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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 670 - Occupations and Professions Generally › Section 670.300 - Licensing and advisory board officers; quorum and meeting requirements; compensation and expenses of members.

(1) Except as otherwise provided by law, each professional licensing and advisory board shall select annually one of its members as chairperson and another as vice chairperson, with such powers and duties necessary for the performance of the functions of such offices as the board shall determine.
(2) The majority of the members of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
(3) The board shall meet at least once a year, not later than July 1, at a place, day and hour determined by the board. The board shall also meet at such other times and places as are specified by the call of the chairperson or a majority of the members of the board.
(4) Members of the board are entitled to compensation and expenses as provided in ORS 292.495. [1971 c.753 §8; 1987 c.414 §95]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 670 - Occupations and Professions Generally › Section 670.304 - Application of ORS 670.300 to 670.380.

Except as otherwise specifically provided, ORS 670.300 to 670.380 apply to the following professional licensing and advisory boards:
(1) Professional licensing and advisory boards established in the Office of the Secretary of State.
(2) The Oregon Board of Maritime Pilots.
(3) The Board of Cosmetology, in the Health Licensing Office.
(4) The State Board of Architect Examiners.
(5) The State Landscape Contractors Board.
(6) The State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying.
(7) The State Landscape Architect Board.
(8) The State Board of Geologist Examiners.
(9) The State Board of Tax Practitioners.
(10) The Construction Contractors Board. [1987 c.414 §94; 1991 c.67 §176; 1993 c.744 §241; 1997 c.3 §2; 1997 c.21 §1; 1999 c.425 §28; 1999 c.885 §19; 2001 c.160 §1; 2005 c.648 §49; 2007 c.71 §219; 2007 c.768 §66; 2013 c.568 §10; 2015 c.451 §22]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 670 - Occupations and Professions Generally › Section 670.306 - Administrative officers for boards; other employees.

(1) Subsections (2) and (3) of this section shall apply only to the following professional licensing boards:
(a) State Board of Architect Examiners.
(b) Construction Contractors Board.
(c) State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying.
(d) State Landscape Architect Board.
(e) State Landscape Contractors Board.
(f) State Board of Tax Practitioners.
(2) A board shall fix the qualifications of and appoint an administrative officer. The determination of qualifications and appointment of an administrative officer shall be made after consultation with the Governor.
(3) An administrative officer of a board shall not be a member of that board.
(4) Subject to the applicable rules of the State Personnel Relations Law, the board shall fix the compensation of its administrator, who shall be in the unclassified service.
(5) Subject to applicable rules of the State Personnel Relations Law, the administrative officer shall appoint all subordinate employees, prescribe their duties and fix their compensation. [1973 c.659 §2 (enacted in lieu of 670.305); 1975 c.429 §7; 1975 c.464 §1; 1981 c.821 §2; 1987 c.414 §96; 1993 c.744 §242; 1995 c.79 §338; 1997 c.3 §3; 1997 c.21 §2; 1999 c.59 §199; 1999 c.322 §41; 2007 c.768 §67; 2015 c.451 §23]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 670 - Occupations and Professions Generally › Section 670.310 - Rulemaking authority; board seal.

(1) Except as otherwise provided by law and in accordance with any applicable provisions of ORS chapter 183, each professional licensing board and advisory board may make such rules as are necessary or proper for the administration of the laws such board is charged with administering.
(2) Each professional licensing board and advisory board may adopt a seal. [1971 c.753 §10; 1987 c.414 §97]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 670 - Occupations and Professions Generally › Section 670.315 - Administration of oaths; obtaining and taking evidence at board proceedings; effect of failure to obey board subpoena.

(1) Except as otherwise provided by law, each professional licensing board or advisory board, acting through its chairperson or vice chairperson or an administrative law judge, may administer oaths, take depositions and issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, records, memoranda or other information necessary to the carrying out of the laws the board is charged with administering.
(2) If any person fails to comply with a subpoena issued under this section or refuses to testify on any matters on which the person may be lawfully interrogated, the procedure provided in ORS 183.440 shall be followed to compel obedience. [1971 c.753 §11; 1987 c.414 §98; 2003 c.75 §107]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 670 - Occupations and Professions Generally › Section 670.325 - Proceedings on denial of license; restraining violations; authority of administrative law judge; record of proceedings.

