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OR Rev Stat § 455.720 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 455 - Building Code|Section 455.720 - Standards and qualifications for personnel; rules.

(1) In accordance with applicable provisions of ORS chapter 183, to promote effective and uniform enforcement of the state building code by improving the competence of building officials and inspectors, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, with the advice of the advisory boards, shall: (a) Establish for building officials and inspectors reasonable minimum training and experience standards, including but not limited to courses or subjects for instruction, facilities for instruction, qualification of instructors and methods of instruction. The standards shall include provisions for determining a practical experience equivalent. (b) Establish a procedure to be used by municipalities to determine whether a person meets minimum standards or has minimum training to be appointed or employed as a building official or inspector. The procedure shall allow for a field examination of a person to determine if the person meets the practical experience equivalent of a minimum standard. (c) Subject to such terms, conditions and classifications as the director may impose, certify building officials as being qualified, and revoke such certifications in the manner provided in ORS 455.740. (d) Require an applicant for a certificate as a building official or inspector to demonstrate knowledge of the laws governing accessibility to buildings by persons with disabilities by passing an examination prescribed by the director. (2) The director shall maintain and, upon request of municipalities, furnish information on applicants for appointment or employment as building officials or inspectors. (3) Pursuant to ORS chapter 183, the director shall adopt rules necessary to carry out the certification programs provided by subsection (1) of this section. (4) The director, by rule, may require evidence of completion of continuing education covering any certification created under this section as a condition of maintaining the certification. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the director from delegating any of this power to a municipality. (5) The director, with the advice of the appropriate advisory boards, may adopt rules for certifying inspectors as being qualified to enforce one or more particular specialty codes, subject to any terms, conditions and classifications the director may impose, and for revoking those certifications in the manner provided in ORS 455.740. [Formerly 456.810; 1989 c.224 §119; subsection (4) enacted as 1991 c.361 §5; 1999 c.527 §1; 2001 c.104 §197; 2005 c.758 §21b; 2007 c.70 §257]
OR Rev Stat § 455.723 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 455 - Building Code|Section 455.723 - Specialized building inspectors; rules.

(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, with the advice of the appropriate advisory boards, may adopt rules establishing one or more programs to train, qualify and certify an individual as a specialized building inspector authorized to enforce portions of specialty codes. Notwithstanding ORS 455.720 (1) and 455.725, the rules may include, but need not be limited to, rules that establish: (a) Work experience, training and other qualifications for program participation; (b) Content and presentation requirements for training programs; (c) Methods for verifying the qualification of the individual to enforce portions of specialty codes as a specialized building inspector certified under this section; (d) The portions of various specialty codes that each program will enable a qualifying individual to enforce and any terms, conditions or classifications applicable for that enforcement; and (e) Requirements the director believes reasonable for the administration and enforcement of this section. (2) Notwithstanding ORS 446.250, 455.630, 455.720, 455.725, 479.530, 479.810 and 479.855, the director may issue or cause to be issued a certificate as a specialized building inspector to an individual who successfully completes an approved training program and satisfies qualification verification under this section. (3) An individual certified as a specialized building inspector under this section may conduct inspections and enforce portions of specialty codes under ORS 479.510 to 479.945 and 479.950 and this chapter and ORS chapters 446, 447 and 693 as identified by the director. The enforcement of portions of specialty codes by a specialized building inspector is subject to any terms, conditions or classifications applicable to that enforcement established by the director by rule. [2009 c.593 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 455.725 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 455 - Building Code|Section 455.725 - Certification of personnel training programs.

(1) Upon application, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services or an authorized representative shall examine and evaluate any program or facility established by a municipality or educational institution for the training of building officials, inspectors and specialty code inspectors and plan reviewers licensed under ORS 455.457. (2) If the director finds that a training program is qualified under the minimum requirements established pursuant to ORS 455.720, the director shall, in writing, certify the training program as being qualified for such a period of time and upon such conditions as the director may prescribe. An individual complies with any minimum requirement for building officials or inspectors established pursuant to ORS 455.720 when the individual satisfactorily completes a training program certified under this section. [Formerly 456.815; 1999 c.1045 §18]
OR Rev Stat § 455.730 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 455 - Building Code|Section 455.730 - Certification of personnel required.

