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OR Rev Stat § 479.810 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law|Section 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 department’s 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. [1959 c.406 §18; 1961 c.693 §3; 1969 c.314 §53; 1971 c.753 §22; 1977 c.748 §4; 1981 c.815 §30; 1987 c.383 §2; 1993 c.574 §1; 1993 c.744 §127; 1997 c.677 §3; 2001 c.411 §24]
OR Rev Stat § 479.815 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law|Section 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. [2003 c.675 §64]
OR Rev Stat § 479.820 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law|Section 479.820 - Duties and powers in enforcing law.

(1) The Department of Consumer and Business Services shall: (a) Check the authenticity, appropriateness and expiration dates of licenses issued under ORS 479.510 to 479.945. (b) Inspect electrical installations and products for which a permit or license is required by ORS 479.510 to 479.945. (c) Inspect permits attached to electrical installations or products for which a permit is required by ORS 479.510 to 479.945. (2) If the department finds that the electrical installation or product fails to comply with minimum safety standards or electrical product safety standards, the department may disconnect or order the disconnection of service thereto. (3) If the department finds that the condition of an electrical installation or product constitutes an immediate hazard to life or property, the department may cut or disconnect any wire necessary to remove such hazard or take corrective action as provided by rules adopted under ORS 479.730. (4) Upon written request of appropriate municipal personnel, the department may make inspections of electrical installations and products within cities and counties. Such inspections shall be made at cost, in accordance with local municipal ordinances, payable on a monthly basis. (5) For the purpose of discharging any duty imposed by ORS 479.510 to 479.945 and 479.995 or exercising authority conferred hereby the department may enter, during reasonable hours, any building, enclosure, or upon any premises where electrical work is in progress, where an electrical installation has been made or where electrical equipment or products may be located. (6) A person may not obstruct or interfere with the department in performance of any of the department’s duties or the exercise of any authority conferred under this section. [1959 c.406 §§24,25; 1973 c.834 §37; 1981 c.815 §3; 2003 c.14 §330; 2003 c.299 §7]
OR Rev Stat § 479.835 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law|Section 479.835 - Recovery of purchase price of product not meeting applicable laws.

Any person who purchases an electrical product may recover the purchase price from the seller if the electrical product does not meet all applicable state and federal law and the purchaser returns the electrical product within 90 days from the date of purchase. [1981 c.815 §14; 2001 c.411 §25; 2005 c.435 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 479.845 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law|Section 479.845 - Limitation on use of local government fees.

Fees collected by a city or county for the enforcement or administration of the electrical specialty code and rules adopted under ORS 479.730 (1) shall be used only for the enforcement and administration of those laws. [1977 c.874 §5; 1981 c.815 §34; 2001 c.573 §18; 2005 c.435 §7]
OR Rev Stat § 479.850 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law|Section 479.850 - Disposition of receipts.

All receipts from civil penalties, fees, charges, costs and expenses provided for in ORS 455.895 (1)(b), 479.510 to 479.945, 479.990 and 479.995 when collected shall be: (1) Paid into the Consumer and Business Services Fund created by ORS 705.145; and (2) Used only for the enforcement and administration of ORS 479.510 to 479.945 and 479.995. [1959 c.406 §28; 1971 c.753 §57; 1973 c.528 §18; 1973 c.834 §48; 1981 c.815 §35; 1987 c.905 §33; 1993 c.744 §131; 2001 c.411 §26]
OR Rev Stat § 479.853 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law|Section 479.853 - Appeal procedure; distribution of major code interpretation decisions.

If any person is aggrieved by a decision made upon inspection under authority of ORS 455.148, 455.150 or 479.510 to 479.945 and 479.995 of an electrical product or electrical inspection, the person may appeal the decision. The following apply to an appeal under this section: (1) An appeal under this section is subject to ORS chapter 183. (2) An appeal under this section must be made first to the Chief Electrical Inspector of the Department of Consumer and Business Services. The decision of the Chief Electrical Inspector may be appealed to the Electrical and Elevator Board. The decision of the Electrical and Elevator Board may be appealed to the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services only if codes in addition to the electrical code are at issue. (3) If the Electrical and Elevator Board determines that a decision by the Chief Electrical Inspector is a major code interpretation, then the inspector shall distribute the decision in writing to all public and private electrical inspection authorities in the state. The decision shall be distributed within 60 days after the board’s determination, and there shall be no charge for the distribution of the decision. As used in this subsection, a "major code interpretation" means a code interpretation decision that affects or may affect more than one job site or more than one inspection jurisdiction. (4) If an appeal is made under this section, an inspection authority shall extend the electrical plan review deadline by the number of days it takes for a final decision to be issued for the appeal. (5) Unless the department determines that the electrical product or electrical installation presents an immediate fire or life safety hazard, a person may operate an electrical product or electrical installation that is the subject of an appeal under this section until the appeal process is complete. If the department determines that an immediate fire or life safety hazard exists and the product or installation may not be operated during appeal, the department shall provide the person with a written report detailing the problems found by the department. If a determination is made under this subsection that products described in ORS 479.540 (11) may not be operated during appeal, that determination may be appealed immediately under the procedure established in subsection (2) of this section without first completing any appeal procedure established by a city or county. [1981 c.815 §38; 1993 c.573 §1; 2001 c.573 §19; 2001 c.709 §2; 2005 c.22 §366; 2005 c.435 §8]
OR Rev Stat § 479.854 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law|Section 479.854 - Authority of municipality to require license; approval of ordinance.

