Title 38, Protection from Fire

Notwithstanding ORS 480.385, the State Fire Marshal may only impose civil penalties for conduct violating ORS 480.332 or the amendments to ORS 479.180, 480.340, 480.341, 480.344, 480.345 and 480.347 by sections 3 to 8, chapter 607, Oregon Laws 2023, if the conduct occurs on or af…

(1) As used in this section, “nonretail facility” has the meaning given that term in ORS 480.310. (2) A person may not construct or install a nonretail facility that dispenses aviation fuels at an airport unless the Director of the Oregon Department of Aviation permits the facili…

As used in ORS 480.420 to 480.460, “LP gas” or “liquefied petroleum gas” means any liquid composed predominantly of any of the following hydrocarbons or mixtures of the same: Propane, propylene, butanes (normal butane or isobutane) and butylenes. [Amended by 1957 c.712 §1; 2009 c…

(1) The State Fire Marshal shall make, promulgate and enforce regulations establishing minimum general standards for the design, construction, location, installation and operation of equipment for storing, handling, transporting by tank truck or tank trailer and utilizing liquefi…

No person other than the owner of the container or receptacle and those authorized by the owner so to do, shall sell, fill, refill, deliver or permit to be delivered or used in any manner any liquefied petroleum gas container or receptacle for any gas or compound or for any other…

(1) A person may not engage in or work at the business of installing, extending, altering or repairing any LP gas appliance or piping, vent or flue connection pertaining to or in connection with LP gas installations within the state, either as employer or individual, unless the p…

(1) The State Fire Marshal shall examine applicants for licenses required under ORS 480.410 to 480.460 as to their knowledge of LP gas, its properties, related equipment and applicable safety regulations. An applicant for examination must submit an examination application, accomp…

In accordance with ORS chapter 183, the State Fire Marshal may revoke or suspend or may refuse to issue or renew a license required pursuant to ORS 480.410 to 480.460, or may place the licensee in a probationary status subject to specified conditions, if the State Fire Marshal fi…

(1) The annual fee for the LP gas installation license is $130. (2) The biennial fee for an LP gas fitter license or an LP gas truck equipment license is $60. (3) All licenses must be renewed on or before a date specified by the State Fire Marshal. Unless revoked or suspended by …

The State Fire Marshal shall annually inspect an installation of storage tanks located at dealers’ plants. The State Fire Marshal may annually inspect an installation of tanks used for delivery purposes. The State Fire Marshal shall collect a fee of $100 for each plant inspection…

(1) The regulation of liquefied petroleum gas containers or receptacles by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to ORS 480.410 to 480.460 is not a program affecting land use under ORS 197.180. (2) A local government may not regulate the siting, installation, maintenance or removal of …

(1) The installer shall notify the State Fire Marshal, before the last day of each month, of all new installations made during the preceding month of containers or receptacles for liquefied petroleum gas, including installations for private homes and apartments. The installer sha…

All fees received by the State Fire Marshal under ORS 480.200 to 480.290 and 480.410 to 480.460 shall be paid by the State Fire Marshal to the State Treasurer monthly and shall constitute and be an appropriation to the Department of the State Fire Marshal available for the paymen…

ORS 480.510 to 480.670 may be cited as the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Law. [1961 c.485 §1; 1969 c.582 §1; 1983 c.676 §2]

As used in ORS 480.510 to 480.670, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Alteration” means a change or addition to equipment, other than the ordinary repair or replacement of an existing part of the equipment. (2) “Board” means the Board of Boiler Rules created under ORS 48…

The purpose of ORS 480.510 to 480.670 is to protect the safety of the people of Oregon and to protect property situated in Oregon from the hazard of fires and explosions caused by boilers and pressure vessels. To accomplish this purpose the Legislative Assembly intends by ORS 480…

(1) ORS 480.510 to 480.670 do not apply to: (a) Boilers and pressure vessels under federal safety regulations or control. (b) Domestic water heaters designed for heating potable water, equipped with an approved pressure-relieving device, containing only water and that do not exce…

The Department of Consumer and Business Services may: (1) Where it appears that a person is engaging in or is about to engage in an act or practice in violation of any provision of ORS 480.510 to 480.670, obtain without furnishing a bond, a restraining order and injunction from t…

(1) The Board of Boiler Rules is established in the Department of Consumer and Business Services. The Governor shall appoint the board, which shall formulate and promulgate rules under ORS 480.510 to 480.670 for the safe construction, installation, inspection, operation, maintena…

(1) The term of office of a member of the Board of Boiler Rules is four years and a member is not eligible for appointment to more than two full terms of office. A member shall continue to serve until a successor has been appointed and qualified. Vacancies shall be filled by appo…

(1) Under ORS chapter 183 the Board of Boiler Rules may adopt and enforce rules and minimum safety standards to carry out ORS 480.510 to 480.670 and adopt standards for persons performing welding on boilers and pressure vessels. (2) All proceedings in the administration of ORS 48…

