Oregon Statutes - Chapter 453 - Hazardous Substances; Radiation Sources

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453.001 Definitions for ORS 453.001 to 453.185 and 453.605 to 453.807.
As used in ORS 453.001 to 453.185 and 453.605 to 453.807, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Department” means the Department of Human Services. (2)...
453.005 Definitions for ORS 453.005 to 453.135.
As used in ORS 453.005 to 453.135 unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Combustible” means any substance that has a flash point above 80 degrees...
453.010 [Amended by 1969 c.631 §1; repealed by 1971 c.409 §16]
453.015 Application.
ORS 453.005 to 453.135 and 453.990 (2) do not apply to: (1) Articles such as chemical sets which by reason of functional purpose require the...
453.020 [Amended by 1953 c.64 §2; 1969 c.514 §50; renumbered 689.865]
453.025 Certain practices not affected by ORS 453.005 to 453.135.
(1) Nothing in ORS 453.005 to 453.135 and 453.990 (2) is intended to interfere with or prevent the legitimate sale of completely denatured alcohol or...
453.030 [Amended by 1969 c.631 §2; renumbered 453.175]
453.035 Standards for labeling of hazardous substances.
(1) The Director of Human Services shall adopt standards for the labeling of hazardous substances. The director may permit or require the use of a...
453.040 [Amended by 1969 c.631 §3; repealed by 1971 c.409 §16]
453.045 Poison registers; contents.
(1) Every person who purchases poison shall be registered in a poison register, kept solely for that purpose, stating the date and hour of the...
453.050 [Amended by 1969 c.631 §4; repealed by 1971 c.409 §16]
453.055 Hazardous, banned hazardous, misbranded hazardous substances; declaration; removal from commerce.
(1) The Director of Human Services shall declare to be a hazardous substance any substance or mixture of substances which the director finds to be...
453.060 [Amended by 1969 c.631 §5; repealed by 1971 c.409 §16]
453.065 Detention of suspected substances; petition for label of condemnation; judgment, relabeling or destruction of substances; expenses.
(1) Whenever the Director of Human Services or a designated representative finds or has probable cause to believe that any hazardous household substance is misbranded,...
453.070 [Amended by 1969 c.631 §17; renumbered 453.185]
453.075 Repurchase of banned hazardous substances previously sold; refund of purchase price.
(1) Any article or substance sold by its manufacturer, distributor, or dealer that is a banned hazardous substance, whether or not it was such at...
453.080 [Repealed by 1969 c.631 §17]
453.085 Prohibited acts.
A person may not perform any of the following acts: (1) The introduction or delivery for introduction into commerce of any misbranded hazardous substance or...
453.090 [Amended by 1953 c.351 §2; 1969 c.631 §7; repealed by 1971 c.409 §16]
453.095 Rules; determination of combustibility, flammability; designating strong sensitizers.
(1) The authority to adopt rules for the administration and enforcement of ORS 453.005 to 453.135 and 453.990 (2) is vested in the Director of...
453.100 [Amended by 1969 c.631 §8; repealed by 1971 c.409 §16]
453.105 Authority to enter premises; inspections; taking samples; payment.
(1) For the purposes of enforcement of ORS 453.005 to 453.135 and 453.990 (2), the Director of Human Services or a designated representative upon presenting...
453.110 [Amended by 1953 c.351 §2; 1965 c.90 §1; 1967 c.381 §1; 1969 c.631 §9; repealed by 1971 c.409 §16]
453.115 Access to records of persons carrying, receiving or storing in commerce; use as evidence limited; exemption for carriers.
(1) For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of ORS 453.005 to 453.135 and 453.990 (2), carriers engaged in commerce, and persons receiving hazardous substances...
453.120 [Amended by 1969 c.631 §10; repealed by 1971 c.409 §16]
453.125 Enjoining violations.
In addition to the remedies provided in ORS 453.005 to 453.135 and 453.990 (2), the Director of Human Services may apply to the circuit court...