(1) A municipality may enact and enforce an ordinance requiring a municipal general supervising electrician’s license upon the approval of the Electrical and Elevator Board and the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services. (2) The Electrical and Elevator Board and director may approve an ordinance under subsection (1) of this section only if electrical installations within the municipality’s jurisdiction are of a unique character beyond the education or experience of a general supervising electrician licensed under ORS 479.630 (2), and the ordinance applies only to such installations. (3) The director, after obtaining the opinion of the board, shall revoke approval of an ordinance upon a finding that in issuing its general supervising electrician’s license, a municipality has engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination against electricians from outside the municipality. [1983 c.580 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 479.860 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law|Section 479.860 - Persons authorized to design, plan and lay out electrical installations; rules.

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person who is the holder of a supervising electrician’s license: (a) Who is employed by the holder of an electrical contractor’s license may design, plan and lay out electrical installations for customers of the electrical contractor without obtaining any other license, permit or certificate; or (b) Who is employed by an industrial plant may design, plan and lay out electrical installations for that industrial plant. (2) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, after consultation with the Electrical and Elevator Board and the State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying, may adopt rules designating classes of board licensees that may design, plan and lay out noncomplex electrical installations. Licensees are not subject to any requirement for an additional license, permit, certificate or registration when engaging in the design, planning or laying out of electrical installations as authorized by a rule adopted under this subsection. [1987 c.384 §2; 2005 c.570 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 479.870 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law|Section 479.870 - Electrical and Elevator Board to prescribe uniform fee calculation and permit format; review; rules.

(1) The Electrical and Elevator Board shall provide by rule for a statewide uniform method of calculating permit fees and a standardized permit application format. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, the board shall provide by rule for a separate limited energy electrical activity permit and the conditions that apply to the permit. (3) The board shall adopt rules setting standards for timely review, personnel to conduct review and other plan review requirements. [1989 c.591 §2; 1991 c.529 §9; subsection (3) enacted as 1991 c.439 §2; 2001 c.728 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 479.905 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law|Section 479.905 - Definitions for ORS 479.870 and 479.905 to 479.945.

For the purposes of ORS 479.870 and 479.905 to 479.945, except where the context requires otherwise: (1) "Class A limited energy technician" means a person licensed to install, alter and repair all limited energy systems. (2) "Class B limited energy technician" means a person licensed to install, alter and repair all limited energy systems that do not include protective signaling, including but not limited to: (a) HVAC; (b) Medical; (c) Boiler controls; (d) Intercom and paging systems; (e) Clock systems; (f) Data telecommunication installations; and (g) Instrumentation. (3) "HVAC" means thermostat and associated control wiring of heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration systems. "HVAC" does not include boiler controls. (4) "Limited energy electrical activity" means installation, alteration, maintenance, replacement or repair of electrical wiring and electrical products that do not exceed 100 volt-amperes in Class 2 and Class 3 installations, or that do not exceed 300 volt-amperes for landscape low voltage lighting systems that are cord connected to a ground fault circuit interrupter receptacle, under the electrical specialty code and the Low-Rise Residential Dwelling Code. (5) "Protective signaling" includes fire alarm, nurse call, burglar alarm, security and voice evacuation systems and other systems that are part of a fire or life safety system. [1991 c.529 §3; 1999 c.519 §1; 2001 c.728 §4; 2003 c.675 §45]
OR Rev Stat § 479.910 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law|Section 479.910 - Limited energy technician license; compliance with other laws; fees; continuing education.

(1) Upon payment of an application or renewal fee, the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall issue a Class B limited energy technician license to a person who qualifies under ORS 479.915. A person licensed under this section may perform limited energy electrical activity except protective signaling as defined in ORS 479.905. (2) A person licensed under this section shall comply with the permit and code compliance requirements under ORS 479.510 to 479.945. (3) The application fee, and the renewal fee, for a Class B limited energy technician license are the same as those for a Class A limited energy technician license. (4) The Electrical and Elevator Board shall establish continuing education requirements for persons licensed under this section, not to exceed 24 hours of classes every three years. [1991 c.529 §2; 1999 c.1031 §10; 2001 c.728 §5; 2003 c.14 §332; 2007 c.271 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 479.915 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law|Section 479.915 - Limited energy technician license requirements.

