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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law › Section 479.255 - Smoke alarm or smoke detector required in certain structures; alarms and devices for persons who are hard of hearing.

(1) Every dwelling unit regulated under ORS chapter 90, every lodging house and every hotel guest room shall contain an approved and properly functioning smoke alarm or smoke detector, installed in accordance with the state building code and rules of the State Fire Marshal.
(2) A hotel shall provide no fewer than one smoke alarm for persons who are hard of hearing and one door knock device for each 75, or fraction thereof, rooms of the hotel that are regularly used for sleeping.
(3) If a person renting a room in a hotel requests a room with a smoke detector or a smoke alarm for persons who are hard of hearing and a door knock device, the landlord shall:
(a) Install a portable smoke alarm for persons who are hard of hearing and a door knock device; or
(b) Provide the person with a room in which a smoke detector or smoke alarm for persons who are hard of hearing and a door knock device have been permanently installed.
(4) The landlord may require a guest to pay a refundable deposit if the landlord provides the smoke alarm for persons who are hard of hearing under subsection (3)(a) of this section.
(5) A hotel shall provide a printed notice of the requirements of subsection (3) of this section, posted conspicuously at the place of registration or in each guest room. [1979 c.642 §2; 1989 c.247 §2; 1999 c.307 §2; 2007 c.70 §273]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law › Section 479.257 - Design features required for certain smoke alarms; rules.

(1) Not later than January 1, 2002, every smoke alarm installed in a dwelling unit regulated under ORS chapter 90, a lodging house or a hotel guest room, as required under ORS 479.255, shall contain the features described in ORS 479.297 (1) and (2).
(2) The State Fire Marshal by rule may exempt hotels with sprinkler fire suppression systems from the requirements of this section. [1999 c.307 §2a]
Note:
479.257 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 479 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law › Section 479.258 - Provision of notice of smoke alarm or smoke detector requirements for persons who are hard of hearing; rules.

A landlord shall provide notice of the requirements of ORS 479.250 to 479.258, 479.280 and 479.295 in a form and manner as specified by rule by the State Fire Marshal. [1989 c.247 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law › Section 479.260 - Transfer of dwelling unit or lodging house without smoke alarm or smoke detector prohibited.

(1) A person may not convey fee title to any real property that includes a dwelling unit or lodging house, or transfer possession of any dwelling unit or lodging house pursuant to a land sale contract, unless there is installed in the dwelling unit or lodging house a smoke detector or the required number of approved smoke alarms, installed in accordance with the state building code and rules of the State Fire Marshal adopted under ORS 479.295. The smoke alarms required by this subsection must meet the requirements of ORS 479.297.
(2)(a) A person may not convey ownership or transfer possession of any manufactured dwelling, as defined in ORS 446.003, unless there is installed in the manufactured dwelling the required number of approved smoke alarms or smoke detectors, installed in accordance with the state building code or with the federal manufactured dwelling construction and safety standards adopted under ORS 446.155.
(b) A smoke alarm installed in a manufactured dwelling that is resold by a person other than the manufacturer or authorized dealer must meet the requirements of ORS 479.297. [1979 c.642 §3; 1997 c.647 §5; 1999 c.307 §§3,4; 2003 c.655 §78]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law › Section 479.265 - Action for unlawful transfer of dwelling unit; damages; attorney fees.

Any purchaser or transferee of a dwelling unit who is aggrieved by a violation of ORS 479.260 may bring an individual action in an appropriate court to recover actual damages or $50, whichever is greater. In any action brought by a person under this section, the court may award to the prevailing party, in addition to the relief provided in this section, reasonable attorney fees at trial and on appeal and costs. Actions brought under this section must be commenced within one year of the date of sale or transfer. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, violation of ORS 479.260 does not affect the transfer of the title, ownership or possession of the dwelling unit. [1979 c.642 §4; 1981 c.897 §56; 1995 c.618 §77; 2003 c.655 §79]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law › Section 479.270 - Owner of rental dwelling unit to supply, install and maintain smoke alarm or smoke detector; instructions for testing to be provided.