453.130 [Amended by 1969 c.631 §11; repealed by 1971 c.409 §16]
453.135 Notice required prior to institution of criminal proceedings.
Before any violation of ORS 453.005 to 453.135 and 453.990 (2) is reported to any district attorney or police official for the institution of a...
453.140 [Amended by 1969 c.631 §12; repealed by 1971 c.409 §16]
453.150 [Amended by 1969 c.631 §13; repealed by 1971 c.409 §16]
453.160 [Repealed by 1971 c.409 §16]
453.170 [Amended by 1969 c.631 §14; repealed by 1971 c.409 §16]
453.175 Necessity for poison label; content.
Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, no person shall sell or dispense at retail any poison without affixing to the box, bottle, vessel or...
453.185 False representation by purchaser prohibited.
It is unlawful for any person to give a fictitious name or make any false representations to the seller or dealer when buying any of...
453.205 Definitions for ORS 453.205 to 453.275.
As used in ORS 453.205 to 453.275: (1) “Art or craft material” means any raw or processed material or manufactured product marketed or being represented...
453.210 [Repealed by 1971 c.409 §16]
453.215 Legislative findings.
The Legislative Assembly: (1) Finds and declares that there exists a significant danger to the public health and safety from exposure to art or craft...
453.220 [Repealed by 1971 c.409 §16]
453.225 When presumption of toxic ingredient arises.
For the purposes of ORS 453.205 to 453.275, an art or craft material shall be presumed to contain an ingredient which is a toxic substance...
453.230 [Repealed by 1971 c.409 §16]
453.235 Distribution of material containing toxic substances; warnings required; exemptions.
(1) No person shall distribute any art or craft material containing toxic substances causing chronic illness on which the person: (a) Has failed to affix...
453.240 [Repealed by 1971 c.409 §16]
453.245 Order or purchase by school of material considered to contain toxic substance prohibited; exceptions.
(1) Art or craft material that is considered by the Department of Human Services to contain a toxic substance causing chronic illness may not be...
453.255 List of authorized art and craft materials; distribution of lists; information about and disposal of toxic materials.
(1) By June 1, 1986, the Department of Human Services shall develop a list of those art or craft materials which can be purchased or...
453.265 Filing of formulation information with poison control centers required; labeling.
(1) The manufacturer of any art or craft material sold, distributed, offered for sale or exposed for sale in this state shall supply to a...
453.275 Civil penalty.
Violation of ORS 453.235 or 453.265 is punishable by a civil penalty of not to exceed $1,000 that may be imposed and collected in the...
453.305 [1971 c.609 §2; 1975 c.606 §21; renumbered 469.300]
453.307 Definitions for ORS 453.307 to 453.414.
As used in ORS 453.307 to 453.414: (1) “Community right to know regulatory program” or “local program” means any law, rule, ordinance, regulation or charter...
453.310 [Amended by 1969 c.514 §51; renumbered 689.855]
453.312 Legislative findings.
The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that: (1) The public’s health and safety may be endangered by a lack of knowledge about hazardous substances located...
453.315 [1971 c.609 §1; 1975 c.606 §22; renumbered 469.310]
453.317 Hazardous substance survey; rules; information to be supplied.
(1) The State Fire Marshal shall develop a hazardous substance survey and distribute the survey to employers in this state. The survey shall request the...
453.320 [Amended by 1969 c.514 §52; renumbered 689.860]
453.322 Retention of information; distribution of and access to information.
(1) The State Fire Marshal shall retain for at least five years the information provided by the employer under ORS 453.317. (2) The State Fire...
453.325 [1971 c.609 §3; 1975 c.606 §23; renumbered 469.320]
453.327 Public access; identity of requester.
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of ORS 453.307 to 453.414 and 476.030, the public is permitted access to records retained under ORS 453.322 relating to...
453.332 When disclosure of identity may be withheld.
(1) An employer responding to a request under ORS 453.317 may withhold the specific hazardous substance identity, including the chemical name and any other specific...
