Title 52, Occupations and Professions

The Department of Education may issue a temporary certificate of registration while an application for registration or renewal of registration is pending. [2005 c.525 §6]

(1) An application for registration or renewal of registration must be accompanied by a fee in the following amount: (a) $250 for an initial application for registration; (b) $150 for an application for registration based upon a certificate of registration or licensure issued by …

An athlete agent may not intentionally: (1) Initiate contact with a student athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, a parent or guardian of the athlete unless registered under ORS 702.005 to 702.065, 702.991 and 702.994; (2) Refuse or fail to retain or permit inspection of the rec…

(1) As used in this section, “communicating or attempting to communicate” means contacting or attempting to contact by an in-person meeting, a record or any other method that conveys or attempts to convey a message. (2) Before communicating or attempting to communicate with a stu…

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, an athlete agent, with the intent to induce a student athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, a parent or guardian of the athlete to enter into an agency contract, may not take any of the following actions or enco…

(1) A written agency contract must be in a record, signed or otherwise authenticated by the parties. (2) A written agency contract must state or contain: (a) The amount and method of calculating the consideration to be paid by the student athlete for services to be provided by th…

(1) A student athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, the parent or guardian of the athlete may cancel an agency contract by giving notice of the cancellation to the athlete agent in a record within 14 days after entering into the agency contract. (2) The right of a student athlet…

(1) Within 72 hours after entering into an agency contract or before the next scheduled athletic event in which the student athlete may participate, whichever occurs first, the athlete agent shall give notice in a record of the existence of the contract to the athletic director o…

(1) An educational institution or student athlete shall have a cause of action against an athlete agent for damages caused by a violation of ORS 702.005 to 702.065, 702.991 and 702.994. In an action under this section, the court may award to the prevailing party costs and reasona…

(1) An athlete agent shall retain the following records for a period of five years: (a) The name and address of each individual represented by the athlete agent; (b) Any agency contract entered into by the athlete agent; and (c) Any direct costs incurred by the athlete agent in t…

(1) By acting as an athlete agent in Oregon, a nonresident individual appoints the Department of Education as the individual’s agent for service of process in any civil action in Oregon related to the individual’s acting as an athlete agent in Oregon. (2) The department may issue…

The State Board of Education may adopt any rules necessary to carry out the provisions of ORS 702.005 to 702.065, 702.991 and 702.994. [1999 c.1079 §4a; 2005 c.525 §18]

In applying and construing ORS 702.005 to 702.065, 702.991 and 702.994, the courts, a prosecuting attorney as defined in ORS 646.605 and the Department of Education shall give consideration to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among stat…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Athletic association, conference or organization with authority over intercollegiate sports” includes the National Collegiate Athletic Association. (b)(A) “Economic rights” means the rights of a student athlete enrolled in a post-secondary instit…

A person that produces an intercollegiate sports team jersey, video game or trading card for the purpose of making a profit shall make a royalty payment to each student athlete for use of the student athlete’s name, image, likeness or athletic reputation if the person uses the st…

(1) Violation of ORS 702.027 is a Class A misdemeanor. (2) An athlete agent who violates ORS 702.030 (1)(b) is guilty of a Class C felony. (3) Violation of the athlete agent’s 72-hour notice requirement provided under ORS 702.054 (1) is a Class C felony. (4) It is a Class A misde…

(1) The Department of Education may assess a civil penalty against an athlete agent not to exceed $25,000 for a violation of this section and ORS 702.005 to 702.065. (2) Civil penalties under subsection (1) of this section shall be imposed in the manner provided in ORS 183.745. (…