(1) Until different rules are adopted, there is adopted as the minimum safety standards for boilers and pressure vessels the published codification of standard engineering practices and formulae known as the “Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code of the American Society of Mechanical E…

(1) Except as provided in ORS 480.525 (1), a person may not: (a) Make or direct the construction, installation, repair or alteration of a boiler or pressure vessel that does not meet minimum safety standards. (b) Lend, rent out, or offer to lend or to rent out, sell, offer for sa…

(1) The Board of Boiler Rules shall adopt rules to provide for the inspection of the installation, operation and condition of boilers and pressure vessels that are used or proposed for use in this state and not made exempt from periodic inspection under ORS 480.510 to 480.670. (2…

The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall: (1) Appoint a chief boiler inspector who has had practical experience in the construction, maintenance, repair or operation of high pressure boilers and pressure vessels as a mechanical engineer, practical st…

(1) A special inspector receiving a certificate of competency under ORS 480.565 (3)(b) may not inspect under ORS 480.510 to 480.670 any boiler or pressure vessel not used or not to be used by the employer of the special inspector. (2) If a special inspector holds a certificate of…

(1) The chief boiler inspector or any deputy inspector may, at all reasonable hours, in performance of the duties imposed by the provisions of ORS 480.510 to 480.670, enter into all buildings and upon all premises, except private residences, for the purpose of inspecting any boil…

(1) After a boiler or pressure vessel has successfully passed an installation inspection, the Department of Consumer and Business Services may issue a temporary operation authorization. The boiler or pressure vessel covered by the temporary operation authorization may only be ope…

(1) The Department of Consumer and Business Services may adopt rules regarding installation permits and operating permits. The rules may include, but need not be limited to, rules creating standardized forms, establishing operating permit fees, establishing permit cycles and sett…

(1) For a quantity of boilers or pressure vessels operated at the same locations, each operating permit fee under ORS 480.595 issued at the same location is $75. (2) Notwithstanding ORS 480.595 and except as provided in this subsection, the installing, altering or repairing contr…

The Department of Consumer and Business Services may: (1) Collect fees for shop inspections, or for inspections, testing, consultations, site visits or other services for which no fee is otherwise specified, in the amount of $75 per hour of travel and inspection time. (2) Collect…

All receipts from fees, charges, costs and expenses under ORS 480.510 to 480.670 shall be collected by the Department of Consumer and Business Services and paid into the Consumer and Business Services Fund created by ORS 705.145. Such moneys shall be used only for the administrat…

(1) The Board of Boiler Rules shall hear the appeal of an appellant who: (a) Has filed a timely written request and: (A) Has received notice that a restraining order or injunction will be sought; (B) Has received notice that an installation permit or operating permit will be susp…

(1) A person engaging in the business of installing, repairing or altering boilers or pressure vessels must possess a boiler contractor license issued by the Department of Consumer and Business Services. (2) A person who installs, repairs or alters boilers or pressure vessels as …

A person licensed, or required to be licensed, under ORS 480.630 to engage in the business of installing, repairing or altering boilers or pressure vessels may not employ any person to work on a boiler or pressure vessel unless the employed person has a valid license issued under…

(1) A person who has a valid journeyman plumber license does not have to obtain a license under ORS 480.630 (2) to work as an employee of a business engaged in installing or replacing by nonwelded means a potable domestic water heater that: (a) Is not used for space heating; (b) …

A person providing services connected with boilers or pressure vessels may not bring or maintain an action in the courts of this state to recover for those services unless the person alleges and proves that, at the time the services were performed, the person performing the servi…

(1) The Board of Boiler Rules shall cause to be prepared examinations that are standardized. In standardizing examinations under this subsection, the board may adopt standardized examinations prepared by nationally recognized bodies. (2) The board shall allow any person who takes…

(1) The Board of Boiler Rules may adopt rules creating quality control procedures for welding on nonboiler external piping and may adopt its own Oregon welded stamp symbol. (2) The board may not require the adoption of “R” stamp provisions of the National Board of Boiler and Pres…

(1) If an inspector determines that any condition exists that is a violation of the safety standards prescribed pursuant to ORS 480.510 to 480.670, the inspector shall post a notice in plain view on or near the affected boiler or pressure vessel that specifies the defective condi…

The Board of Boiler Rules may impose a civil penalty for a violation of ORS 480.510 to 480.670 or rules adopted for the administration and enforcement of those sections. Moneys received by the Department of Consumer and Business Services or the board from civil penalties imposed …

(1) Violation of any provision of ORS 480.010 to 480.040 is a Class B violation. (2) Violation of any provision of ORS 480.050, 480.060 or 480.290 is a Class C misdemeanor. (3) Violation of ORS 480.070 is a Class A misdemeanor. (4) Violation of ORS 480.085 is a Class B violation.…