453.335 [1971 c.609 §7a; 1975 c.606 §25; renumbered 469.330]
453.337 When disclosure of identity of hazardous substance required.
(1) If a health professional determines that a medical emergency exists and the specific identity of a hazardous substance is necessary for emergency or first-aid...
453.342 When incident of injury to be reported; summary of injuries.
Any fire department, emergency service personnel or law enforcement agency responding to an incident of injury to a human, wildlife, domestic animal or property resulting...
453.345 [1971 c.609 §8; 1973 c.80 §57; 1975 c.606 §26; renumbered 469.350]
453.347 Emergency response planning.
(1) The State Fire Marshal shall assist with emergency response planning by appropriate agencies of government at the local, state and national levels to assure...
453.352 Exemption from reporting requirements; rules.
The State Fire Marshal may exempt by rule certain hazardous substances from all or part of the reporting requirements of ORS 453.317 and 453.342. Such...
453.355 [1971 c.609 §9; 1975 c.606 §27; renumbered 469.360]
453.357 Civil penalty.
(1) In addition to any other liability or penalty provided by law the State Fire Marshal may impose a civil penalty in an amount not...
453.362 Department of Consumer and Business Services to supply employers’ names; reimbursement.
In order to conduct the hazardous substance survey under ORS 453.317, the State Fire Marshal may obtain employers’ names and addresses from the Department of...
453.365 [1971 c.609 §10; 1975 c.552 §38; 1975 c.606 §28; renumbered 469.370]
453.367 Rules.
In accordance with applicable provisions of ORS chapter 183, the State Fire Marshal shall adopt rules necessary to carry out the provisions of ORS 453.307...
453.370 Limitations on local community right to know regulatory programs; local fees.
(1) In order to maintain and ensure the effectiveness of state programs established under ORS 453.307 to 453.414, as well as to ensure the effectiveness...
453.372 Short title.
ORS 453.307 to 453.414 may be cited as the Community Right to Know and Protection Act. [1985 c.726 §2]
453.374 Hazardous material emergency response system; implementation; contents; rules; fees.
The State Fire Marshal shall establish by rule a plan for the effective implementation of a statewide hazardous material emergency response system, which, to the...
453.375 [1971 c.609 §22; 1975 c.606 §29; renumbered 469.380]
453.376 Disclosure of information to State Fire Marshal; entry onto premises.
(1) In order to determine the need for response to a spill or release or threatened spill or release under ORS 453.307 to 453.414, or...
453.378 Disclosure of information to local government official; entry onto premises.
(1) In order to determine the need for response to a spill or release or threatened spill or release under ORS 453.307 to 453.414, any...
453.380 Regional hazardous material response team; use.
In order to protect life and property against the dangers of emergencies involving a hazardous substance as defined in ORS 453.307, the State Fire Marshal...
453.382 Cost of responding to emergency; responsibility; billing; recovery.
(1) Whenever the State Fire Marshal or a local fire department or district dispatches a regional hazardous material response team to an emergency involving a...
453.384 Immunity of team members from liability.
During operations authorized under ORS 453.374 to 453.390, members of regional hazardous materials response teams shall be protected and defended from liability under ORS 30.260...
453.385 [1971 c.609 §11; 1975 c.606 §30; renumbered 469.390]
453.386 Equipment and personnel; loaning; grants.
(1) In order to accomplish the purposes of ORS 453.374 to 453.390, the State Fire Marshal may lend equipment and personnel and make grants for...
453.388 Contracts for equipment, personnel loans or equipment purchases; provisions; rules.
(1) The State Fire Marshal and any local government may enter into contracts with each other concerning eligible equipment or personnel loans or equipment purchases....
453.390 Revolving fund; use.
(1) When requested in writing by the State Fire Marshal, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall draw a warrant on the State Fire Marshal...