(1) An applicant for a Class B limited energy technician license must: (a) Submit proof satisfactory to the Electrical and Elevator Board that the person has: (A) At least two years of experience as an apprentice in limited energy electrical activity; or (B) At least two years of experience equivalent to an apprenticeship in limited energy electrical activity and completed a board-approved 32-hour training program; and (b) Pass a written examination approved by the board and administered by the Department of Consumer and Business Services. (2) An applicant for a Class A limited energy technician license must: (a) Submit proof satisfactory to the board that the person has completed at least three years of experience as an apprentice, or the equivalent as determined by the board by rule, in a recognized branch of the electrical trade; and (b) Pass a written examination prepared by the board and administered by the department. (3) The board shall determine the adequacy of any training program for qualification under the requirements of this section and ORS 479.910 and section 1, chapter 728, Oregon Laws 2001. (4) The department shall issue a Class A limited energy technician license to a person who qualifies under subsection (2) of this section and pays the required fees. [1991 c.529 §4; 2001 c.728 §6; 2007 c.548 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 479.940 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law|Section 479.940 - Activities not subject to licensure under ORS 479.510 to 479.945; identification cards.

(1) The licensure provisions of ORS 479.510 to 479.945 do not apply to the following activity on Class II and III systems in one and two family dwellings regulated under the Low-Rise Residential Dwelling Code: (a) Prewiring of cable television and telephone systems owned by the owner of the residence; (b) Garage door openers; (c) Vacuum systems; (d) Audio and stereo systems; (e) HVAC; (f) Landscape sprinkler controls; (g) Landscape lighting; and (h) Doorbells. (2) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section apply only to residential contractors holding a current license and proper endorsement issued by the Construction Contractors Board. (3)(a) The licensure provisions of ORS 479.510 to 479.945 do not apply to a landscape contracting business licensed under ORS 671.510 to 671.760 when making installations of landscape irrigation control wiring and outdoor landscape lighting involving a Class II or Class III system that does not exceed 30 volts and 750 volt-amperes. (b) A landscape contracting business exempt from licensing under this subsection shall issue an identification card to its landscape irrigation control wiring or outdoor landscape lighting installer. The form for the identification card shall be provided by the State Landscape Contractors Board. The identification card shall include the name of the installer, the name and State Landscape Contractors Board identification number of the landscape contracting business and the date of issue of the identification card. The card shall be carried by the installer at the job site when performing the allowed electric installations. (4) The licensure provisions of ORS 479.510 to 479.945 do not apply to limited energy electrical activity involving the installation, maintenance or repair of lottery equipment at retail locations by employees or vendors of the Oregon State Lottery Commission. The exemption provided by this subsection does not authorize work by unlicensed persons on systems of 115 volts or more. (5) All nonlicensure requirements of ORS 479.510 to 479.945, including permits for and compliance with the electrical specialty code, apply to activities conducted under subsections (1) to (4) of this section. If any person or business repeatedly violates the permit or code compliance requirements, in addition to any other remedy, the Electrical and Elevator Board may suspend, condition or revoke a person’s or business’s right to use this provision. [1991 c.529 §7; 1999 c.402 §4; 2001 c.728 §7; 2003 c.14 §333; 2003 c.675 §46; 2007 c.385 §1; 2007 c.541 §5a; 2007 c.836 §46]
OR Rev Stat § 479.943 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law|Section 479.943 - Activities not subject to licensure under ORS 479.905 to 479.945.

The licensure provisions of ORS 479.905 to 479.945 do not apply to the employees of a telecommunications utility or competitive telecommunications provider, both as defined in ORS 759.005, cooperative corporation organized under ORS chapter 62 or unincorporated association providing intrastate telecommunications service in Oregon engaged in the course of employment in providing, installing or maintaining: (1) Voice transmission products; (2) Data transmission products; or (3) Intercom and paging systems. [1997 c.544 §2; 2003 c.344 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 479.945 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources|Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law|Section 479.945 - Restricted energy contractor’s license; rules; scope; employees.

(1) A restricted energy contractor’s license is created for persons engaged in HVAC and such other categories as established by the Electrical and Elevator Board by rule under ORS 455.117. (2) A person licensed as a restricted energy contractor under this section and the person’s employees may install, alter, maintain, replace or repair electrical wiring and electrical products that are within the scope of the contractor’s license issued under this section. A person covered by this subsection does not have to obtain a license under ORS 479.910. (3) The license issued under this section shall limit the scope of activities that the licensee and licensee’s employees may engage in and in no instance may the scope of the license exceed that of a Class B limited energy technician. (4) A person applying for licensing under this section shall pay the applicable application fee required under ORS 479.840 and provide proof satisfactory to the board that the person has experience of the type of work covered by the license indorsement. (5) A restricted energy contractor licensee under this section shall: (a) Maintain with the board a current list of all individuals employed by the licensee to engage in work permitted by this section; (b) Issue an identification card to each employee working under the provisions of this section and identify the contractor, date of issue, contractor’s identification number with the board and the Construction Contractors Board; and (c) Maintain with the board a current form of identification card used by the contractor. (6) A person holding a limited maintenance specialty contractor’s license under ORS 479.630 (12) who also registers under this section shall comply with the identification card requirements of subsection (5) of this section, but need not file a separate list of employees unless the work under the contractor’s license is done by different employees. [1991 c.529 §8; 1995 c.715 §5; 2001 c.728 §8; 2003 c.14 §334; 2005 c.758 §33; 2007 c.271 §7]