Oregon Statutes - Chapter 460 - Elevators; Amusement Rides and Devices

• 460.005   Definitions for ORS 460.005 to 460.175.
  As used in ORS 460.005 to 460.175, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Alteration” means any change or addition to the equipment other than ordinary...
• 460.010   [Repealed by 1961 c.427 §22]
• 460.015   Short title of ORS 460.005 to 460.175.
  ORS 460.005 to 460.175 may be cited as the Elevator Safety Law. [1961 c.427 §1]
• 460.020   [Repealed by 1957 c.398 §9]
• 460.024   Policy.
  The purpose of ORS 460.005 to 460.175 is to protect the health and safety of the people of Oregon from the danger of unsafe elevators....
• 460.025   [1957 c.398 §§2,3; repealed by 1961 c.427 §22]
• 460.027   [1957 c.398 §4; repealed by 1961 c.427 §22]
• 460.030   [Amended by 1955 c.138 §1; 1957 c.398 §5; 1957 c.465 §3; repealed by 1961 c.427 §22]
• 460.035   Exemptions from operation of ORS 460.005 to 460.175.
  (1) Fees are not required under ORS 460.005 to 460.175 to install, alter, repair, operate or maintain an elevator: (a) Under the supervision of the...
• 460.040   [Amended by 1955 c.138 §2; 1957 c.398 §6; 1957 c.465 §4; repealed by 1961 c.427 §22]
• 460.045   Permits, licenses and certificates required.
  A person may not: (1) Engage in the business of installation, alteration, repair or maintenance of an elevator without an elevator contractor license issued under...
• 460.047   Persons authorized to conduct mechanical and electrical repairs in industrial plant.
  Notwithstanding ORS 460.045 (2), the following persons may conduct electrical and mechanical repairs on an elevator located in an industrial plant: (1) A limited supervising...
• 460.048   Form of plans and data submitted to department.
  A person submitting to the Department of Consumer and Business Services, for department approval, plans and pertinent data for the installation or alteration of an...
• 460.050   [Amended by 1957 c.398 §7; repealed by 1961 c.427 §22]
• 460.055   Elevator operating permits; examination of applicant for elevator inspector certificate; lapse of certificates.
  (1) The Department of Consumer and Business Services shall give its decision within a reasonable time, not exceeding 30 days: (a) Approving or rejecting plans...
• 460.057   Limited mechanical license.
  The Department of Consumer and Business Services may issue a special limited license to a person who can document to the satisfaction of the department...
• 460.059   Limited apprentice license.
  The Department of Consumer and Business Services may issue a special limited license to a person engaged in an approved apprenticeship program that allows the...
• 460.060   [Amended by 1957 c.398 §8; repealed by 1961 c.427 §22]
• 460.061   Mechanical work on reciprocating conveyors; rules; fees.
  (1) As used in this section, “reciprocating conveyor” means a self-contained, power-driven stationary device that moves objects on a platform equipped with safety guards, or...
• 460.065   Expiration and renewal of permit or certificate; rules.
  (1) A certified elevator inspector certificate of competency expires on December 31 of the year in which the certificate is issued or on a date...
• 460.070   [Formerly 651.180; repealed by 1961 c.427 §22]
• 460.075   Cancellation, suspension and revocation of permits and certificates.
  (1) Subject to the provisions of ORS chapter 183, the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall cancel, revoke or suspend the operating permit for...
• 460.085   Rules; granting of exceptions.
  (1) In accordance with the applicable provisions of ORS chapter 183, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, after consultation with the...
• 460.095   [1961 c.427 §10; 1963 c.330 §5; repealed by 1973 c.528 §20]
• 460.105   [1961 c.427 §11; 1963 c.330 §6; repealed by 1973 c.528 §20]
• 460.115   [1961 c.427 §13; 1963 c.330 §7; 1969 c.314 §48; 1973 c.528 §11; 1975 c.429 §18; 1987 c.414 §31a; repealed by 1993 c.744 §101]
• 460.125   Periodic inspection of elevators; action upon finding noncompliance.