453.395 [1971 c.609 §12; 1975 c.606 §31; renumbered 469.400]
453.396 Definitions for ORS 453.396 to 453.414.
As used in ORS 453.396 to 453.414: (1) “Department” means the Department of Revenue. (2) “Facility” means all buildings, equipment, structures and other stationary items...
453.398 Purpose.
It is the intent of ORS 453.396 to 453.414 to impose a fee on the possession of hazardous substances at facilities in this state. These...
453.400 Possession of hazardous substance; fee.
(1) Beginning January 1, 1990, and annually thereafter, any person possessing a hazardous substance at a facility in this state in aggregate amounts at or...
453.402 Fees; statement; schedules; uses; collection; local hazardous substance fees.
(1) The State Fire Marshal shall annually send a statement to each person subject to the fee imposed under ORS 453.400, indicating the amount of...
453.404 Extension of payment date.
(1) The State Fire Marshal for good cause may extend, for not to exceed one month, the time for payment of the fee due under...
453.405 [1971 c.609 §21; 1973 c.687 §2; 1975 c.606 §32; renumbered 469.420]
453.406 Records of hazardous substance possessed; examinations.
(1) Every person who possesses a hazardous substance shall keep at its registered place of business complete and accurate records for each facility of any...
453.408 Rules.
(1) The Department of Revenue, in consultation with the State Fire Marshal, is authorized to establish those rules and procedures for the implementation and enforcement...
453.410 Application of ORS chapters 305 and 314.
The provisions of ORS chapters 305 and 314 as to liens, delinquencies, claims for refund, issuance of refunds, conferences, appeals to the Oregon Tax Court,...
453.412 Deposit and distribution of moneys received from fees.
All moneys received by the Department of Revenue under ORS 453.396 to 453.414 shall be deposited in the State Treasury and credited to a suspense...
453.414 Exemption for local government; circumstances allowing.
Nothing in ORS 453.396 to 453.412 shall require units of local government to pay a fee imposed under the schedules established under ORS 453.402 (2)(a)...
453.415 [1971 c.609 §13; 1975 c.606 §33; renumbered 469.430]
453.425 [1971 c.609 §23; renumbered 469.440]
453.435 [1971 c.609 §5; 1975 c.606 §34; renumbered 469.450]
453.445 [1971 c.609 §19; 1975 c.606 §35; renumbered 469.460]
453.455 [1971 c.609 §6; 1975 c.606 §36; renumbered 469.470]
453.465 [1971 c.609 §16; repealed by 1975 c.606 §60]
453.475 [1971 c.609 §17; 1975 c.606 §37; renumbered 469.480]
453.485 [1971 c.609 §21a; repealed by 1975 c.606 §60]
453.495 [1971 c.609 §6a; renumbered 469.490]
453.505 [1971 c.609 §14; 1975 c.606 §38; renumbered 469.500]
453.510 [1985 c.696 §§4,7; 1987 c.597 §4; 1989 c.6 §13; 1989 c.171 §57; 1993 c.187 §27; 1995 c.162 §84; 1997 c.249 §152; 1997 c.632 §8; repealed by 2005 c.825 §19]
453.515 [1971 c.609 §7; 1975 c.606 §39; renumbered 469.510]
453.517 [1987 c.597 §2; repealed by 2005 c.825 §19]
453.520 State Fire Marshal as state emergency response commission.
(1) The Governor shall designate the office of the State Fire Marshal as the state emergency response commission as required by the Emergency Planning and...
453.525 [1971 c.609 §18; 1975 c.606 §40; renumbered 469.520]
453.527 [1987 c.597 §3; 1993 c.187 §28; repealed by 2005 c.825 §19]
453.535 [1971 c.609 §15; 1975 c.606 §41; renumbered 469.530]
453.545 [1971 c.609 §25; 1975 c.606 §42; renumbered 469.540]
453.555 [1971 c.609 §26; 1975 c.606 §43; renumbered 469.550]
453.565 [1971 c.609 §20; 1975 c.606 §44; renumbered 469.560]
453.575 [1971 c.609 §24; renumbered 469.570]
453.590 [1973 c.246 §1; 1975 c.606 §45; renumbered 453.765]
453.595 [1973 c.246 §3; renumbered 453.770]
453.605 Definitions for ORS 453.605 to 453.800.
In ORS 453.605 to 453.800, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “By-product material” means radioactive material, other than special nuclear material, that is yielded or...