(1) All proceedings for the refusal to issue, or the suspension or revocation of any license, certificate of registration or other evidence of authority required to practice any profession subject to the authority of a professional licensing or advisory board shall be conducted pursuant to the procedure for contested cases required or authorized by ORS chapter 183.
(2) If a professional licensing or advisory board decides that any person has or is about to engage in any activity that is or will be a violation of law the board is charged with enforcing, the board may institute a proceeding in an appropriate circuit court to restrain the activity or proposed activity. An injunction may be issued without proof of actual damages, but does not relieve the defendant of any criminal liability.
(3) Any administrative law judge conducting a hearing for a professional licensing board is vested with full authority of the board to schedule and conduct hearings on behalf and in the name of the board on all matters referred to the administrative law judge for hearing by the board, including proceedings for placing persons registered or licensed by the board on probation and for suspension and revocation of registration or licenses, and shall cause to be prepared and furnished to the board, for decision thereon by the board, a complete written transcript of the record of the hearing. The transcript shall contain all evidence introduced at the hearing and all pleas, motions and objections and all rulings of the administrative law judge. Each administrative law judge may administer oaths and issue summonses, notices and subpoenas, but may not place any registrant or licensee on probation or issue, refuse, suspend or revoke a registration or license. [1971 c.753 §13; 1987 c.414 §99; 1999 c.849 §155; 2003 c.75 §108]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 670 - Occupations and Professions Generally › Section 670.335 - Disposition of fees received by boards; procedure for payment of board expenses.

Except as otherwise provided by law, all fees or other funds received by a professional licensing or advisory board shall be paid into the State Treasury monthly. Such payments shall be credited to separate accounts in the General Fund for each board, and any such payments shall constitute a continuous appropriation of such amounts from the General Fund for the purpose of carrying out the functions of the board making the payment. All necessary expenses of each board shall be paid from the amounts paid by such board in the same manner as other claims against the state are paid, after approval thereof by the chairperson or administrator of the board. [1971 c.753 §15; 1987 c.414 §101; 1993 c.744 §242a]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 670 - Occupations and Professions Generally › Section 670.345 - Procedure for filling vacancies on board.

At least 60 days before a vacancy is to occur on a professional licensing or advisory board, the professional organizations representing persons subject to licensing or other regulation by the board may nominate at least three qualified persons for each vacancy, and shall certify its nominees to the appointing officer or body who shall consider these nominees in selecting successors to retiring board members. This section does not apply to appointment of public members. [1971 c.753 §17; 1987 c.414 §103]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 670 - Occupations and Professions Generally › Section 670.350 - Administration of professional qualification examinations.

Each professional licensing and advisory board that is authorized or required by law to administer an examination as part of its determination of professional qualifications shall administer such examinations at least once each year at such time and place as the board shall designate. [1971 c.753 §18; 1987 c.414 §104]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 670 - Occupations and Professions Generally › Section 670.380 - When reciprocal licensing or registration agreements authorized; termination.

(1) If the administrator determines that the standards, qualifications and examinations for licensing or registration of building trades and mechanical and specialty skills of another state are substantially similar to the standards, qualifications and examinations required under applicable Oregon statutes and rules administered by the agency as specified in ORS 455.100, the administrator with approval of the designated examining or advisory board may, when it is in the best interest of the economy of the State of Oregon, enter into a reciprocal agreement with such other state to issue without examination licenses or certificate of registration upon proof of licensing or registration in such other state and upon payment of appropriate fees.
(2) Reciprocal agreements may be terminated by the administrator with approval of the designated examining or advisory board, upon a determination that the other party is not maintaining and enforcing standards, qualifications and examinations substantially similar to those of Oregon. [1974 c.47 §§1,2; 1987 c.414 §105; 2003 c.14 §411]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 670 - Occupations and Professions Generally › Section 670.400 - Temporary authorizations; rules.