  (1) The Department of Consumer and Business Services shall: (a) Except as provided in this subsection, periodically inspect each elevator to ascertain if the elevator...
• 460.135   Entry on premises for inspection purposes.
  For the purpose of discharging any duty imposed by or exercising any authority conferred by ORS 460.005 to 460.175, the Department of Consumer and Business...
• 460.145   Restraining violations.
  When it appears to the Department of Consumer and Business Services that a person subject to ORS 460.005 to 460.175 is engaged or about to...
• 460.155   Appeals from adverse rulings of department.
  (1) The Department of Consumer and Business Services shall hear the appeal of an appellant: (a) Who has filed a written request: (A) Within 10...
• 460.165   Fees; failure to pay fee.
  (1) Subject to ORS 460.035 (1) and 460.085 (1), the Department of Consumer and Business Services may adopt fees that do not exceed the maximum...
• 460.175   Disposition of fees.
  All receipts from fees, charges, costs and expenses provided for in ORS 460.005 to 460.175 shall be collected by the Department of Consumer and Business...
• 460.210   [1963 c.276 §§1,2,3,4; renumbered 456.965]
• 460.220   [1963 c.276 §6; renumbered 456.970]
• 460.230   [1963 c.276 §5; renumbered 456.975]
• 460.310   Definitions for ORS 460.310 to 460.370.
  As used in ORS 460.310 to 460.370, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Amusement devices” means a structure, electrical or mechanical contrivance or combination thereof...
• 460.320   Permit and insurance required; notice of termination of insurance; rules.
  (1) No person shall: (a) Operate an amusement ride or device without a valid operation permit therefor issued under ORS 460.330, or allow an amusement...
• 460.330   Application for and issuance of permit; fees; rules.
  (1) An application for an operating permit to operate an amusement ride or device shall be made on an annual basis by the person owning...
• 460.340   Duration of permit.
  Permits issued under ORS 460.330 are valid until the amusement ride or device is materially rebuilt or materially modified so as to change the original...
• 460.345   Expiration of permits.
  Subject to ORS 460.340, the expiration date of the amusement ride or device operating permits shall be one year from the original date of issuance...
• 460.350   Enforcing compliance with law.
  (1) In addition to the inspections required under ORS 460.330, the Department of Consumer and Business Services may cause an amusement ride or device to...
• 460.352   Grounds for cancellation, suspension or revocation of permit.
  Subject to the provisions of ORS chapter 183, the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall cancel, revoke or suspend the operating permit for any...
• 460.355   Rules; required standards of care; exemption of regulated or inspected rides or devices.
  (1) In adopting rules pursuant to ORS 460.360 (1), applicable to equipment mentioned in ORS 460.310 (2)(b), the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall...
• 460.360   Rules; applicability of Administrative Procedures Act.
  (1) The Department of Consumer and Business Services shall, in compliance with ORS chapter 183, make, amend, repeal, promulgate and enforce rules to carry out...
• 460.370   Deposit of fees.
  All moneys from fees collected by the Department of Consumer and Business Services under ORS 460.310 to 460.370 and 460.990 (2) shall be paid into...
• 460.380   [1959 c.619 §9; repealed by 1981 c.566 §16]
• 460.390   [1981 c.566 §10; 1985 c.705 §7; repealed by 1993 c.164 §9]
• 460.400   [1981 c.566 §11; 1993 c.164 §7; renumbered 460.352 in 2001]
• 460.410   [1981 c.566 §12; 1985 c.705 §8; 1993 c.164 §8; renumbered 460.345 in 2001]
• 460.990   Penalties.
  (1) Violation of any of the provisions of ORS 460.005 to 460.175 is punishable, upon conviction, by a fine not to exceed $100 or by...

Last modified: August 7, 2008