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OR Rev Stat § 671.560 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 671 - Architects; Landscape Professions and Business|Section 671.560 - Issuance of license; application form; limited or specialty license; rules; exemption.

(1) Except as provided in ORS 671.571 and 671.590, the State Landscape Contractors Board shall issue a landscape construction professional license to an applicant who satisfies the requirements of ORS 671.570. (2) The board shall issue a landscape contracting business license to an applicant who satisfies the requirements of the board. (3) An applicant for a license under this section shall apply to the board upon a form furnished by the board and give such information as the board considers necessary. (4)(a) The board may issue a limited or specialty license if the applicant is required to have a landscape construction professional license or landscape contracting business license but is not qualified or required to be licensed for all phases of landscape work. (b) The board may not issue to a person holding an endorsement as a residential or commercial general contractor under ORS chapter 701 a limited or specialty license that: (A) Requires the holder of the limited or specialty landscape construction professional license to be the owner of a licensed landscape contracting business; (B) Limits the permissible amount to be charged by the landscape contracting business for landscape work to, within any 12-month period, an amount set by the board not to exceed $10,000 per customer; and (C) Has reduced qualification or testing requirements. (c) The board may adopt rules to limit or restrict the landscape work performed by probationary landscape construction professionals. (5) A landscape contracting business that qualifies for the exemption described in ORS 571.045 shall indicate on its license application or license renewal application under this section the reasons the business qualifies for the exemption. [1971 c.764 §6; 1975 c.757 §4; 1983 c.452 §5; 1999 c.535 §4; 2007 c.111 §3; 2007 c.541 §16a; 2019 c.682 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 671.562 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 671 - Architects; Landscape Professions and Business|Section 671.562 - Landscape contracting business workers’ compensation coverage.

(1) A landscape contracting business that qualifies under ORS 671.525 to be classified as a nonexempt independent contractor must maintain workers’ compensation insurance coverage in effect for all employees of the landscape contracting business. (2) A landscape contracting business licensee that qualifies under ORS 671.525 to be classified as an exempt independent contractor, and that has entered into a contract with a worker leasing company or temporary service provider for the supplying of workers to the landscaping business, must verify that workers’ compensation insurance coverage is maintained in effect for all leasing company or service provider employees supplied for use by the business. As used in this subsection, "worker leasing company" and "temporary service provider" have the meanings given those terms under ORS 656.850. [2011 c.283 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 671.563 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 671 - Architects; Landscape Professions and Business|Section 671.563 - Applicant notice of unpaid judgments, awards and orders; rules.

An applicant for the issuance or renewal of a landscape construction professional license or landscape contracting business license shall include in the application to the State Landscape Contractors Board notice of any unpaid court judgment, arbitration award or administrative agency final order entered or issued in any jurisdiction that requires the applicant to pay damages arising out of the performance of, or a contract for, landscaping work. The board may adopt rules that require an applicant to provide additional information regarding a judgment, arbitration award or agency final order described in this section and the status of any appeal or exceptions. [2007 c.151 §2; 2007 c.541 §28a]
OR Rev Stat § 671.565 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 671 - Architects; Landscape Professions and Business|Section 671.565 - Landscape contracting business license application process and information requirements.

(1) Each person applying for a landscape contracting business license must: (a) Pay to the State Landscape Contractors Board the applicable landscape contracting business license fee established by the board under ORS 671.650. (b) Have a landscape construction professional license or employ at least one person with a landscape construction professional license to supervise the landscaping operation of the business. (c) Submit the names of all employees who are licensed landscape construction professionals. (d) File with the board a form of security acceptable under ORS 671.690. (e) File with the board a certificate of public liability, personal injury and property damage insurance covering the work of the landscape contracting business that is subject to ORS 671.510 to 671.760 for an amount not less than $500,000. (f) Indicate, as set forth in ORS 670.600, the basis under which the applicant qualifies as an independent contractor and the class of independent contractor described in ORS 671.525 for which the applicant qualifies. (2)(a) If an applicant for licensing under this section qualifies to be classified as a nonexempt independent contractor, the applicant shall provide the employer identification number of the applicant and evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant provides workers’ compensation insurance coverage for all employees of the landscape contracting business. (b) If an applicant for licensing under this section qualifies to be classified as an exempt independent contractor and has entered into a contract with a worker leasing company or temporary service provider for the supplying of workers to the landscape contracting business, the applicant shall provide evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant has verified the maintenance of workers’ compensation insurance coverage for all leasing company or service provider employees supplied for use by the business. As used in this paragraph, "worker leasing company" and "temporary service provider" have the meanings given those terms in ORS 656.850. (3) At the time of application for a license, for renewal of a license in active status or for return of a license to active status, the applicant shall provide evidence satisfactory to the board that the public liability, personal injury and property damage insurance required by this section and any workers’ compensation required of the applicant under ORS 671.527 or 671.562 is in effect. During a license period, the licensee shall provide, to the extent required by the board, satisfactory evidence of continued public liability, personal injury and property damage insurance coverage and, if required under ORS 671.562, workers’ compensation insurance coverage. [1983 c.452 §8; 1991 c.533 §1; 2005 c.609 §12; 2007 c.399 §3; 2007 c.541 §17a; 2011 c.283 §4; 2015 c.672 §8]
OR Rev Stat § 671.568 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 671 - Architects; Landscape Professions and Business|Section 671.568 - Inactive status for landscape contracting business license.

