As used in ORS 447.010 to 447.156 and 447.992, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Board” means the State Plumbing Board established under ORS 693.115. (2) “Department” means the Department of Consumer and Business Services. (3) “Director” means the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services. (4) “Journeyman plumber” has the meaning given […]
(1) All installations of plumbing and drainage in buildings and structures in this state and all potable water supply, drainage, and waste installations, within or serving buildings or structures, except in temporary construction camps, and except as otherwise provided in ORS 447.010 to 447.156 and 447.992, shall be made in accordance with the requirements of […]
Rules adopted under ORS 447.020 shall allow restaurants with an occupancy capacity of no more than 15 persons, including employees and patrons, to have only one toilet fixture and adjacent lavatory on the premises. [1979 c.390 §4; 1981 c.438 §30]
(1) All water pipe used to carry potable water sold in this state shall be clearly marked the entire length of pipe, at intervals of length set by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services with the approval of the State Plumbing Board, with: (a) Identification of the manufacturer and the plant […]
(1) A person may not work as a plumbing contractor, or advertise or purport to be a plumbing contractor, and a member or employee of a firm, partnership or corporation may not engage in the layout or superintending of plumbing installations, without having obtained the plumbing contractor license required under ORS 447.010 to 447.156 as […]
(1) ORS 447.010 to 447.156 do not apply to a person: (a) Engaging in plumbing work when not so engaged for hire. (b) Using the services of regular employees in performing plumbing work for the benefit of property owned, leased or operated by the person. For purposes of this paragraph, “regular employee” means a person […]
(1) Notwithstanding ORS 447.020, a person may not engage in the trade of installing solar heating and cooling systems unless the person possesses either a license as a journeyman plumber issued under ORS chapter 693 or a solar heating and cooling system installer license issued by the State Plumbing Board under ORS 693.111. (2) A […]
A person carrying on, conducting or transacting a plumbing business may not maintain any suit or action in any of the courts of this state to recover for the performance of plumbing work without alleging and proving that the person was duly licensed as a plumbing contractor at the time of the work. [Amended by […]
Notwithstanding ORS 455.610, the Department of Consumer and Business Services, with the approval of the State Plumbing Board, shall adopt rules to create an exemption from permit and inspection requirements for ordinary minor repairs in low-rise residential dwellings and commercial structures when the board finds that the plumbing does not involve any changes or alterations […]
Notwithstanding ORS 455.610, the Department of Consumer and Business Services, with the approval of the State Plumbing Board, shall adopt rules to create a mandatory inspection program for minor plumbing installations made by licensed plumbing contractors in low-rise residential dwellings. The rules adopted by the department shall: (1) Define the term “minor plumbing installations” in […]
No city or county shall enact or enforce any ordinances or building codes providing different requirements than those imposed by the state building code for the regulation of the business of master plumbing or the installation of drainage work unless authorized by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services under ORS 455.040. […]
The Department of Consumer and Business Services or local government administering the plumbing specialty code adopted under ORS 447.020 (2) may, upon request of any sanitary district formed pursuant to ORS 450.005 to 450.245, sanitary authority established under ORS 450.600 to 450.989, or county service district established under ORS 451.410 to 451.610, contract for the […]
(1) Rules adopted under ORS 447.020 shall provide a plumbing inspection fee schedule. The schedule shall establish inspection fees for inspections made by the Department of Consumer and Business Services under ORS 447.010 to 447.156, 447.992 and 455.610 to 455.630 based on the cost of making inspections as measured by the time required of the […]
All moneys received by the Department of Consumer and Business Services under ORS 447.010 to 447.156 and 447.992 shall be disposed of in accordance with ORS 693.165. [1981 c.438 §42]
(1) No new hotel, motel, apartment house, dwelling, office building or other structure shall be constructed which employs a tank-type water closet that is not approved by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, with the approval of the State Plumbing Board, as meeting adequate standards of safety and sanitation. (2) The […]
As used in ORS 447.118 and 447.124, “compost toilet” means a permanent, sealed, water-impervious toilet receptacle screened from insects, used to receive and store only human wastes, urine and feces, toilet paper and biodegradable garbage, and ventilated to utilize aerobic composting for waste treatment. [1977 c.523 §2]
(1) Nothing in ORS 447.010 to 447.156 and 447.992 shall prohibit the installation of a compost toilet for a dwelling by the occupant of the dwelling if the compost toilet complies with the minimum requirements established under this section. (2) Rules adopted under ORS 447.020 shall provide minimum requirements for the design, construction, installation and […]
For the purpose of enforcing ORS 447.118 and the rules adopted thereunder, the Department of Consumer and Business Services, with the assistance of the Oregon Health Authority: (1) May conduct periodic inspections of any compost toilet; (2) Upon making a finding that a compost toilet is in violation of the rules adopted pursuant to ORS […]
[1967 c.308 §§2,3,4; 1983 c.676 §29; renumbered 480.557]
(1) All waste water and sewage from plumbing fixtures shall be discharged into a sewer system or alternate sewage disposal system approved by the Environmental Quality Commission or Department of Environmental Quality under ORS chapters 468, 468A and 468B. (2) No plumbing fixture, device or equipment shall be installed, maintained or offered for sale which […]