(1) The owner of any rental dwelling unit or the owner’s authorized agent shall be responsible for supplying, installing and maintaining the required smoke alarms or smoke detectors and shall provide a written notice containing instructions for testing of the devices. The notice shall be given to the tenant at the time the tenant first takes possession of the premises.
(2) The duty of the owner or authorized agent of the owner to maintain the required smoke alarms or smoke detectors, including providing working batteries, arises only:
(a) Prior to the beginning of every new tenancy when the tenant first takes possession of the premises; and
(b) During the tenancy upon written notice from the tenant of any deficiency, not including replacing dead batteries, as provided in ORS 479.275.
(3) Supplying and maintaining a smoke alarm or smoke detector under ORS 479.250 to 479.305 shall be considered a habitable condition under ORS 90.320. [1979 c.642 §5; 1993 c.369 §19; 1999 c.307 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law › Section 479.275 - Tenant of rental dwelling unit to test smoke alarm or smoke detector and replace dead batteries.

It shall be the responsibility of the tenant of any rental dwelling unit to perform such tests on the smoke alarms or smoke detectors located in a part of the dwelling unit that the tenant is entitled to occupy to the exclusion of others as are recommended by the manufacturer’s instructions and immediately notify, in writing, the owner or authorized agent of any deficiencies. Testing intervals shall not exceed six months. It shall also be the responsibility of the tenant during the tenancy to replace any dead batteries, as needed. [1979 c.642 §6; 1981 c.309 §2; 1993 c.369 §20; 1999 c.307 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law › Section 479.280 - Lack of properly operating smoke alarm or smoke detector; complaint; investigation; citation.

(1) If a rental dwelling unit is not equipped with the required smoke alarm or smoke detector, or if the smoke alarm or smoke detector is not operating properly and the owner or the owner’s authorized agent has not installed a properly operating smoke alarm or smoke detector within 10 days after receiving written notice from the tenant of the deficiency, the tenant may file a complaint with the State Fire Marshal or the appropriate official charged with the duty of providing fire protection services within the local jurisdiction.
(2) Upon receipt of a complaint filed under subsection (1) of this section, the State Fire Marshal or the appropriate local fire official shall investigate the alleged violation of ORS 479.250 to 479.305. If the State Fire Marshal or appropriate local fire official finds that the landlord has failed to install a properly operating smoke alarm or smoke detector in the unit under investigation, the State Fire Marshal or local fire official may issue a citation which shall substantially conform to the requirements for a citation under ORS chapter 153.
(3) In the absence of a complaint from the tenant, the State Fire Marshal or an appropriate local fire official may initiate the citation process by presenting the owner with a written notice of the deficiency and specifying a period of not less than 10 days for compliance.
(4) If the State Fire Marshal or appropriate local fire official finds that the landlord of a hotel or lodging house has failed to comply with the requirements of ORS 479.255 (2) or (3), the State Fire Marshal or local fire official may issue a citation which shall substantially conform to the requirements for a citation under ORS chapter 153. [1979 c.642 §7; 1981 c.309 §1; 1989 c.247 §6; 1999 c.307 §8; 1999 c.1051 §135]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law › Section 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 owner’s 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. [1979 c.642 §8; 1993 c.369 §21; 1999 c.307 §9]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law › Section 479.290 - Certain persons not liable for damages resulting from mechanical failure of smoke alarm or smoke detector.

The owner, owner’s 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. [1979 c.642 §9; 1999 c.307 §10]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law › Section 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). [1979 c.642 §10; 1989 c.247 §5; 1999 c.307 §11; 2001 c.411 §22; 2011 c.97 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law › Section 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. [1997 c.647 §2,3; 1999 c.307 §12; 2007 c.70 §274]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law › Section 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. [1979 c.642 §11; 1993 c.369 §22; 1999 c.307 §13]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law › Section 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. [2009 c.127 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law › Section 479.510 - Short title.

