Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 918 - DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND BUSINESS SERVICES, BUILDING CODES DIVISION › Division 98 - CERTIFICATION RULES › Section 918-098-1005 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
As used in OAR chapter 918, division 098, unless the context
				requires otherwise:
(1) "A-level
			 Structures" means structures regulated by the Oregon Structural Specialty Code
			 that require a state fire and life safety plan review or are required to be
			 designed by an Oregon licensed architect or engineer pursuant to ORS Chapter
			 671.
(2) "B-level Structures" means
			 structures regulated by the Oregon Structural Specialty Code that do not
			 require a state fire and life safety plan review and are not required to be
			 designed by an Oregon licensed architect or engineer pursuant to ORS Chapter
			 671.
(3) "Building Inspection
			 Technology" means an approved curriculum meeting the requirements of OAR
			 918-098-1420.
(4) "Code-Change Course" means a continuing
			 education course that addresses changes to specialty codes, code standards,
			 interpretations and alternate methods or administrative rules addressing
			 code.
(5) "Commercial" means
			 structures regulated by the Oregon Structural Specialty Code.
(6) "Cross-Training Program" means a division
			 approved residential, electrical or plumbing inspector on-the-job
			 cross-training program and practical evaluation, established by the building
			 official of a local jurisdiction, that meets the minimum training and education
			 requirements established by the division.
(7) "Design" means professional, engineering
			 or technical design of systems or components that requires computations,
			 research or special knowledge.
(8)
			 "Division" means the Building Codes Division.
(9) "Education Institution" is an institution
			 accredited through a nationally recognized body and is usually governed by a
			 local board and receives a state recognition.
(10) "Education Program" is a minimum
			 two-year, or one-year focused building inspection technology program
			 administered by an education institution.
(11) "International Code Council
			 certification" means a certification issued by the International Code Council
			 demonstrating that an individual has passed a specific International Code
			 Council certification examination.
(12) "Nationally Recognized Certification
			 Body" means a body or organization that provides formal recognition that a
			 person possesses minimum knowledge of a recognized code.
(13) "High Priority Training" means periodic
			 continuing education training identified by the division that addresses new
			 technologies or specific problem areas identified by the division.
(14) "Oregon Code Certification" means a
			 certification issued by the division for:
(a)
			 Building Official;
(b) Fire and
			 Life Safety Plans Examiner;
(c)
			 A-Level Structural Plans Examiner;
(d) B-Level Structural Plans
			 Examiner;
(e) Residential or
			 One-and-Two Family Dwelling Plans Examiner;
(f) Residential or One-and-Two Family
			 Dwelling Structural Inspector;
(g)
			 A-Level Structural Inspector;
(h)
			 A-Level Mechanical Inspector;
(i)
			 B-Level Structural Inspector;
(j)
			 B-Level Mechanical Inspector;
(k)
			 Residential or One-and-Two Family Dwelling Mechanical Inspector;
(l) Electrical Specialty Code
			 Inspector;
(m) Residential or
			 One-and-Two Family Dwelling Electrical Inspector;
(n) Plumbing Specialty Code
			 Inspector;
(o) Residential or
			 One-and-Two Family Dwelling Plumbing Inspector;
(p) Limited Plumbing Inspector - Building
			 Sewers;
(q) Manufactured Structure
			 Construction Inspector;
(r)
			 Manufactured Structure Installation Inspector; and
(s) Park and Camp Inspector.