Title 52, Occupations and Professions

The State Landscape Contractors Board shall operate as a semi-independent state agency subject to ORS 182.456 to 182.472 for purposes of carrying out the provisions of ORS 671.510 to 671.760, 671.990 (2) and 671.997. The board shall consist of seven members appointed by the Gover…

(1) The State Landscape Contractors Board shall establish fees, including but not limited to annual landscape construction professional license fees and annual landscape contracting business license fees. (2) The license fee for an out-of-state landscape contracting business oper…

Except as the State Landscape Contractors Board may otherwise provide under ORS 182.462 (1)(e), the board shall deposit moneys received as fees or civil penalties into the account created by the board pursuant to ORS 182.470. [2005 c.609 §6; 2011 c.110 §5]

(1) The fee for renewal of a license issued under ORS 671.510 to 671.760 shall be paid annually on or before the last day of the month of the anniversary of issuance. (2) The State Landscape Contractors Board may not issue a new license to a person who has been previously license…

In accordance with any applicable provision of ORS chapter 183, the State Landscape Contractors Board may adopt rules the board considers reasonable for the administration and enforcement of ORS 671.510 to 671.760 and 671.997. [1971 c.764 §19; 1981 c.536 §26; 2005 c.609 §17]

(1) The State Landscape Contractors Board shall adopt rules establishing continuing education requirements for landscape construction professionals. A continuing education requirement adopted by the board must equal or exceed: (a) Sixteen hours of continuing education during a tw…

(1) To aid and advise the State Landscape Contractors Board in the performance of the functions of the board, the board administrator may establish such advisory and technical committees as the administrator considers necessary. These committees may be continuing or temporary. Th…

(1) An applicant for a license as a landscape contracting business or a licensed landscape contracting business shall file with the State Landscape Contractors Board a surety bond with one or more corporate sureties authorized to do business in this state, or an irrevocable lette…

A claim against a licensed landscape contracting business is payable from the bond, letter of credit or deposit required of the landscape contracting business under ORS 671.690 only if the claim arises from the performance, or a contract for the performance, of work that is subje…

(1) If a claim is filed with the State Landscape Contractors Board against a licensed landscape contracting business for payment from the bond, letter of credit or deposit required of the business under ORS 671.690, the board may resolve the dispute involving the landscape contra…

(1) A person may file complaints against a licensed landscape contracting business with both the Construction Contractors Board and the State Landscape Contractors Board regarding the same work if: (a) The landscape contracting business holds a license as a construction contracto…

(1) Upon acceptance of a claim described in ORS 671.695, the State Landscape Contractors Board shall initiate an investigation. Upon completion of the investigation, if the board determines that facts exist supporting an order for payment, the board may order the landscape contra…

(1) If a final order of the State Landscape Contractors Board is not paid by the landscape contracting business, the board shall notify the surety on the business’s bond. (2) An order of the board that determines a claim under ORS 671.703 that becomes final by operation of law or…

(1) Determinations by the State Landscape Contractors Board or judgments against the surety bond, letter of credit or deposit of a landscape contracting business for claims filed during a 90-day period shall be satisfied in the priority listed in subsections (2) to (4) of this se…

The Legislative Assembly intends to reduce the number of city business licenses that a landscape contracting business must obtain to conduct business in the Portland metropolitan area. The purpose of this section and ORS 671.755 is to enable a landscape contracting business to se…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Business license tax” means any fee paid by a person to a city or county for any form of license that is required by the city or county in order to conduct business in that city or county. “Business license tax” does not mean a franchise fee or p…

(1) As used in this section, “business license tax” has the meaning given that term in ORS 671.755. (2) A city that imposes a business license tax based on or measured by adjusted net income earned by conducting business within the city is exempt from ORS 671.755. [2007 c.541 §48…

(1)(a) A person that violates a provision of ORS 671.010 to 671.220 or a rule the State Board of Architect Examiners adopts under ORS 671.010 to 671.220 is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for each violation. A civil penalty under this subsection is in addition …

Violation of any provision of ORS 671.310 to 671.459, or any rule of the State Landscape Architect Board adopted thereunder, is a Class A misdemeanor. [2001 c.950 §8; 2003 c.14 §426; 2011 c.597 §276]

(1) The State Landscape Architect Board may impose a civil penalty against any person who violates any provision of ORS 671.310 to 671.459 or any rule adopted thereunder. The penalty shall be imposed in the manner provided by ORS 183.745. The board shall determine the amount of a…

(1) The State Landscape Contractors Board may impose a civil penalty against a person who violates any provision of ORS 671.510 to 671.760 or a rule adopted pursuant to ORS 670.310, 670.605 or 671.670. The board shall determine the amount of the civil penalty, not to exceed $2,00…

