(a) Establishing which electrical products may be field evaluated by a field evaluation firm rather than certified; (b) Establishing cost-based fees, requirements and procedures for approving, maintaining and suspending or revoking approvals of field evaluation firms; (c) Establishing: (A) Requirements and procedures for the field evaluation of electrical products; and (B) Requirements and procedures for issuing field evaluation labels for the electrical products evaluated by field evaluation firms and testing laboratories; (d) Establishing requirements and procedures for preparation of reports regarding installation safety issued by field evaluation firms; (e) Establishing when an inspecting jurisdiction may require a report from a field evaluation firm; and (f) Establishing other requirements as necessary to carry out this subsection.
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ORS 479.740. Factors to be considered in adopting rules; incorporation of standards by reference. (1) In adopting rules under ORS 479.730 the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall consider: (a) Technological advances in the electrical industry. (b) The practicability of following the standards under consideration, if adopted. (c) The probability, extent and gravity of the injury to the public or property which would result from failure to follow the standards under consideration. (d) Safety standards followed, proposed or approved by responsible members of the electrical industry. (2) After considering the factors in subsection (1) of this section, the department may incorporate by reference proposed safety standards of the electrical industry or independent organizations. The department may formulate and adopt independent safety standards if standards proposed by the industry and independent organizations are not acceptable to it. [1959 c.406 20,21]
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ORS 479.760. Certification of electrical products; safety indicators. (1) An electrical product may not be certified unless the product meets electrical product safety standards established in rule by concurrence of the Electrical and Elevator Board and the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services. (2) Any person may apply to have the Department of Consumer and Business Services certify an electrical product. The department shall certify an electrical product if the product is shown to meet electrical product safety standards by one of the following methods: (a) An equipment safety program approved by the board; (b) Equipment minimum safety standards established by concurrence of the board and the director; (c) An evaluation by an approved field evaluation firm; (d) A listing from a nationally recognized testing laboratory; (e) An evaluation of a first model of a product by the board; or (f) Any other method approved by the board. (3) To have an electrical product certified, a person may submit a specimen, sample or prototype to the department within a reasonable time before the date on which certification will be required, together with a fee set by the department sufficient to defray the cost of shipment and evaluation. The department shall evaluate the electrical product to determine whether the product meets electrical product safety standards. Not later than six months after receipt of a specimen, prototype or sample the department shall complete the required evaluation and give a decision certifying or rejecting the product. The department may appoint a special deputy or enter into an appropriate contract with a testing laboratory approved by the board under this section for the evaluation required under this subsection. (4) The director with the approval of the board may establish standards and procedures for the approval of testing laboratories to test electrical products in the certification process under this section.
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ORS 479.770. Approved electric ignition pilot required on certain appliances. No person shall sell or offer for sale in this state any new gas-fired, forced-air central space heating equipment, clothes dryer, domestic range or new gas-fired swimming pool heaters, unless such equipment, heater, dryer or range is equipped with an electric ignition pilot that complies with the rules of the Department of Consumer and Business Services adopted pursuant to ORS 479.740.
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ORS 479.810. Administration and enforcement; Chief Electrical Inspector; inspector qualifications; rules. (1) The Electrical and Elevator Board shall administer and enforce ORS 479.510 to 479.945 and 479.995. The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall appoint an adequate staff of competent persons experienced and trained to serve as electrical inspectors. The board shall assist the director in reviewing determinations made by the staff involving electrical installations or products and to assist in formulating rules under ORS 479.730. (2) The director, in consultation with the board, shall appoint a representative of the departments staff of electrical inspectors who shall serve ex officio as secretary of the board. This person shall be known as the Chief Electrical Inspector. (3) The director shall certify a person as an electrical inspector if: (a) The person: (A) Completes a general journeyman electrical apprenticeship program in Oregon; (B) Has two years experience as a licensed electrician in Oregon; and (C) Passes the examination required for certification as a supervising electrician; or (b) For a person with experience outside the State of Oregon, the person: (A)(i) Has five years experience in commercial or industrial electrical inspection; and (ii) Passes the examination required for certification as a general supervising electrician; or (B) Has six years of out-of-state experience as an electrician and passes the examination required for certification as a general supervising electrician. (4) The board may, by rule, allow certification of persons as electrical inspectors with experience or training that does not meet the requirements specified in subsection (3) of this section. (5) Rules adopted under this section shall provide for the recognition of equivalent experience acquired by a person outside the State of Oregon. (6) An examination taken for purposes of applying for certification as an electrical inspector under this section shall not be valid for use in an application to become licensed as a supervising electrician.
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ORS 479.815. Inspector conflicts of interest; rules. The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, with the approval of the Electrical and Elevator Board, may adopt rules regulating or prohibiting conflicts of interest for electrical inspectors in regard to any work performed by an inspector or a related party under a license issued under ORS 479.630.