No person shall be appointed or employed as a building official or inspector by any municipality unless the person has been certified as being qualified under ORS 455.715 to 455.740, and the certification has not lapsed or been revoked. [Formerly 456.820]
OR Rev Stat § 455.732 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 455 - Building Code|Section 455.732 - Certification of inspectors to perform duties in building code administrative regions; training program recognition.

(1) As used in this section, "building code administrative region" means a region established by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services under ORS 455.042 for the uniform administration of the state building code. (2) The authority of the director under ORS 455.720 and 455.723 to specify terms, conditions and classifications for the certification of inspectors includes the authority to certify an inspector to perform inspections under multiple specialty codes or parts of a specialty code. (3) The director may provide for an inspector who is likely to be employed or otherwise authorized within a specific building code administrative region to be certified to perform inspections throughout a building code administrative region, whether within or outside of a municipality. The director may recognize any training program certified by the director under ORS 455.723 or 455.725 for purposes of certifying an inspector to perform inspections throughout a building code administrative region. This subsection does not require a municipality administering and enforcing a building inspection program under ORS 455.148 or 455.150 to allow an inspector certified under this subsection who is not employed or otherwise authorized by the municipality to perform building inspections on behalf of the municipality. (4) In determining the appropriate experience, training or other qualifications for an inspector under ORS 455.720 or 455.723, the director shall consult with the appropriate advisory boards. The factors to be considered by the director may include, but need not be limited to: (a) Any factors specific to, or of particular relevance to, a specialty code or to the types of buildings, structures, systems or equipment in a geographic area that are inspected under the specialty code; (b) Staffing levels or other specific criteria for building inspection programs established by a municipality within which the inspector is likely to be employed or otherwise authorized to perform inspections, or for building inspection programs established by the director; and (c) Any factors specific to, or of particular relevance to, the building code administrative region within which the inspector is likely to be employed or otherwise authorized to perform inspections. (5) In determining the scope of certifications and qualifications for an inspector, the director may utilize field training equivalency, independent evaluations or other methods the director deems appropriate. [2013 c.110 §2; 2021 c.599 §11]
OR Rev Stat § 455.735 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 455 - Building Code|Section 455.735 - Issuance and renewal of certificates; fees; rules.

(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may issue certificates for building officials and building inspectors under ORS 455.715 to 455.740. (2) Any person desiring issuance of an initial certificate as a building official or inspector shall make application to the director upon such forms as the director may prescribe for such purpose and pay an application fee. (3) If the director requires, by rule, an applicant for a particular certification to pass an examination prepared by a national organization, the applicant shall pay in addition to the fee required in subsection (2) of this section, the cost of the examination. If the director requires an applicant for certification to pass an examination administered by the Department of Consumer and Business Services, the department may charge the applicant an examination administration fee. (4) Upon determining that the applicant is qualified under ORS 455.715 to 455.740, the director shall issue a certificate or cause a certificate to be issued to the applicant. (5) A certificate issued under this section shall be valid for a term established by the department by rule. An applicant for renewal of a certificate shall submit an application on a form approved by the director and pay a renewal application fee. (6) The department may adopt rules establishing certificate renewal requirements and establishing reasonable fees under this section. (7) The department may charge fees for participation in training programs approved or established by the department under ORS 455.220 or 455.715 to 455.740. [Formerly 456.825; 1991 c.201 §1; 1991 c.361 §2; 2005 c.758 §21c; 2009 c.593 §§7,8; 2013 c.110 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 455.737 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 455 - Building Code|Section 455.737 - Experience and training outside Oregon; examination; rulemaking.

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 455.720 (1), the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, by rule, shall adopt criteria for review of the experience and training in building inspection and building plan review acquired by a person outside the State of Oregon. The criteria shall be adopted in a manner that facilitates review of a person’s qualifications by a local building official. (2)(a) A local building official who wishes to employ a person who is not certified under ORS 455.735 as an inspector shall submit the person’s qualifications to the director. The director shall review the stated qualifications against the criteria adopted under subsection (1) of this section, including verification of experience and training. The director shall respond to the local building official in writing within 10 working days of receiving the applicant’s qualifications, stating whether the person meets the applicable criteria. (b) Upon application and payment of the required fee, the director shall allow a person whose qualifications meet the criteria adopted under subsection (1) of this section to sit for any examination necessary for the required certification. [1997 c.677 §2; 2005 c.758 §21d] Note: Section 4, chapter 677, Oregon Laws 1997, provides: Sec. 4. The provisions of ORS 455.035 are waived with respect to any rules adopted under section 2 of this Act [455.737] or ORS 479.810 as amended by section 3 of this Act. [1997 c.677 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 455.740 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 455 - Building Code|Section 455.740 - Denial of certificate; disciplinary action against certificate holder; rules.

