Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 603 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Division 75 - FARM MEDIATION › Section 603-075-0010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
As used in these regulations, unless the context requires
				otherwise:
(1) "Agricultural Producer"
			 means a person engaged in the production of livestock, poultry, field crops,
			 fruit, dairy, furbearing animals, Christmas trees, vermiculture products, food
			 fish or other animal and vegetable matter or any other person, as determined by
			 the Department, who is engaged in agricultural production.
(2) "Coordinator" means the Director of
			 Agriculture or a designee of the Department of Agriculture.
(3) "Department" means the Oregon Department
			 of Agriculture.
(4) "Farm" means
			 any facility, including the land, buildings, watercourses and appurtenances
			 thereto, used in the commercial production of crops, nursery stock, livestock,
			 poultry, livestock products, poultry products, vermiculture products or the
			 propagation and raising of nursery stock.
(5) "Farm Laborer" means a person or persons
			 that work for an agricultural producer for pay or as an unpaid
			 intern.
(6) "Farming Practice"
			 means a mode of operation on a farm that: is or may be used on a farm of a
			 similar nature; is a generally accepted, reasonable and prudent method for the
			 operation of the farm to obtain a profit in money; is or may become a generally
			 accepted, reasonable and prudent method in conjunction with farm use; complies
			 with applicable laws; and is done in a reasonable and prudent manner.
(7) "Mediation" means a process in which a
			 mediator assists and facilitates two or more parties to a controversy in
			 reaching a mutually acceptable resolution of the controversy and includes all
			 contacts between a mediator and any party or representative of a party until
			 such time as a resolution is agreed to by the parties or the mediation process
			 is terminated.
(8) "Mediation
			 program" means a program through which mediation is made available and includes
			 as provided in ORS 36.252 -
			 268 or ORS
			 36.280 -
			 283.
(9) "Mediation Service Provider" means a
			 person or company selected by the coordinator to provide mediation under ORS
			 36.250 to
			 36.280.
(10) "Mediator" means a third party who
			 performs mediation services. The term "mediator" includes agents and employees
			 of the mediator or mediation program.
(11) "Party" means an individual, entity or
			 group taking part in mediation as a disputant.
(12) "Person" means the state or a public or
			 private corporation, local government unit, public agency, individual,
			 partnership, association, firm, trust, estate, or any other legal
			 entity.
(13) "Representative" means
			 a person or persons that represents an individual, entity or organized group,
			 including but not limited to an attorney.
(14) "USDA Certified Agricultural Mediation
			 Program" is the official United States Department of Agriculture certified
			 agricultural mediation program for Oregon.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 561 & ORS
				  36.280-283
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  36.252 -
				  36.268