(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Occupational or professional service" means a service:
(A) For which an individual must possess a license, certificate or other form of authorization to provide under the laws of this state; and
(B) Over which a professional licensing board has regulatory oversight.
(b) "Professional licensing board" means a state agency or board that licenses, certifies or otherwise authorizes individuals to provide an occupational or professional service.
(2) A professional licensing board shall issue a temporary authorization to provide the occupational or professional service regulated by the professional licensing board to a person who:
(a) Is the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States who is stationed in this state;
(b) Holds a current authorization to provide the occupational or professional service issued by another state and the professional licensing board determines that the other state’s authorization requirements are substantially similar to those of the professional licensing board;
(c) Provides to the professional licensing board, in a manner determined by the professional licensing board, sufficient proof that the person is in good standing with the issuing out-of-state professional licensing board; and
(d) Has demonstrated competency, as determined by the professional licensing board by rule, over the occupational or professional service regulated by the professional licensing board.
(3)(a) A temporary authorization issued under this section is valid until the earliest of the following:
(A) Two years after the date of issuance;
(B) The date the spouse of the person to whom the authorization was issued completes the spouse’s term of service in this state; or
(C) The date the person’s authorization issued by another state expires.
(b) An authorization issued under this section is not renewable. A person may not continue to provide the occupational or professional service unless the person is issued a full authorization under the laws of this state to provide the occupational or professional service.
(4) A professional licensing board may adopt rules to carry out the provisions of this section. [2019 c.142 §1; 2019 c.626 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 670 - Occupations and Professions Generally › Section 670.403 - Professional licensing board report on temporary authorizations.

(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Professional licensing board" has the meaning given that term in ORS 670.400.
(b) "Temporary authorization" means an authorization issued under ORS 670.400.
(2) Not later than December 31 of each year, a professional licensing board shall report, in the manner provided in ORS 192.245, to an interim committee of the Legislative Assembly related to veterans on the following information:
(a) The number of temporary authorizations issued to spouses or domestic partners of members of the Armed Forces of the United States who are stationed in this state;
(b) The number of applications for temporary authorization received by the professional licensing board for which the professional licensing board did not issue temporary authorizations, and the reasons for which the temporary authorizations were not issued;
(c) The amount of time used to process and issue the temporary authorizations;
(d) The professional licensing board’s efforts to implement and maintain a process to issue temporary authorizations; and
(e) Any other information relevant to the professional licensing board’s efforts to assist spouses or domestic partners of members of the Armed Forces of the United States who are stationed in this state with obtaining temporary authorization. [2019 c.626 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 670 - Occupations and Professions Generally › Section 670.406 - Requirement to accept federally issued identification numbers; rules.

(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Occupational or professional service" means a service:
(A) That an individual must possess a license, certificate or other form of authorization to provide under the laws of this state; and
(B) Over which a professional licensing board has regulatory oversight.
(b) "Professional licensing board" means a state agency or board that licenses, certifies or otherwise authorizes individuals to provide an occupational or professional service.
(2)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, a professional licensing board that regulates an occupational or professional service and that requires a person to provide the person’s Social Security number on an application for issuance or renewal of a licensure, certification or other authorization to provide the occupational or professional service shall accept in lieu of the Social Security number a person’s federal individual taxpayer identification number or other federally issued identification number.
(b) If so required by applicable federal and state law, a professional licensing board shall accept only a person’s Social Security number on the materials described in paragraph (a) of this subsection.
(3) A professional licensing board may adopt rules to carry out the provisions of this section. [2019 c.468 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 670 - Occupations and Professions Generally › Section 670.409 - Professional licensing board study of authorization for specified persons; rules.

(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Occupational or professional service" means a service:
(A) That an individual must possess a license, certificate or other form of authorization to provide under the laws of this state; and
(B) Over which a professional licensing board has regulatory oversight.
(b) "Professional licensing board" means a state agency or board that licenses, certifies or otherwise authorizes individuals to provide an occupational or professional service.
(2) Each professional licensing board shall study the manner in which persons who are immigrants or refugees become licensed, certified or otherwise authorized in the occupational or professional service regulated by the professional licensing board. Each professional licensing board shall develop and implement methods to reduce barriers to licensure, certification or other authorization for applicants who may be immigrants or refugees.
(3) A professional licensing board may adopt rules to carry out the provisions of this section. [2019 c.469 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 670 - Occupations and Professions Generally › Section 670.605 - Rules for application of definition of independent contractor.

(1) In accordance with ORS chapter 183, those agencies responsible for the administration of ORS 671.510 to 671.760 and ORS chapters 316, 656, 657 and 701 jointly shall adopt rules to carry out the provisions of ORS 670.600.
(2) The agencies responsible for the administration of ORS 671.510 to 671.760 and ORS chapters 316, 656, 657 and 701 shall cooperate as necessary in their compliance and enforcement activities to ensure among the agencies the consistent interpretation and application of ORS 670.600. [Formerly 701.030; 2001 c.409 §4; 2005 c.94 §115; 2005 c.533 §3a]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 670 - Occupations and Professions Generally › Section 670.610 - Referees in recreational soccer matches considered independent contractors.