(1) Subject to ORS chapter 183, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may deny, condition, suspend, revoke or refuse to renew a certificate of a building official or inspector if the director finds that the building official or inspector has: (a) Consistently failed to act in the public interest in the performance of duties; (b) Failed to complete the continuing education requirements as required under ORS 455.720 (4); (c) Provided false information to the department; or (d) Committed an act described in ORS 455.125 or 455.129. (2) In any revocation proceeding under this section, the municipality that appoints or employs the building official or inspector may appear as a party in interest, either for or against the revocation. (3) When a certification is suspended or revoked under this section, the director may also suspend, deny or place conditions on that person’s right to reapply for certification under ORS 455.735 for a period not to exceed 12 months. (4) This section does not limit or otherwise affect the authority of a municipality to dismiss or suspend a building official or inspector at the discretion of the municipality. (5) Notwithstanding the requirements of subsections (1) to (4) of this section, the director may adopt rules that: (a) Allow certifications to be placed on inactive status; and (b) Extend continuing education compliance requirements in case of illness or hardship. [Formerly 456.835; 1991 c.361 §3; 2009 c.593 §9; 2021 c.599 §12]
OR Rev Stat § 455.775 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 455 - Building Code|Section 455.775 - Enforcement authority of director; investigations; corrective actions; prevention or termination of violation.

In addition to any other authority and power granted under this chapter and ORS chapters 446, 447, 460, 479, 480 and 693: (1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may, at the discretion of the director, enforce the provisions of the state building code and ORS 446.003 to 446.200, 446.225 to 446.285, 446.395 to 446.420, 479.510 to 479.945, 479.950, 479.995 and 480.510 to 480.670 and this chapter and ORS chapters 447, 460 and 693 against any person regardless of whether a permit, certificate, license or other indicia of authority has been issued. The director may: (a) Make an investigation; (b) Take sworn testimony; (c) With the authorization of the Office of the Attorney General, subpoena persons and records; (d) Order corrective action; and (e) If an immediate hazard to health and safety is imminent, issue an order to stop all or any part of the work under the applicable specialty code. (2) If the director has reason to believe that any person has been engaged, or is engaging, or is about to engage in any violation of the state building code, or ORS 446.003 to 446.200, 446.225 to 446.285, 446.395 to 446.420, 479.510 to 479.945, 479.950 or 480.510 to 480.670 or this chapter or ORS chapter 447, 460 or 693 or any rule adopted under those statutes, the director may issue an order, subject to ORS 183.413 to 183.497, directed to the person to cease and desist from the violation or threatened violation. (3) If the director has reason to believe that any person has been engaged, or is engaging, or is about to engage in any violation of the state building code or ORS 446.003 to 446.200, 446.225 to 446.285, 446.395 to 446.420, 479.510 to 479.945, 479.950 or 480.510 to 480.670 or this chapter or ORS chapters 447, 460 and 693 or any rule adopted under those statutes, the director may, without bond, bring suit in the name and on behalf of the State of Oregon in the circuit court of any county of this state to enjoin the acts or practices and to enforce compliance with the state building code and ORS 446.003 to 446.200, 446.225 to 446.285, 446.395 to 446.420, 479.510 to 479.945, 479.950 and 480.510 to 480.670 and this chapter and ORS chapters 447, 460 and 693 and any rule adopted under those statutes. Upon a proper showing, a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order or writ of mandamus shall be granted. (4) This section does not grant any authority over a municipality or an inspector employed by a municipality. [1991 c.792 §§3,5; 1999 c.597 §1; 2001 c.411 §20; 2003 c.14 §285; 2013 c.324 §10]
OR Rev Stat § 455.800 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 455 - Building Code|Section 455.800 - Definitions for ORS 455.800 to 455.820.