As used in ORS 672.002 to 672.325, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Board” means the State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying. (2) “Engineer,” “professional engineer” or “registered professional engineer” means an individual who is registered in this…

As used in ORS 672.002 to 672.325, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Practice of engineering” or “practice of professional engineering” means any of the following when done for others: (a) Performing a service or creating an original work requiring engineering education…

For purposes of ORS 672.002 to 672.325: (1) A person is practicing or offering to practice engineering if the person: (a) By verbal claim, sign, advertisement, letterhead or card or in any other way implies that the person is or purports to be a professional engineer or registere…

(1) In order to safeguard life, health and property, no person shall practice or offer to practice engineering in this state unless the person is registered and has a valid certificate to practice engineering issued under ORS 672.002 to 672.325. (2) Each registered professional e…

(1) No person shall practice land surveying in this state unless the person is registered and has a valid certificate to practice land surveying issued under ORS 672.002 to 672.325. (2) Every registered professional land surveyor shall, upon registration, obtain a seal of the des…

(1) A person may not practice photogrammetric mapping in this state unless the person is registered and has a valid certificate to practice land surveying, engineering or photogrammetric mapping issued under ORS 672.002 to 672.325. (2) A photogrammetrist shall, upon registration,…

A person may not: (1) Engage in the practice of engineering, land surveying or photogrammetric mapping without having a valid certificate or permit to so practice issued in accordance with ORS 672.002 to 672.325. (2) Falsely represent, by any means, that the person is authorized …

(1) Subject to subsection (4) of this section, a registered professional land surveyor, or any employee or agent of the land surveyor, may enter on foot, where practicable, upon any land for the purpose of surveying or performing any survey work and may establish permanent survey…

Registration under ORS 672.002 to 672.325 is not required for the following: (1) The performance of work as an employee or a subordinate of a registered professional engineer if: (a) The work does not include final engineering designs or decisions; (b) The work is done under the …

(1) The State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying shall issue certificates of registration as provided by ORS 672.002 to 672.325. All certificates shall be signed by the president and the administrator of the board and issued under the seal of the board. The boa…

As minimum evidence of qualification for registration as a professional engineer, an applicant must: (1) Except as provided in ORS 672.146, provide evidence of graduation in a college or university engineering program of four years or more approved by the State Board of Examiners…

The State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying may waive the fundamentals of engineering examination requirement for an applicant for registration under ORS 672.098 if the applicant has, for at least 25 years prior to the date of the registration application, hel…

(1) For purposes of this section: (a) “Essential facility” means Risk Category IV buildings and structures, as defined in “Risk Category of Buildings and Other Structures,” Table 1604.5 of the Oregon Structural Specialty Code. (b) “Hazardous facility” means structures housing, su…

(1) Upon payment of the required fee, the State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying may without examination issue a temporary permit to a person to practice engineering in this state for a period not to exceed six months. A temporary permit may only be issued if…

As minimum evidence of qualification for registration as a professional land surveyor, an applicant must: (1) Except as provided in ORS 672.146, provide evidence of graduation in a college or university land surveying or photogrammetric mapping program of four years or more appro…

As minimum evidence of qualification for registration as a photogrammetrist, an applicant must: (1) Except as provided in ORS 672.146, provide evidence of graduation in a college or university land surveying, photogrammetric mapping or other geomatics-based program of four years …

The State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying may issue a temporary permit to a person to practice photogrammetric mapping in this state, without an examination, for a period not to exceed six months. The board may not issue a temporary permit to the person more…

The State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying shall adopt rules for the consideration of work experience, education or other relevant matters as an alternative to degree requirements described in ORS 672.098, 672.126 or 672.136. The rules adopted by the board un…

As soon as practicable after the close of each examination administered by the State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying, the board administrator shall notify each candidate of the result of the candidate’s examination. [Formerly 672.100; 2013 c.86 §9; 2015 c.57…

If the State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying specifies a new branch of engineering, land surveying or photogrammetric mapping for examination and registration under ORS 672.002 to 672.325, the board may issue a certificate to an individual in the new branch …

The State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying shall establish fees by rule, including but not limited to fees for the following: (1) Enrollment as an engineering intern. (2) Enrollment as a land surveying intern. (3) Examinations administered or approved by the …

Upon receipt of the required fee the State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying shall issue to any applicant who has been certified as having passed an examination for registration a certificate. [Formerly 672.120]

Each certificate issued by the State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying shall be numbered. A record of each certificate issued, and the number, shall be entered in the records of the board. [Formerly 672.110]

(1) A certificate of registration issued by the State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying to practice engineering shall specify the branch or branches of engineering in which the registrant is especially qualified. (2) A certificate of registration issued by the…

(1) Except as provided by subsection (2) of this section, all certificates expire one year after the date of their issue or renewal and become invalid on that date unless renewed. The State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying may vary the dates of certificate re…