Notwithstanding ORS 670.600, for purposes of ORS chapter 653, a person serving as a referee or assistant referee in a youth or adult recreational soccer match shall be considered to be an independent contractor. [2001 c.765 §3; 2005 c.94 §116]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 670 - Occupations and Professions Generally › Section 670.705 - Reporting.

The member agencies of the Interagency Compliance Network shall prepare a report once every two years that details the activities of the network during the two-year period. The report shall identify the manner in which the funding for the network has been expended, and an estimate of the revenue impact of the network’s activities. The report shall be provided to the Governor, and to the Legislative Assembly in the manner provided by ORS 192.245. [2009 c.845 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 671 - Architects; Landscape Professions and Business › Section 671.020 - Prohibition on engaging in practice of architecture or use of title without valid certificate of registration; exceptions; stamp as indication of responsible control; rules.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, an individual or business entity that does not have a valid certificate of registration from the State Board of Architect Examiners may not:
(a) Engage in the practice of architecture within this state;
(b) Assume or use a title, form of address or other designation within this state that indicates or reasonably could be understood to indicate that the individual is an architect or that the individual or business entity engages in the practice of architecture; or
(c) State, declare, represent or otherwise purport in any title, sign, card, device, advertisement or other indication of the individual’s or the business entity’s business or occupation that the individual is an architect or that the individual or business entity engages in the practice of architecture within this state.
(2) An individual who does not have the certificate of registration under subsection (1) of this section may engage in the practice of architecture within this state and use a designation that indicates that the individual is an architect or engages in the practice of architecture if the individual:
(a) Is a foreign architect;
(b) Has a written agreement of affiliation with a registered architect or registered architectural firm under which the registered architect or registered architectural firm has responsible control over all aspects of the architectural services the individual provides; and
(c) Uses the designation "foreign architect, in consultation with" followed by the name of a registered architect and the registered architect’s registered architectural firm, if any, on all technical submissions, advertisements or other communications that purport to identify the foreign architect’s profession, occupation or business within this state.
(3) Upon receiving a certificate of registration from the board, a registered architect shall obtain a stamp that conforms with a design that the board specifies by rule. The stamp, when accompanied by the registered architect’s signature on any technical submission, constitutes the registered architect’s attestation that the registered architect has responsible control over the content of the technical submission. The registered architect is responsible for controlling the custody and use of the stamp.
(4) A registered architect may engage in the practice of architecture only under the registered architect’s own name, as that name appears on the certificate of registration, except that the registered architect may practice under the name or assumed business name of a registered architectural firm, as provided in ORS 671.041. [Amended by 1955 c.407 §1; 1957 c.408 §2; 1961 c.585 §4; 1971 c.587 §1; 1977 c.803 §2; 1979 c.354 §1; 2003 c.763 §2; 2013 c.196 §2; 2023 c.70 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 671 - Architects; Landscape Professions and Business › Section 671.025 - Certain technical submissions to carry stamp; identification; retention of documentation.

(1) Any person applying for a license or permit required under the laws of this state or under the ordinances of any jurisdiction in this state within which the person proposes to erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve, remove or convert a building shall submit an original or reproduction of the technical submissions for the work proposed. The technical submissions must:
(a) Bear the stamp and signature of a registered architect if the services of a registered architect are required under ORS 671.010 to 671.220; and
(b) Be sufficiently clear to indicate the nature and extent of the work proposed and that the work proposed conforms with the requirements of ORS 671.010 to 671.220, the state building code and any other applicable laws and ordinances.
(2) The technical submissions must bear identification that includes, but is not limited to:
(a) The project name and location;
(b) The name, address and telephone number of the person responsible for preparing the technical submissions, including technical submissions the person prepared on behalf of another person;
(c) The name, address and telephone number of the owner; and
(d) The date the documents were issued.
(3) Each jurisdiction that requires the issuance of a permit as a condition precedent to the construction, alteration, improvement or repair of any building or structure shall require the signature and an impression of the stamp described in ORS 671.020 (3) on the technical submissions from a person authorized to prepare the technical submissions.
(4) The registered architect’s stamp and signature on the technical submissions constitute compliance with this section.
(5) An architect shall retain, for a period of not less than 10 years following the completion of the project for which the architect submitted technical submissions, records and documentation that demonstrate the architect’s responsible control over the preparation of the technical submissions. [1961 c.585 §3; 1977 c.803 §3; 1991 c.910 §1; 2013 c.196 §3; 2023 c.70 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 671 - Architects; Landscape Professions and Business › Section 671.030 - Activities not considered as "practice of architecture"; rules.