As used in ORS 455.800 to 455.820: (1) "Building official" means a person who is a building official as defined in ORS 455.715 or a Department of Consumer and Business Services employee charged with enforcement or administration of the state building code. (2) "Building trade committee" means a group composed of experienced and knowledgeable local general contractors or other persons having substantial expertise in various aspects of one and two family dwelling construction under the Low-Rise Residential Dwelling Code. (3) "General contractor" has the meaning given that term in ORS 701.005. (4) "Master builder" means a person certified under ORS 455.810. (5) "Qualified construction company" means a company that has been: (a) Continuously licensed by the Construction Contractors Board during the preceding 60 months as a general contractor; or (b) Continuously licensed by the Construction Contractors Board during at least the preceding 24 months as a general contractor and by one or more other states during the balance of the preceding 60 months in an occupation equivalent to that of a general contractor. (6) "Regular employee" means a person who: (a) Is continuously employed by, and on the regular payroll of, a qualified construction company; (b) Has filed a withholding statement or an exemption certificate pursuant to ORS 316.182 for work performed for the qualified construction company; and (c) Is available during working hours to supervise on-site dwelling construction, including but not limited to supervising the installation of: (A) Drywall; (B) Electrical systems; (C) Footings; (D) Foundations; (E) Framing; (F) Insulation; (G) Mechanical systems; (H) Plumbing systems; and (I) Stairs. (7) "Whole dwelling remodel" means a project that includes the installation in an existing dwelling of all of the following: (a) Drywall; (b) Electrical systems; (c) Footings; (d) Foundations; (e) Framing; (f) Insulation; (g) Mechanical systems; and (h) Plumbing systems. [2001 c.406 §1; 2003 c.675 §38; 2019 c.134 §12] Note: 455.800 to 455.820 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 455 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 455.805 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 455 - Building Code|Section 455.805 - Criteria for granting of master builder status.

An individual may apply to the Department of Consumer and Business Services to be tested and certified as a master builder. The department shall establish uniform criteria for use in determining whether to grant an application. The criteria must, at a minimum, provide that: (1) The individual must be an owner or regular employee of a qualified construction company and be authorized by the company to provide assurance to the department that all state and local code requirements are met. (2) In each of the five preceding calendar years, the individual must either have performed or supervised a dwelling construction or whole dwelling remodel. In at least two of the years, the construction or remodel must have occurred in a geographic area that had a master builder program. (3) The individual must have completed a program sponsored by a local building trade committee or other program approved by the department, providing training relating to the construction of one and two family dwellings under the Low-Rise Residential Dwelling Code. A program must include but need not be limited to instruction in: (a) Administration; (b) Chimneys and fireplaces; (c) Decay and termite protections; (d) Energy conservation; (e) Footings and foundations; (f) Roof-ceiling construction; (g) Roof coverings; (h) Site inspections; (i) Wall construction, assemblies and coverings; and (j) Wood and metal framing. (4) The individual must have scored at least 75 percent on a written examination, approved and administered by the department, covering the appropriate aspects of the Low-Rise Residential Dwelling Code. (5)(a) The individual must not be the subject of an adverse final order issued by the Construction Contractors Board or Department of Consumer and Business Services based upon acts committed within 36 months preceding the application date that: (A) Violated a specialty code, licensing or permit requirement; or (B) Resulted in a claim being filed with the board or department against the individual. (b) For purposes of this subsection, if the individual is an owner of a qualified construction company, an adverse final order issued against the company is an adverse final order issued against that individual. [2001 c.406 §2; 2003 c.675 §39] Note: See note under 455.800.
OR Rev Stat § 455.810 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 455 - Building Code|Section 455.810 - Certificates; fees; discipline; rules.

(1) An individual seeking certification as a master builder must apply to the Department of Consumer and Business Services on the form prescribed by the department. Upon determining that the applicant meets the criteria for certification set forth in ORS 455.805, the department shall issue the certificate. (2) Certification as a master builder is valid for three years unless suspended or revoked. An individual may renew a certificate that is in good standing by: (a) Providing evidence of continuing education as required by department rule; and (b) Paying a renewal fee established by the department by rule. (3) The department may deny, refuse to renew, suspend or revoke certification as a master builder if the individual fails or ceases to meet the criteria for certification set forth in ORS 455.805 or engages in actions resulting in a waiver revocation under ORS 455.820 (3). The department must afford an individual an opportunity for a hearing pursuant to ORS chapter 183 upon a denial or refusal to renew or prior to a suspension or revocation of certification. (4) The department may adopt all rules necessary and proper for administering ORS 455.800 to 455.820, including but not limited to rules establishing application, examination, certification and renewal fees. [2001 c.406 §3] Note: See note under 455.800.