453.610 [1957 c.399 §2; repealed by 1961 c.664 §16]
453.615 Statement of policy.
It is the policy of the State of Oregon in furtherance of its responsibility to protect the public health and safety: (1) To institute and...
453.620 [1957 c.399 §1; repealed by 1961 c.664 §16]
453.625 Purpose of ORS 453.605 to 453.800.
It is the purpose of ORS 453.605 to 453.800 to effectuate the policies set forth in ORS 453.615 by providing for: (1) A program of...
453.630 [1957 c.399 §§3,4; repealed by 1961 c.664 §16]
453.635 State Radiation Control Agency; duties; applicability of ORS 453.605 to 453.800.
(1) The Department of Human Services is the State Radiation Control Agency, but ORS 453.605 to 453.800 do not apply to a radiation source while...
453.640 [1957 c.399 §5; repealed by 1961 c.664 §16]
453.645 Radiation Advisory Committee; composition; compensation and expenses.
The Director of Human Services shall appoint a Radiation Advisory Committee to advise the Department of Human Services on matters relating to radiological health and...
453.650 [1957 c.399 §6; repealed by 1961 c.664 §16]
453.655 License or registration required for radiation source.
When under ORS 453.605 to 453.800 a license or registration or both, as the case may be, is required for that purpose, no person shall...
453.665 Licenses; application; modifications; exemptions; rules.
(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, the Department of Human Services shall provide for the issuance, allowance, modification, amendment, revision, suspension and revocation...
453.670 [1969 c.304 §2; 1973 c.182 §10; 1979 c.696 §9; 1989 c.436 §1; 1993 c.728 §1; 1995 c.444 §13; renumbered 453.757 in 1995]
453.675 State assumption of federal responsibility for radiation sources; effect of federal licenses.
(1) When in the opinion of the Governor, such agreements will promote public health and safety and assist in the peaceful uses of radiation sources,...
453.685 Entry on property for inspection purposes; issuance of warrant; liability for entry.
(1) The Director of Human Services may enter at any reasonable time upon any private or public property, with the permission of the owner or...
453.695 Records concerning radiation source; notice of exposure to radiation source.
(1) When the Department of Human Services by regulation so requires, any person who possesses or uses a radiation source shall cause to be made,...
453.705 Impounding radiation source upon violation.
When a radiation source is in the possession, custody or control of any person who is not equipped to observe or who fails to observe...
453.715 Injunction against violation.
When the Department of Human Services in writing notifies the Attorney General that, in the judgment of the department, a person has engaged or is...
453.725 [1961 c.664 §13; repealed by 1971 c.734 §21]
453.735 ORS 453.605 to 453.800 and rules supersede contrary laws or regulations.
Each provision of ORS 453.605 to 453.800 or rules pursuant thereto supersedes any inconsistent provision of any ordinance, resolution, regulation, rule or order of any...
453.745 Intergovernmental cooperation to control radiation sources.
(1) Subject to the approval of the Governor, to protect the public health and safety and to assist in the peaceful uses of radiation sources...
453.750 [1975 c.241 §3; 1987 c.158 §85; renumbered 453.805 in 1995]
453.752 X-ray machine registration; inspection and testing requirements; evidence of registration.
(1) An X-ray machine may not be operated unless the X-ray machine has a valid X-ray machine registration. (2) Prior to issuance of an X-ray...
453.754 Application for X-ray machine registration; renewal notice.
(1) Each application for an X-ray machine registration shall be in writing and shall state such information as the Department of Human Services by regulation...
