2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law
Section 479.530 - Definitions for ORS 479.510 to 479.945 and 479.995.


(1) "Approved testing laboratory" means a testing laboratory that meets criteria for electrical product evaluation established by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services with the approval of the Electrical and Elevator Board under ORS 479.730.
(2) "Board" means the Electrical and Elevator Board established under ORS 455.138.
(3) "Certified electrical product" means an electrical product that is certified under ORS 479.760 and that is not decertified.
(4) "Competent inspection service" means an electrical inspection service of a city or county administered under ORS 455.148 or 455.150 that employs electrical inspectors who are certified to meet standards under ORS 479.810.
(5) "Commercial electrical air conditioning equipment" means heating, cooling, refrigeration, dehumidifying, humidifying and filtering equipment used for climatizing or moving of air if used in commerce, industry or government and if installed in a place not accessible to the general public other than the switches regulating the operation of the equipment.
(6) "Demarcation point" means the place of interconnection between the communications cabling, terminal equipment or protective apparatus of the telecommunications service provider and the customer’s premises.
(7) "Department" means the Department of Consumer and Business Services.
(8) "Director" means the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services.
(9) "Dwelling unit" means one or more rooms for the use of one or more persons as a housekeeping unit with space for eating, living and sleeping and permanent provisions for cooking and sanitation.
(10) "Electrical installations" means the construction or installation of electrical wiring and the permanent attachment or installation of electrical products in or on any structure that is not itself an electrical product. "Electrical installation" also means the maintenance or repair of installed electrical wiring and permanently attached electrical products. "Electrical installation" does not include an oil module.
(11) "Electrical product" means any electrical equipment, material, device or apparatus that, except as provided in ORS 479.540, requires a license or permit to install and either conveys or is operated by electrical current.
(12) "Equipment" means any material, fittings, devices, appliances, fixtures, apparatus or the like that are used as part of or in connection with an electrical installation.
(13) "Field evaluation firm" means an independent organization that provides:
(a) Evaluations or testing, or both; and
(b) Documentation regarding compliance with electrical product safety standards and with the electrical installation safety code.
(14) "Industrial electrical equipment" means electrical products used in industry or government that utilize electric energy for mechanical, chemical, heating, lighting or similar purposes, that are designed to service or produce a product and that are used directly in the production of the service or product.
(15) "Installation label" means an adhesive tag issued by governmental agencies that administer the Electrical Safety Law to licensed electrical contractors for application to those minor electrical installations for which the board by rule determines to be appropriate for random inspections.
(16) "License" means a permit issued by the department under ORS 479.630 authorizing the person whose name appears as licensee thereon to act as an electrical contractor, supervising electrician, journeyman electrician, electrical apprentice or limited elevator journeyman as indicated thereon.
(17) "Minimum safety standards" means safety standards prescribed by concurrence of the board and the director under ORS 479.730.
(18) "Multifamily dwelling" means a building containing more than one dwelling unit.
(19) "Oil module" means a prefabricated structure manufactured to the specifications of the purchaser and used outside this state in the exploration for or processing or extraction of petroleum products.
(20) "Permit" means an official document or card issued by the enforcing agency to authorize performance of a specified electrical installation.
(21) "Single family dwelling" means a building consisting solely of one dwelling unit.
(22) "Telecommunications service provider" means a telecommunications carrier as defined in ORS 133.721 or a telecommunications utility or competitive telecommunications provider, both as defined in ORS 759.005.
(23) "Uncertified product" means any electrical product that is not an electrical product certified under ORS 479.760. [1959 c.406 §3; 1971 c.753 §55; 1973 c.834 §35; 1981 c.815 §4; 1983 c.733 §1; 1985 c.826 §3; 1987 c.414 §34; 1987 c.575 §4; 1987 c.874 §2; 1993 c.744 §118; 1995 c.706 §1; 1999 c.59 §159; 1999 c.1031 §1; 2001 c.573 §16; 2003 c.222 §1; 2003 c.299 §2; 2005 c.435 §2; 2007 c.271 §3; 2011 c.9 §67]

Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources

Chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings From Fire; Electrical Safety Law

Section 479.015 - Smoking in public elevator prohibited; penalty.