ORS 479.510 to 479.945 and 479.995 may be cited as the Electrical Safety Law. [1959 c.406 §1; 1981 c.815 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law › Section 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. [1959 c.406 §2; 1981 c.815 §3; 1987 c.414 §33; 1993 c.744 §117; 2003 c.299 §1; 2011 c.597 §220]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law › Section 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. [1983 c.580 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law › Section 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 479.540 from the requirements under ORS 479.510 to 479.945 to have a license to make electrical installations solely on the basis the person is employed by an agency of this state.
(2) Any person issued a letter of authority under ORS 479.545 (1985 Replacement Part) may continue to make electrical installations under ORS 479.510 to 479.945 on property owned or controlled by an agency of the state. [1981 c.815 §7; 1985 c.568 §1; 1987 c.414 §34a; 2003 c.14 §322]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law › Section 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. [1959 c.406 §5; 1981 c.815 §9; subsections (2) and (3) enacted as 1991 c.368 §2; 1993 c.744 §120]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law › Section 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 municipality’s hourly inspection rate. [1995 c.553 §2]
Note:
479.565 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 479 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law › Section 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 479.945.
(2) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to:
(a) An installation for which a written request to energize has been made by a licensed supervising electrician qualified pursuant to ORS 479.630 (2) and to which the appropriate electrical permit has been attached;
(b) A temporary installation of less than 480 volts made to provide service to a construction site or irrigation pump if the installation is properly grounded and the appropriate electrical permit is attached thereto;
(c) An installation within a plant or system of a person who sells electricity. As used in this paragraph, "person who sells electricity" does not include small power production facilities as defined in ORS 758.500 (1981 Replacement Part); or
(d) A minor electrical installation for which a valid installation label has been issued.
(3) Electrical installations energized without inspection pursuant to subsection (2)(a) and (b) of this section must receive final inspection as required by ORS 479.510 to 479.945.
(4) Notwithstanding ORS 756.040, 756.060 and 757.035, the Department of Consumer and Business Services, in consultation with the Electrical and Elevator Board, may adopt rules regulating the use of a written request by a licensed supervising electrician as described in subsection (2)(a) of this section as adequate authority for a person who sells electricity to energize an electrical installation. [1959 c.406 §8; 1981 c.815 §11; 1983 c.580 §1; 1987 c.575 §6; 2003 c.14 §324; 2007 c.405 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law › Section 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 person’s business unless the product is certified under ORS 479.760. [1959 c.406 §9; 1981 c.815 §12; 1995 c.706 §2; 2003 c.14 §325; 2003 c.299 §4; 2005 c.435 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law › Section 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 contractor’s 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 electrician’s license.
(3) Except as provided in subsection (5) of this section, make any electrical installation without a supervising or journeyman electrician’s license.
(4) Perform work on an electrical installation as an electrical apprentice without an electrical apprentice’s 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 electrician’s 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. [1959 c.406 §10; 1983 c.733 §2; 1987 c.874 §3; 1995 c.715 §3; 2003 c.675 §67; 2007 c.548 §1; 2011 c.9 §68]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law › Section 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. [2005 c.758 §31]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law › Section 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 479.945 and 479.995 is entitled to maintain a suit or action in the courts of this state involving such business or work in connection therewith, without alleging and proving that the person was licensed to perform such work or transact such business. [1959 c.406 §15; 1971 c.753 §21; 1981 c.815 §21; 1993 c.744 §124]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law › Section 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 479.510 to 479.945 and 479.995.
(3) Shall establish rules setting forth equivalent experience necessary to qualify for a journeyman license under ORS 479.630.
(4) Shall establish, by rule, procedures and standards necessary to approve testing laboratories under ORS 479.730 and 479.760.
(5) May establish exemptions by rule according to authority granted under ORS 479.540. [1981 c.815 §24; 1993 c.744 §125; 2005 c.758 §32]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law › Section 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. [1959 c.406 §16(1); 1981 c.815 §22; 1991 c.18 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law › Section 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. [1959 c.406 §19; 1963 c.151 §7; 1971 c.753 §24; 1981 c.815 §25; 1993 c.398 §1; 1993 c.744 §126; 1995 c.706 §3; 1999 c.794 §2; 2001 c.411 §23; 2003 c.299 §6; 2005 c.435 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law › Section 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]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law › Section 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. [1959 c.406 §§16 (2) and (3),22,23; 1981 c.815 §26; 1999 c.794 §1; 2001 c.573 §17; 2003 c.299 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law › Section 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. [1977 c.630 §2; 1979 c.197 §1; 1981 c.815 §27]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]