(1) ORS 671.010 to 671.220 do not apply to the practice of marine, naval or landscape architecture.
(2) ORS 671.010 to 671.220 do not prohibit:
(a) An employee of a registered architect from acting under the registered architect’s instruction, control or supervision. An employee who is not a registered architect may not use the designation "architect," "registered architect" or "foreign architect" or the words "architecture" or "architectural" to describe the employee’s work unless a rule of the State Board of Architect Examiners provides otherwise.
(b) A person that is not an architect from preparing technical submissions or providing construction phase services related to erecting, enlarging or altering a building or an appurtenance to a building if the building or the appurtenance:
(A) Is a single family residential dwelling or farm building;
(B) Is a structure used in connection with or auxiliary to a single family residential dwelling or farm building, including but not limited to a three-car garage, barn or shed or a shelter used for the housing of domestic animals or livestock; or
(C) Has a ground area of 4,000 square feet or less and is not more than 20 feet in height from the top surface of lowest flooring to the highest interior overhead finish.
(c) A person from planning, designing, specifying or observing the alterations or repairs to a building if:
(A) The structural part of the building, including but not limited to the foundation walls, floors, roof, footings, bearing partitions, beams, columns and joists, is not involved;
(B) The building code classification by use or occupancy of the building is not changed; and
(C) The building code classification by type of construction of the building is not changed.
(d) A contractor from directing the work of erecting, enlarging or altering a building, or an appurtenance to a building, under the observation of a registered architect.
(e) A person practicing marine, naval or landscape architecture from purporting to be a marine, naval or landscape architect if the work is confined and limited to those classifications.
(f) A construction contractor licensed under ORS chapter 701 from offering services constituting the practice of architecture if:
(A) The construction contractor’s offer discloses in writing that the construction contractor is not an architect and identifies the registered architect or registered architectural firm that will provide the architectural services;
(B) The services are ancillary to construction services the construction contractor will provide; and
(C) A registered architect or registered architectural firm provides the services constituting the practice of architecture. [Amended by 1955 c.407 §2; 1957 c.408 §3; 1987 c.158 §134; 1991 c.910 §2; 2001 c.362 §1; 2003 c.763 §3; 2013 c.196 §4; 2023 c.70 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 671 - Architects; Landscape Professions and Business › Section 671.045 - Liability of architectural firm.

ORS 671.041 to 671.047 do not affect the law applicable to the professional relationship and liabilities between an architect or architectural firm rendering professional service in the practice of architecture and a person receiving the architect’s or architectural firm’s service, and ORS 671.041 to 671.047 do not affect the standards of professional conduct that apply to architects or architectural firms. A shareholder, director, member, officer, employee or agent of an architectural firm may be held personally liable for negligent or wrongful acts or misconduct committed by the shareholder, director, member, officer, employee or agent, or by a person under the direct supervision and control of the shareholder, director, member, officer, employee or agent, while rendering professional service on behalf of the architectural firm to a person receiving the service the same as though the service were being rendered by an individual. A shareholder, director, member or officer may also be held liable for negligent or wrongful acts or misconduct in participation with such acts or misconduct of another shareholder, director, member or officer of the architectural firm. The architectural firm is jointly and severally liable up to the full value of the architectural firm’s assets for the architectural firm’s acts or misconduct, but the shareholders, directors, members, officers, employees and agents of the architectural firm are not personally liable for the debts or other contractual obligations of the architectural firm. [1969 c.596 §3; 1977 c.803 §5; 1991 c.910 §4; 1997 c.249 §203; 2023 c.70 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 671 - Architects; Landscape Professions and Business › Section 671.047 - Application of general corporation law to architectural firms.

Unless inconsistent with ORS 671.041 to 671.047, ORS chapters 58, 60, 62, 63, 65, 67 and 70 apply as appropriate to the form of business entity in which an architectural firm is organized. The provisions of ORS 671.041 to 671.047 take precedence in governing the powers, privileges, duties, restrictions and liabilities of an architectural firm over conflicting provisions of ORS chapter 58, 60, 62, 63, 65, 67 or 70. [1969 c.596 §4; 1977 c.803 §6; 2023 c.70 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 671 - Architects; Landscape Professions and Business › Section 671.050 - Application for certificate of registration; qualifications; rules.

