Title 38, Protection from Fire
5 chapters · 465 sections in this title.
ORS 480.585 Temporary operation authorization; operating permit; suspension or revocation
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(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…
ORS 480.595 Permits; rules; fees
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(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…
ORS 480.600 Special provisions on permit and inspection fees; notice from insurer
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(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…
ORS 480.605 Miscellaneous fees
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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…
ORS 480.610 Disposition of fees
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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…
ORS 480.615 Appeals
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(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…
ORS 480.630 Licensing of boiler contractors and persons installing, altering or repairing boilers or pressure vessels; installation permits; fees; continuing education
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(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 …
ORS 480.632 Employment of unlicensed worker prohibited
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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…
ORS 480.634 Exemption of journeyman plumber for certain activities
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(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) …
ORS 480.640 When court action not available
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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…
ORS 480.645 Standardized examination; administration
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(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…
ORS 480.647 Quality control procedures for welding on nonboiler external piping; rules
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(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…
ORS 480.660 Notice of violation; correction; when use prohibited; appeal
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(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…
ORS 480.670 Civil penalty for Boiler and Pressure Vessel Law violations; disposition of penalty moneys
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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 …
ORS 480.990 Penalties
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(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.…