453.755 [1971 c.734 §66; 1975 c.241 §2; renumbered 453.807 in 1995]
453.757 X-ray machine biennial registration fee; annual license fees; use of fees; rules.
(1) The Department of Human Services shall charge a biennial registration fee for a registration granted pursuant to ORS 453.752 in the following amounts for:...
453.761 X-ray machine registration period; denial, conditioning, suspension or revocation of registration; termination.
(1) An X-ray machine registration for a hospital radiological provider shall be valid for two years, expiring in the second year on the last day...
453.765 [Formerly 453.590; 1979 c.726 §1; renumbered 469.533]
453.766 Prohibited conduct.
A person shall not knowingly: (1) Misrepresent a device evidencing X-ray machine registration as evidencing the registration of a different X-ray machine. (2) Alter, obscure,...
453.770 [Formerly 453.595; 1979 c.726 §2; renumbered 469.536]
453.771 Imposition of civil penalty for X-ray machine registration violations.
Upon a complaint by any person, the Department of Human Services may investigate any alleged act prohibited by ORS 453.766. If, after investigation by a...
453.775 Duties of Department of Human Services pertaining to X-ray machines.
The Department of Human Services shall: (1) Develop programs to evaluate hazards associated with the use of X-ray machines. (2) Promulgate standards and make reasonable...
453.780 Radiology inspectors; license; minimum qualifications.
(1) All applicants for accreditation as radiology inspectors shall possess at a minimum one of the following combinations of education and experience: (a) One year...
453.785 Accreditation; renewal.
(1) Accreditation as a radiology inspector shall be valid for two years and shall expire in the second year on the last day of the...
453.790 Authority of Department of Human Services to condition, suspend, revoke or refuse to renew radiology inspector accreditation.
The Department of Human Services may condition, suspend, revoke or refuse to renew accreditation of a radiology inspector for the following reasons: (1) Knowingly falsifying...
453.795 Duties of Department of Human Services pertaining to accreditation of radiology inspectors; rules.
The Department of Human Services shall: (1) Develop testing, training and continuing education standards for accredited radiology inspectors. (2) Adopt rules for the proper inspection...
453.800 X-ray Machine Inspection Account; sources; use of moneys in account.
(1) There is created in the General Fund of the State Treasury an X-ray Machine Inspection Account. Moneys credited to the account are continuously appropriated...
453.805 Elimination of radiation source danger; compelling compliance.
(1) Whenever it appears to the Director of Human Services that a radiation source is presenting an imminent and substantial endangerment to the health or...
453.807 When hearing required; procedure; rules.
(1) Where the Department of Human Services proposes to refuse to issue or renew a license, to modify, amend, revise, revoke or suspend a license...
453.810 [1969 c.444 §1; repealed by 1979 c.290 §7]
453.820 [1969 c.444 §2; repealed by 1979 c.290 §7]
453.825 Department of Transportation plan for regulating transport of hazardous substances and radioactive waste.
(1) The Department of Transportation shall coordinate development of a single plan and procedure for the regulation of the transportation of hazardous material and waste...
453.830 [1969 c.444 §3; 1979 c.750 §1; repealed by 1979 c.290 §7]
453.835 Report to legislative committee.
The Department of Transportation shall submit regular reports on progress made toward completion of the plans to a committee designated by the Speaker of the...
453.840 [1969 c.444 §4; repealed by 1979 c.290 §7]
453.850 [1969 c.444 §5; repealed by 1979 c.290 §7]
453.855 Purpose.
It is the purpose of ORS 105.555, 431.175 and 453.855 to 453.912 to provide a just, equitable and practicable method, to be cumulative with and...
453.858 Definitions for ORS 453.855 to 453.912.
As used in ORS 453.855 to 453.912: (1) “Controlled substance” does not include marijuana. (2) “Illegal drug manufacturing site” means any property on which there...
453.861 Applicability.
The provisions of ORS 105.555, 431.175 and 453.855 to 453.912 apply to any property that is known to have been used as an illegal drug...