(1) If a licensed landscape contracting business is not operating as a landscape contracting business, the State Landscape Contractors Board may, upon request, place the license of the landscape contracting business in inactive status. (2) A landscape contracting business in inactive status remains subject to board jurisdiction and is required to comply with the requirements for a landscape contracting business other than the security requirement under ORS 671.690 and the insurance requirements under ORS 671.565. (3) A landscape contracting business that is in inactive status may not: (a) Perform work as a landscape contracting business; (b) Offer or provide for the performance of landscaping work as a landscape contracting business; or (c) Obtain a building permit for work involving landscaping work by the landscape contracting business. (4) A landscape contracting business license may not be placed or maintained in inactive status more than once during a licensing period. [2005 c.609 §2; 2007 c.541 §18]
OR Rev Stat § 671.570 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 671 - Architects; Landscape Professions and Business|Section 671.570 - Qualifications for landscape construction professional license; fee; rules.

(1) Each person applying for a landscape construction professional license must: (a) Pay a nonrefundable application fee. (b) Pay an examination fee. (c) Pay to the State Landscape Contractors Board the landscape construction professional license fee required by ORS 671.650. (d) Pass an examination, which the board shall offer at least once each six months, to determine the fitness of the applicant for licensing and within 10 years before the day the application for a license is made: (A) Have at least 24 months of employment with a landscape contracting business; or (B) Have at least 12 months of employment with a landscape contracting business and one full year of training in an area related to landscaping at an accredited school or college. (e) Be employed by, or own, a landscape contracting business if performing landscaping work. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the board may adopt rules allowing a person who does not meet the education and experience requirements in subsection (1)(d) of this section to substitute other education and experience that demonstrate the fitness of the person for licensing as a landscape construction professional. (3) Notwithstanding ORS 192.173, upon request of the applicant, the board shall make an examination that the board offers under subsection (1)(d) of this section available in a format in which instructions and questions stated in the English language are immediately followed by a Spanish language translation of those instructions and questions. [1971 c.764 §7; 1973 c.832 §29; 1975 c.757 §5; 1979 c.840 §4; 1983 c.452 §6; 1985 c.565 §92; 1987 c.414 §45a; 1997 c.327 §1; 2001 c.409 §5; 2007 c.111 §4; 2007 c.399 §6; 2007 c.541 §19b; 2015 c.652 §4; 2015 c.672 §9]
OR Rev Stat § 671.571 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 671 - Architects; Landscape Professions and Business|Section 671.571 - Probationary license.