(1) Any individual desiring the right to engage in the practice of architecture in this state shall apply to the State Board of Architect Examiners for a certificate of registration. To obtain a certificate of registration, the individual must:
(a) Complete an application with documentation that, in the board’s judgment, shows that the applicant successfully completed an education program, an experience program and an examination that meet standards the board specifies by rule; and
(b) Pay an application fee in an amount the board specifies by rule.
(2) The board by rule shall specify:
(a) The manner in which and the procedures under which an individual may apply for a certificate of registration under subsection (1) of this section;
(b) The form and content of all application materials;
(c) The period during which a registration remains valid;
(d) Fees to apply for registration and to renew registration;
(e) Conditions or qualifications under which the board grants or denies registration; and
(f) Any other matter related to the registration of an individual that the board deems necessary to specify.
(3) If the board determines that the individual is qualified to engage in the practice of architecture in this state, the board shall issue a certificate of registration to the individual.
(4) In specifying standards for an examination under this section, the board may adopt the examination and the recommended grading procedures of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards. [Amended by 1973 c.827 §62; 1973 c.832 §21; 1974 c.36 §20; 1977 c.803 §7; 2013 c.196 §6; 2023 c.70 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 671 - Architects; Landscape Professions and Business › Section 671.065 - Certification based on recognition by national council or other jurisdictions; foreign architects; notice.

(1) The State Board of Architect Examiners may grant a certificate of registration without examination to any individual who is not registered to engage in the practice of architecture in this state but is certified by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards or has lawfully been issued a license or certificate to engage in the practice of architecture in another jurisdiction of the United States or another country that has qualifications and licensing examinations substantially similar to those required in this state.
(2)(a) A foreign architect who does not have a certificate of registration under ORS 671.020 may offer to provide in this state services that constitute the practice of architecture, and may assume or use a title, form of address or other designation within this state that indicates or reasonably could be understood to indicate that the foreign architect is an architect or that the foreign architect engages in the practice of architecture, if the foreign architect provides a notice in writing to each person that responds to or accepts the offer that states that the foreign architect is not a registered architect.
(b) Notwithstanding the permission given in paragraph (a) of this subsection, a foreign architect may not engage in the practice of architecture in this state without a certificate of registration. [1977 c.803 §9; 2003 c.763 §4; 2023 c.70 §9]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 671 - Architects; Landscape Professions and Business › Section 671.080 - Renewal; fee; effect of failure to renew; inactive status; rules.

(1)(a) A registered architect must periodically renew the registration described in ORS 671.020 by submitting to the State Board of Architect Examiners, on or before the renewal date the board establishes by rule:
(A) An application for renewal;
(B) Any fees the board authorizes under ORS 671.085; and
(C) Evidence satisfactory to the board that the registered architect has complied with any continuing education requirements the board adopted under ORS 671.125, unless the board waives the continuing education requirements.
(b) The board shall renew the registered architect’s certificate of registration after the applicant complies with the requirements described in paragraph (a) of this subsection.
(2) If a registered architect does not renew the certificate of registration on or before the renewal deadline the board establishes by rule, the certificate of registration expires on the 61st day after the renewal deadline.
(3)(a) A person is no longer a registered architect and forfeits the right to engage in the practice of architecture in this state if, for a period of more than 60 days after a renewal deadline, the person fails to pay a renewal fee or any late fee the board imposes or if the person fails to submit evidence satisfactory to the board of the person’s compliance with continuing education requirements the board adopts under ORS 671.125, unless the board waives the continuing education requirements.
(b) The board may reinstate as a registered architect a person that failed to renew the person’s certificate of registration only if the person passes any examination the board requires, the person complies with any continuing education requirements the board adopted under ORS 671.125 and the person pays all outstanding renewal fees, late fees and penalties.
(4) The board may grant inactive status to any registered architect who ceases to engage in the practice of architecture and, while in good standing, submits to the board a written request for inactive status. The registered architect may resume practice by passing any examinations the board requires, complying with any continuing education requirements the board adopts under ORS 671.125 and paying any required fees and penalties. [Amended by 1957 c.408 §4; 1973 c.832 §23; 1977 c.803 §10; 1977 c.873 §2a; 1991 c.910 §5; 1997 c.643 §10; 1999 c.802 §§2,3; 2003 c.763 §5; 2013 c.196 §8; 2023 c.70 §10]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 671 - Architects; Landscape Professions and Business › Section 671.085 - Fees; rules.

