Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 582 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES › Division 70 - STANDARDS FOR PROVISION OF SERVICES AND RATES OF PAYMENT › Section 582-070-0025 - Vehicle repair, insurance, modification and purchase

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 Definitions. In addition to terms defined in OAR 582-001-0010, the following
			 definitions apply to this rule:
(a) "ASE
			 Certified Mechanic" means a mechanic who has fulfilled the voluntary
			 requirements for certification by the U.S. National Institute for Automotive
			 Excellence.
(b) "Qualified
			 Occupational Therapist" (QOT) means an individual with specialized training and
			 experience to complete a qualified vehicle modification evaluation for a
			 participant seeking a vehicle modification. A QOT must have experience with
			 people with physical disabilities and must have at least one of the following
			 current certifications:
(A) Occupational
			 Therapy Credential/Licensed by Oregon (OTR/L);
(B) Certified Driver Rehabilitation
			 Specialist (CDRS); or,
(C) Driver
			 Rehabilitation Specialist - allied health specialist (DRS).
(c) "Qualified Vehicle
			 Modification Evaluation" means an evaluation performed by a QOT.
(d) "Security Interest" as defined in Oregon
			 Revised Statute (ORS) 801.465 means an interest in a vehicle reserved or
			 created by agreement and which secures payment or performance of an
			 obligation.
(e) "Serious traffic
			 offense" means a conviction that directly results in the revocation,
			 cancellation, or suspension, of the individual's driver's license or driving
			 privileges by this state or another state or territory of the United States,
			 and also means revocation of driving privileges of a person as a habitual
			 offender under ORS
			 809.640 (Procedures on habitual offender determination) and ORS
			 809.600 (Kinds of offenses and number of convictions). A serious traffic offense also
			 means an offense of:
(A) Speeding excessively,
			 involving any speed of 15 miles per hour or more above a regulated, posted, or
			 basic rule speed limit;
(B)
			 Reckless driving, under ORS
			 811.140 (Reckless driving);
(C) Failure to
			 drive within a lane, under ORS
			 811.370 (Failure to drive within lane);
(D)
			 Unsafe passing on the left, under ORS
			 811.410 (Unsafe passing on the left);
(E)
			 Unsafe passing on the right, under ORS
			 811.415 (Unsafe passing on the right);
(F)
			 Following too closely, under ORS
			 811.485 (Following too closely);
(G) Any
			 violation of a motor vehicle traffic control law if the violation has the same
			 offense date as a fatal accident, and the accident and violation occurred in
			 the same incident;
(H) Operating a
			 vehicle without proper classification or endorsement, under ORS
			 807.010;
(I) Operating a vehicle while suspended or
			 revoked, under ORS
			 811.175 (Violation driving while suspended or revoked) or ORS
			 811.175 (Criminal driving while suspended or revoked);
(J) This subsection does not apply to
			 violations of parking laws or laws regulating vehicle weight or equipment.
(f) "Vehicle
			 modifications" are services involving the purchase and installation of
			 adaptations or devices intended to meet the employment-related transportation
			 needs of the participant.