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 671.570, the State Landscape Contractors Board may issue a probationary landscape construction professional license to a person who does not meet the training and experience qualifications set forth in ORS 671.570. To obtain a probationary landscape construction professional license, the person must: (a) Pay a nonrefundable application fee; (b) Pay an examination fee; (c) Pay to the board the landscape construction professional license fee required by ORS 671.650; and (d) Pass all sections of the examination described in ORS 671.570 within 12 months after first taking the examination. (2) Two or more years after receiving a probationary landscape construction professional license, a probationary landscape construction professional may obtain removal from probationary status and issuance of a landscape construction professional license if the probationary landscape construction professional presents the board with proof that the probationary landscape construction professional has done any of the following: (a) Completed at least 24 months of employment with a licensed landscape contracting business under the direct supervision of a landscape construction professional. (b) Provided supervision described in ORS 671.540 (1)(q) or 671.565 (1)(b) for at least 24 months as the owner or employee of a licensed landscape contracting business that, during that period: (A) Filed and maintained with the board a bond, letter of credit or deposit in the amount of $15,000; and (B) Performed landscaping work only on landscaping projects where the amount charged by the landscape contracting business for work on the project during any 12-month period did not exceed $15,000. (c) Actively operated for at least 24 months as a construction contractor licensed under ORS chapter 701. (3) Except as provided in this section and ORS 671.560 and as the board may provide by rule, a probationary landscape construction professional licensed under this section is for all purposes a landscape construction professional licensed under ORS 671.560. [2007 c.111 §2; 2007 c.399 §5; 2007 c.541 §19d; 2009 c.483 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 671.572 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 671 - Architects; Landscape Professions and Business|Section 671.572 - Alternative licensing standards for person licensed as construction contractor.

Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS 671.570 regarding experience and employment status, the State Landscape Contractors Board may adopt alternative standards for licensure with the board for a person who is already licensed as a contractor under ORS chapter 701. [1997 c.785 §5; 1999 c.402 §11]
OR Rev Stat § 671.574 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 671 - Architects; Landscape Professions and Business|Section 671.574 - Inactive status for landscape construction professional license.

(1) If a landscape construction professional is not operating as a landscape construction professional, the State Landscape Contractors Board may, upon request, place the license of the landscape construction professional in inactive status. (2) A landscape construction professional in inactive status remains subject to board jurisdiction, licensing requirements and fees. (3) A landscape construction professional that is in inactive status may not perform or supervise work as a landscape construction professional. (4) A landscape construction professional license may not be placed or maintained in inactive status more than once during a licensing period. [2005 c.609 §3; 2007 c.541 §20]
OR Rev Stat § 671.575 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 671 - Architects; Landscape Professions and Business|Section 671.575 - License required to obtain judicial or administrative remedy; exception.

(1) A landscape contracting business may not file a lien, file a claim with the State Landscape Contractors Board or bring or maintain in any court of this state a suit or action for compensation for the performance of any work or for the breach of any contract for work that is subject to ORS 671.510 to 671.760 and 671.997, unless the landscape contracting business was: (a) Licensed under ORS 671.510 to 671.760 at the time the landscape contracting business bid or entered into the contract for performance of the work; and (b) Licensed continuously while performing the work for which compensation is sought. (2) If the court determines that the landscape contracting business was not aware of the requirement that the business be licensed, a court may choose not to apply subsection (1) of this section if the court finds that to do so would result in a substantial injustice to the unlicensed landscape contracting business. (3) If a landscape contracting business falsely swears to information provided under ORS 671.560 or 671.565 or knowingly violates the provisions of ORS 656.029, 670.600, 671.560 or 671.565, the landscape contracting business may not file a lien, file a claim with the State Landscape Contractors Board or bring or maintain in any court of this state a suit or action for compensation for the performance of any work or for the breach of any contract for work that is subject to ORS 671.510 to 671.760 and 671.997. [1991 c.533 §7; 2007 c.541 §21]
OR Rev Stat § 671.578 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 671 - Architects; Landscape Professions and Business|Section 671.578 - Suit for damages for misrepresentation; attorney fees.

If any person suffered costs or damages as a result of an individual providing a false or invalid State Landscape Contractors Board number or otherwise misleading a person with respect to licensing with the board, that person may bring suit in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover damages. The court may award reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party in an action under this section. [1991 c.533 §8; 1995 c.618 §119]
OR Rev Stat § 671.580 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 671 - Architects; Landscape Professions and Business|Section 671.580 - Landscape construction professional license not transferable.

A landscape construction professional license issued pursuant to ORS 671.560 is a personal privilege and is not transferable. [1971 c.764 §8; 1983 c.452 §9; 2007 c.541 §22]
OR Rev Stat § 671.590 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 671 - Architects; Landscape Professions and Business|Section 671.590 - Reciprocal landscape construction professional licensing.