The State Board of Architect Examiners may impose fees that are reasonable and necessary to aid in the administration of ORS 671.010 to 671.220 and to regulate the practice of architecture in this state. The fees may include, but are not limited to, fees for accepting and processing applications and issuing and renewing certificates of registration. [1973 c.832 §20; 1977 c.803 §11; 1981 c.121 §3; 1983 c.50 §1; 1989 c.795 §1; 1991 c.703 §17; 1997 c.643 §11; 2003 c.14 §412; 2003 c.763 §6; 2013 c.196 §9; 2023 c.70 §11]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 671 - Architects; Landscape Professions and Business › Section 671.100 - Disciplinary authority of board; charges.

(1) Any person may submit to the State Board of Architect Examiners a complaint against a registered architect. The complaint must be in writing and be sworn to by the complainant. The board shall review the complaint at the next regular board meeting following receipt of the complaint.
(2) Submitting a complaint under subsection (1) of this section does not give the claimant a particular priority for resolution of the complaint or restrict or prevent the board from acting on a complaint other than the complaint submitted under subsection (1) of this section. [Amended by 1971 c.734 §105; 2013 c.196 §11; 2023 c.70 §13]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 671 - Architects; Landscape Professions and Business › Section 671.120 - State Board of Architect Examiners; members; term; chair.

The State Board of Architect Examiners shall operate as a semi-independent state agency subject to ORS 182.456 to 182.472 for the purpose of carrying out ORS 671.010 to 671.220. The board shall be composed of seven members appointed by the Governor to four-year terms with three terms maximum. Before a member’s term expires, the Governor shall appoint a member with a term that is effective on September 1 of the year in which the previous member’s term expires. If a vacancy occurs on the board for any cause, the Governor shall appoint a member for the remainder of the unexpired term. The chair of the board must be elected by the board from among the current members. The board shall have as members:
(1) Five architects who are residents of this state; and
(2) Two members of the general public. [Amended by 1963 c.580 §24; 1971 c.753 §25; 1977 c.803 §13; 1981 c.121 §2; 1987 c.414 §41; 1991 c.910 §6; 1993 c.18 §144; 1997 c.643 §12; 1999 c.1084 §57; 2023 c.70 §14]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 671 - Architects; Landscape Professions and Business › Section 671.125 - Rulemaking authority of board.

In accordance with ORS chapter 183, the State Board of Architect Examiners may:
(1) Adopt reasonable rules necessary for the administration of the laws the board is charged with administering; and
(2) Adopt reasonable rules prescribing standards of professional conduct for architects and rules requiring continuing professional education for architects. In adopting rules under this subsection, the board shall consider national standards and practices as a means of facilitating reciprocal registration and licensing of architects among jurisdictions recognized by the board. The board shall also consider local practices. [1977 c.803 §15; 1999 c.802 §1; 2013 c.196 §13; 2023 c.70 §15]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 671 - Architects; Landscape Professions and Business › Section 671.220 - Board action to enjoin violations; standing to bring action related to practice of architecture; person’s representation as member in or affiliate of professional or trade organization.

(1) If the State Board of Architect Examiners determines that a person is engaging in or is about to engage in an activity that violates ORS 671.020 or 671.041, the board may bring an action to restrain the activity or proposed activity. An appropriate circuit court may issue an injunction without proof of actual damages, but the injunction does not relieve the defendant in the action from the imposition of a civil penalty for a violation of ORS 671.010 to 671.220.
(2) A person may not bring or maintain an action related to the practice of architecture in a court of this state unless the person alleges and proves that at the time the person engaged in the practice of architecture, the person was a registered architect or was a foreign architect acting in compliance with ORS 671.020. An architectural firm may not bring or maintain an action related to the practice of architecture in a court of this state unless the architectural firm was a registered architectural firm at the time the architectural firm engaged in the practice of architecture.
(3) ORS 671.010 to 671.220 do not prevent a person from representing the person’s membership in or affiliation with any bona fide professional or trade organization unless the person makes the representation to advance the person’s unlawful practice of architecture or unlawful attempt to engage in the practice of architecture. [Amended by 1961 c.585 §7; 1977 c.803 §16; 1983 c.389 §3; 1989 c.795 §§2,5; 1991 c.734 §64; 1995 c.327 §2; 1995 c.762 §1; 1997 c.643 §13; 1999 c.1084 §58; 2013 c.196 §14; 2023 c.70 §16]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 671 - Architects; Landscape Professions and Business › Section 671.310 - Definitions for ORS 671.310 to 671.459.