Section 479.155 - Plan of proposed construction or alteration; declaration of value; approval of plan; effect of approval; rules.

Section 479.165 - Certification of fire officials; rules.

Section 479.168 - Definitions for ORS 479.168 to 479.190 and 479.990.

Section 479.170 - Ordering repair of, or removal of material from, buildings.

Section 479.180 - Appeal from order to comply with fire prevention statutes; fee.

Section 479.195 - Assembly occupancy limits; prohibition against exceeding limit; remedies.

Section 479.210 - "Institution" defined for ORS 479.215 to 479.220.

Section 479.215 - Institution not to be licensed or certificated unless in compliance with fire safety requirements; inspection; list of licensed or approved institutions.

Section 479.217 - Temporary permit in lieu of inspection approval under ORS 479.215; cancellation; extension or renewal.

Section 479.250 - Definitions for ORS 479.250 to 479.305.

Section 479.255 - Smoke alarm or smoke detector required in certain structures; alarms and devices for persons who are hard of hearing.

Section 479.257 - Design features required for certain smoke alarms; rules.

Section 479.260 - Transfer of dwelling unit or lodging house without smoke alarm or smoke detector prohibited.

Section 479.270 - Owner of rental dwelling unit to supply, install and maintain smoke alarm or smoke detector; instructions for testing to be provided.

Section 479.280 - Lack of properly operating smoke alarm or smoke detector; complaint; investigation; citation.

Section 479.295 - State Fire Marshal to adopt rules setting standards and providing for implementation of certain laws governing smoke alarms and smoke detectors.

Section 479.297 - Ionization smoke alarms; required equipment; exemptions.

Section 479.305 - Smoking policy disclosure.

Section 479.520 - Purpose.

Section 479.530 - Definitions for ORS 479.510 to 479.945 and 479.995.

Section 479.540 - Exemptions; rules.

Section 479.545 - License required of state employee; letter of authority.

Section 479.550 - No work on new electrical installation until permit issued; temporary permit; rules.

Section 479.560 - Issuance of permit; when permit becomes void; master electrical inspection permit; rules.

Section 479.565 - Master individual inspection permits; fee.

Section 479.570 - Energizing of electrical installations; rules.

Section 479.620 - Certain electrical license required; electrical installations by unlicensed persons prohibited.

Section 479.630 - Requirements for obtaining licenses; rules.

Section 479.680 - Adoption of rules by Electrical and Elevator Board; establishment of continuing education program.

Section 479.710 - Electrical installations must meet minimum safety standards.

Section 479.730 - Adoption of rules by Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services.

Section 479.740 - Factors to be considered in adopting rules; incorporation of standards by reference.

Section 479.760 - Certification of electrical products; safety indicators.

Section 479.810 - Administration and enforcement; Chief Electrical Inspector; inspector qualifications; rules.

Section 479.820 - Duties and powers in enforcing law.

Section 479.840 - Fees; rules; means to guarantee payment.

Section 479.850 - Disposition of receipts.

Section 479.853 - Appeal procedure; distribution of major code interpretation decisions.

Section 479.854 - Authority of municipality to require license; approval of ordinance.

Section 479.855 - City and county inspection and enforcement programs.

Section 479.860 - Persons authorized to design, plan and lay out electrical installations; rules.

Section 479.870 - Electrical and Elevator Board to prescribe uniform fee calculation and permit format; review; rules.

Section 479.905 - Definitions for ORS 479.870 and 479.905 to 479.945.

Section 479.910 - Limited energy technician license; compliance with other laws; fees; continuing education.

Section 479.915 - Limited energy technician license requirements.

Section 479.940 - Activities not subject to licensure under ORS 479.510 to 479.945; identification cards.

Section 479.943 - Activities not subject to licensure under ORS 479.905 to 479.945.

Section 479.945 - Restricted energy contractor’s license; rules; scope; employees.

Section 479.950 - Minimum safety standards; rules; criteria.

Section 479.990 - Penalties.