The State Landscape Contractors Board may license without examination any person who is a landscape construction professional licensed, certified or registered under the laws of another state, territory of the United States, the District of Columbia or another country where the requirements on the date the applicant was licensed, certified or registered were substantially equal to the requirements for licensing of landscape construction professionals in this state on the date of application by the person. [1971 c.764 §9; 1973 c.832 §30; 1975 c.757 §6; 1979 c.840 §5; 1983 c.452 §10; 2007 c.541 §23]
OR Rev Stat § 671.595 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 671 - Architects; Landscape Professions and Business|Section 671.595 - Coursework and examination requirements for noncontractor owners and managing employees; notice of duty changes; rules.

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Managing employee" means a person who, at the time of an application for the issuance or renewal of a landscape contracting business license: (A) Is employed in landscaping work only by the applicant; and (B) Manages or shares in the management of the applicant, as defined by the State Landscape Contractors Board by rule. (b) "Owner" means a person who at the time of an application for the issuance or renewal of a landscape contracting business license: (A) Has an ownership interest in the applicant; and (B) Manages or shares in the management of the applicant, as defined by the board by rule. (2) If an applicant for a landscape contracting business license does not have at least one owner or managing employee who is licensed as a landscape construction professional under ORS 671.560, the applicant shall provide the board with proof that an owner or managing employee has completed required courses described in subsection (4) of this section and passed an examination on the subject of those courses. (3) The board may adopt rules to require a landscape contracting business and any owner or managing employee to provide the board with notice of any change in the employment or duties of the owner or managing employee. (4) The board shall adopt rules establishing required courses for an owner or managing employee who seeks to qualify the business for a landscape contracting business license, but who is not licensed as a landscape construction professional. The courses required by the board shall be designed to educate the owner or managing employee regarding business practices and Oregon laws affecting landscape contracting businesses. The board may not require an owner or managing employee to take a total of more than 16 hours of instruction. (5) When adopting rules to carry out subsection (4) of this section, the board shall consider the availability of courses in the regions of this state. The board shall encourage course providers to use the most up-to-date technology to make courses widely available. (6) A course provider may submit information regarding course materials, examinations and instructor qualifications to the board for approval. The board shall approve courses if the course materials, examinations and instructors meet board requirements. The board shall periodically review approved courses to ensure continuing compliance with board requirements. The board shall develop and make available a list of providers that offer courses that will enable an owner or managing employee to comply with the requirements of subsection (2) of this section. [2007 c.249 §2; 2009 c.11 §84]
OR Rev Stat § 671.600 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 671 - Architects; Landscape Professions and Business|Section 671.600 - New landscape contracting business license required upon change of ownership; notification of change of address.

(1) A new landscape contracting business license shall be required whenever there is a change in ownership, irrespective of whether the business name is changed. As used in this subsection, "change in ownership" does not include a change in the holders of corporate stock. (2) If a licensee moves to another location, relicensing is not required but the licensee must notify the State Landscape Contractors Board promptly of the new address. [1971 c.764 §10; 1973 c.832 §31; 1987 c.461 §1; 2007 c.541 §24]
OR Rev Stat § 671.603 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 671 - Architects; Landscape Professions and Business|Section 671.603 - Persons required to give notification of change of address; communications delivered to last-known address.

(1) A landscape construction professional or person operating as a landscape contracting business shall notify the State Landscape Contractors Board of a change of address for the professional or business that occurs while the professional or business is licensed by the board or within one year after a license expires. The landscape construction professional or landscape contracting business shall ensure that the board receives notice of the change of address no later than the 30th day after the change of address occurs. (2) Initial notice of a contested case or arbitration directed by the board to the last-known address of record for a landscape construction professional or landscape contracting business is considered delivered to the professional or business when deposited in the United States mail and sent registered, certified or post office receipt secured. Any other communication directed by the board to the last-known address of record for a landscape construction professional or landscape contracting business is considered delivered to the professional or business when deposited in the United States mail, regular mail. [2001 c.409 §14; 2005 c.609 §13; 2007 c.541 §25; 2015 c.672 §10]
OR Rev Stat § 671.605 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 17 - Occupations|Chapter 671 - Architects; Landscape Professions and Business|Section 671.605 - Effect of change in partners or corporate owners; fee.

A partnership or corporation licensed as a landscape contracting business shall notify the State Landscape Contractors Board immediately upon any change in partners or corporate owners or in the percentage of an ownership interest in the landscape contracting business. Upon a change in partners, a licensed partnership immediately shall apply for a new license and pay to the board the fee required by ORS 671.650 for an original license. [1983 c.452 §11; 2007 c.541 §26]