As used in ORS 671.310 to 671.459, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Board" means the State Landscape Architect Board.
(2) "Design" means layout, form and establishment of grades and tangible site features for services described in subsection (5) of this section.
(3) "Landscape architect" means an individual who engages in the practice of landscape architecture.
(4) "Landscape architect in training" means a person registered as a landscape architect in training under ORS 671.316 (3).
(5) "Landscape architecture" or the "practice of landscape architecture" means the performance of, or offer to perform, professional services that have the dominant purpose of landscape preservation, development and enhancement, including but not limited to reconnaissance, research, planning, landscape and site design, the preparation of related drawings, construction documents and specifications and responsible construction observation. "Landscape architecture" or the "practice of landscape architecture" includes the location, arrangement and design of tangible objects and features that are incidental and necessary for landscape preservation, development and enhancement.
(6) "Landscape preservation, development and enhancement" means:
(a) The preservation and aesthetic and functional enhancement of land uses and natural land features;
(b) The location and construction of aesthetically pleasing and functional systems, approaches and settings for structures, roadways and walkways or other improvements for natural drainage and erosion control;
(c) Design for trails, pedestrian systems, plantings, irrigation, site lighting, grading and drainage and other site features;
(d) Investigation, selection and allocation of land and water resources for appropriate uses;
(e) Feasibility studies;
(f) Formulation of graphic and written criteria to govern the planning and design of land conservation programs;
(g) Preparation, review and analysis of master plans for land use and development;
(h) Production of overall site plans, plans for grading, drainage, irrigation and planting, and related construction details;
(i) Development specifications, cost estimates and reports;
(j) Collaboration in the design of roads, bridges and structures with respect to the functional and aesthetic requirements of the areas where the roads, bridges and structures are to be placed;
(k) Negotiation and arrangement for execution of land area projects; and
(L) Field observation of land area construction, restoration and maintenance.
(7) "Registered landscape architect" means a person registered as a landscape architect under ORS 671.310 to 671.459.
(8) "Site features" means constructed surfaces, steps, retaining walls, fences, arbors, trellises, benches, decks, fountains, ponds, waterways, pools or other physical elements constructed or proposed for construction in the landscape. [1961 c.431 §1; 1963 c.580 §31; 1981 c.536 §1; 1983 c.455 §1; 1987 c.414 §42; 2001 c.950 §11; 2003 c.14 §413]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 671 - Architects; Landscape Professions and Business › Section 671.312 - Purpose of ORS 671.310 to 671.459, 671.992 and 671.995.

ORS 671.310 to 671.459, 671.992 and 671.995 are enacted in order to introduce qualifying criteria in the professional practice of landscape architecture. This action is necessary to safeguard public health, safety, welfare and property and to eliminate unnecessary loss and waste in this state. These safeguards are in the practice of landscape architecture as it relates to engineering, architecture, ground water, land use planning, landscape hazards, the further development of the practice of landscape architecture and the landscape architectural concerns of the people of this state. [1983 c.455 §3; 1995 c.189 §1; 2001 c.950 §12]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 671 - Architects; Landscape Professions and Business › Section 671.316 - Registration requirement for practice of landscape architecture; registration as landscape architect in training; rules.

(1) Except as provided in this section, unless an individual is registered as a landscape architect by the State Landscape Architect Board, the individual may not engage in the practice of landscape architecture. Unless an individual is registered as a landscape architect by the board, the individual may not use the title of "landscape architect," "registered landscape architect" or "landscape architectural designer" or use other titles or any words, letters, figures, signs, cards, advertisements, symbols or other devices to represent that the individual or a business associated with the individual is authorized to practice landscape architecture.
(2) A person may not knowingly aid or abet an individual who is not registered as required under this section in the practice of landscape architecture.
(3) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2) of this section, the board may register a person as a landscape architect in training if the person meets the education and experience standards established by board rule and passes a board approved examination. The board shall adopt rules establishing fees and specifying the qualifications, duties, functions and powers of a landscape architect in training. [2001 c.950 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 17 - Occupations › Chapter 671 - Architects; Landscape Professions and Business › Section 671.318 - Businesses providing landscape architecture services.

A business may not provide landscape architecture services unless the work is under the full authority and responsible charge of a registered landscape architect who is also an owner or officer of the business. A business shall file a form with the State Landscape Architect Board identifying responsible landscape architects by name and registration number. The filing must also describe the services that the business is offering to the public. The filing must be in a form prescribed by the board. The business shall notify the board in writing no later than 30 days after a change of registered owners or officers or a change of business name or address. [2001 c.950 §3]