Title 52A, Insurance and Finance Administration

As used in this chapter: (1) “Board” means the Workers’ Compensation Board. (2) “Department” means the Department of Consumer and Business Services. (3) “Director” means the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services. [1987 c.373 §1; 1993 c.744 §9; 1999 c.59 §21…

(1) The Department of Consumer and Business Services is created. (2) The department shall be under the supervision and control of a director who shall be responsible for the functions of the department. (3) Subject to confirmation by the Senate in the manner provided in ORS 171.5…

(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, with the approval of the Governor, shall organize and reorganize the Department of Consumer and Business Services in the manner the director considers necessary to conduct the work of the department properly. (…

The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall establish within the department a Consumer Advocacy Section not later than January 1, 1988. [1987 c.774 §152(1)] Note: 705.117 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a pa…

(1) With the approval of the Governor, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may appoint a deputy director who shall serve at the pleasure of the director, not be subject to the State Personnel Relations Law and have full authority to act for the direct…

(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may delegate any duties, powers and functions of the director or of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, under such conditions as the director deems appropriate. (2) In accordance with ORS chapter 1…

(1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, a document, material or other information that the Department of Consumer and Business Services possesses or controls for the purpose of administering ORS 86A.095 to 86A.198, 86A.990, 86A.992, 697.005 to 697.095, 697.602 t…

(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may share confidential and privileged documents, material or information the director receives under ORS 732.517 to 732.596 with a chief insurance regulatory official in accordance with ORS 705.137: (a) Only if …

(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, consistent with ORS 705.137, may enter into agreements with other state, federal, foreign and international regulatory and law enforcement agencies, with the Federal Reserve Board and with the National Associat…

For the purpose of requesting a state or nationwide criminal records check under ORS 181A.195, the Department of Consumer and Business Services may require the fingerprints of a person who is applying for a license, or applying to renew a license, under ORS 744.059, 744.326, 744.…

(1) The Department of Consumer and Business Services may establish one or more combined license processing programs. Participation in a combined license processing program by a state agency is voluntary. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, agencies participating in a comb…

(1) There is created in the State Treasury a fund to be known as the Consumer and Business Services Fund, separate and distinct from the General Fund. All moneys collected or received by the Department of Consumer and Business Services, except moneys required to be paid into the …

The Prescription Drug Affordability Account is established as a subaccount in the Consumer and Business Services Fund created in ORS 705.145, consisting of moneys collected under ORS 646A.695 and moneys that may be appropriated for deposit into the Prescription Drug Affordability…

(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall transfer workers’ compensation premium assessment revenue from the Consumer and Business Services Fund to the Workers’ Benefit Fund to finance the cost of carrying out the provisions of ORS 656.054 and 656…

The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services and the Workers’ Compensation Board may in their discretion establish and maintain petty cash funds for the purpose of making change and paying other petty incidental expenses in the administration of the functions …

(1) Except as provided in ORS 59.255, 59.995, 86A.130, 86A.992 and 645.950, the net amount accruing to the Department of Consumer and Business Services from all fees, charges, interest, penalties and miscellaneous revenues from all sources under ORS chapter 645 and ORS 59.005 to …

(1) If any amount due the Department of Consumer and Business Services is not paid within 30 days of the date payment becomes due, and no provision has been made to secure the payment, the department may issue a warrant. The warrant may be filed with the county clerk of any count…

The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall keep books, as records of office, showing all acts, matters and things done by the director under ORS chapter 645 and ORS 59.005 to 59.505, 59.710 to 59.830, 59.991, 59.995 and 650.005 to 650.100. [1987 c.414 …

(1) Copies of all records and papers of the Department of Consumer and Business Services relating to duties, functions and powers of the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services and the department under ORS chapter 645 and ORS 59.005 to 59.505, 59.710 to 59.83…

When certified by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, all certificates issued by the director and all copies of documents filed in the Department of Consumer and Business Services that relate to the duties, functions and powers of the director under …

(1) Within one year after a filing under ORS chapter 645 or ORS 59.005 to 59.505, 59.710 to 59.830, 59.991, 59.995 or 650.005 to 650.100, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may withdraw from filing any document filed by the director when the person w…

(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services by rule shall adopt a schedule establishing priority of access among members of the general public, governmental agencies and other persons to records of the director and the Department of Consumer and Business …

Notwithstanding ORS 192.311 to 192.478, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall establish by rule reasonable fees for the following that relate to the duties, functions and powers of the director under ORS chapter 645 and ORS 59.005 to 59.505, 59.71…

The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall appoint examiners to conduct, as required by law, all examinations of entities subject to ORS chapters 706 to 725. [1987 c.373 §20]

(1) When the Department of Consumer and Business Services incurs extra expenses in performing its functions and the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services determines that the expenses are incurred for the primary benefit of another person, the director may c…

(1) A person may submit a written request for a certificate from the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services for purposes of complying with the provisions of ORS 56.023. The request shall provide such information as the director may require by rule or order. …

(1) For purposes of this section, “company” means a corporation, nonprofit corporation, cooperative, limited liability company, partnership, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, business trust, association or other business entity. (2) A company organized under the…

(1) Whenever the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services has reason to believe that a person is violating a provision of ORS 705.638, 707.005 or 707.010, the director: (a) Shall have access to the premises where the person is suspected of transacting banking …

(1) Whenever the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services determines that a person has engaged, is engaging or is about to engage in an act or practice constituting a violation of a provision of ORS 705.638, 707.005 or 707.010 or any rule or order of the direc…