453.864 Rules.
The Director of Human Services shall adopt rules to carry out ORS 105.555, 431.175 and 453.855 to 453.912. The rules shall be developed in consultation...
453.867 Restriction on transfer of property used as illegal drug manufacturing site; contracts voidable.
(1) Unless determined fit for use, pursuant to ORS 105.555, 431.175 and 453.855 to 453.912 and rules of the Department of Human Services, or as...
453.870 Transfer allowed after full disclosure.
(1) Any property that is not fit for use as determined under ORS 453.876 may be transferred or sold if full, written disclosure, as required...
453.873 Entry onto property; purposes; inspection.
For the purposes of enforcement of ORS 105.555, 431.175 and 453.855 to 453.912, the Director of Human Services or a designee thereof or the State...
453.876 Determination that property is not fit for use; appeal; notice to local residents.
(1) The Director of Human Services or a designee thereof, the State Fire Marshal or a designee thereof or any law enforcement agency may determine...
453.879 Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services to be notified of determination.
When the Director of Human Services or a designee thereof, the State Fire Marshal or designee thereof or any law enforcement agency makes a determination...
453.882 Contaminated property as public nuisance.
The owner of property shall be considered to be maintaining a public nuisance subject to being enjoined or abated under ORS 105.550 to 105.600 if...
453.885 Decontamination of property; certification process.
(1) The owner of property determined to be not fit for use under ORS 105.555, 431.175 and 453.855 to 453.912 who desires to have the...
453.886 Notice by county or local government required before incurring costs; owner’s or lienholder’s proposal for decontamination and certification; injunction to prevent use of property; priority for liens for costs incurred.
(1) Before incurring costs to decontaminate a property that is a nuisance described in ORS 105.555 (1)(c) or to have the property certified as fit...
453.888 License required to perform decontamination; procedure; grounds for denial, revocation or suspension of license; civil penalty; rules.
(1) The Department of Human Services by rule shall establish performance standards for contractors under ORS 105.555, 431.175 and 453.855 to 453.912. (2) The department...
453.891 Department of Human Services to provide information to licensed contractors and those planning to become licensed.
Between the dates of scheduled training for contractors under ORS 453.888, the Department of Human Services shall be available to consult with licensed contractors, as...
453.894 Licensing fees; rules.
(1) The Department of Human Services shall establish by rule a schedule of fees for at least the following: (a) Initial licenses and renewal under...
453.897 Lists of licensed contractors to be made available.
The Department of Human Services shall provide lists of the names of contractors licensed under ORS 105.555, 431.175 and 453.855 to 453.912 to the Director...
453.900 Inspection of decontamination work; contracts to perform.
The Department of Human Services may contract with state or local agencies or private persons to perform any inspection or to obtain any samples relative...
453.903 Evaluation of decontamination projects; civil penalty.
The Department of Human Services shall evaluate annually a number of the property decontamination projects performed by licensed contractors to determine the adequacy of the...
453.906 Condemnation or demolition of property; standards; rules.
The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall adopt rules fixing uniform standards whereby local building code enforcement agencies may require that...
453.909 Authority of counties and cities.
Counties and cities by ordinance may prohibit use or occupancy of or provide for regulation of any property so long as such prohibition or regulation...
453.912 Governmental immunity from liability.
The state and any local government, their officers, agents and employees shall not be liable for loss or injury resulting from the presence of any...
453.990 Criminal penalties.
(1) Any violation of ORS 453.175 or 453.185 or any rules of the State Board of Pharmacy thereunder is a Class C misdemeanor. (2) Violation...
453.992 [Amended by 1969 c.631 §16; 1977 c.582 §53; repealed by 1995 c.658 §127]
453.994 [1971 c.609 §27; renumbered 469.992]
453.995 Civil penalties.
(1) In addition to any other liability or penalty provided by law, the Department of Human Services may impose a civil penalty on a person...

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