(2) If the department receives from a police officer a report under ORS 813.120 and the person holds commercial driving privileges and the person was driving a motor vehicle or commercial motor vehicle and refused to submit to a test under ORS 813.100 or the person was driving a commercial motor vehicle and submitted to a breath or blood test and the person’s blood, as shown by the test, had 0.04 percent or more by weight of alcohol, the department shall suspend the person’s commercial driving privileges on the 30th day after the date of arrest or, if the report indicates that the person failed a blood test, on the 60th day after receipt of the report, unless, at a hearing described under this section, the department determines that the suspension would not be valid as described in this section. A commercial driving privileges suspension imposed under this subsection shall be for a period of time established under ORS 809.510 or 809.520.
(3) If within 10 days from the date of arrest, or, if the person fails a blood test, within 10 days from the date the department sends notice of suspension, the department receives a request for a hearing from a person whose driving privileges or commercial driving privileges the department proposes to suspend under this section, the department shall provide a hearing in accordance with this section. The person shall request a hearing in the form and manner prescribed by the department by rule. Except as otherwise provided under this section, a hearing held by the department under this section is subject to the provisions for contested cases, other than appeal provisions, under ORS chapter 183. The applicable appeal provisions are as provided under ORS 813.450 and section 24, chapter 672, Oregon Laws 1985. Notwithstanding ORS 809.430, the department is not required to give any notice of intent to suspend or suspension in addition to that provided under ORS 813.100.
(4) Except as provided in subsection (5) of this section, a hearing required by this section is subject to all of the following:
(a) The hearing shall be conducted by an administrative law judge assigned from the Office of Administrative Hearings established under ORS 183.605.
(b) The administrative law judge shall conduct the hearing by telephone or other two-way electronic communication device.
(c) The department may authorize the administrative law judge to issue a final order in any case.
(d) A person who requests a hearing under this section and who fails, without just cause, to appear personally or through an attorney waives the right to a hearing. If a person waives a right to a hearing under this paragraph, the department is not required to make any showing at hearing.
(e) Except as provided in ORS 813.440 or upon remand under ORS 813.450, the department shall hold the hearing and issue a final order within 30 days of the date of the arrest or, if the person fails a blood test, within 60 days from the date the department received the report of the failure.
(f) In connection with the hearing, the department or its authorized representative may administer oaths and shall issue subpoenas for the appearance of witnesses by telephone or other two-way electronic communication device at the hearing requested by the person or the department and the production of relevant documents.
(g) The hearing shall be recorded by whatever means may be determined by the department and shall include testimony and exhibits, if any. The record of the proceedings may not be transcribed unless requested by a party to the proceeding.
(5) Subject to subsection (6) of this section:
(a) A person or a police officer may request that a hearing required by this section be conducted in person.
(b) The department, by rule, shall establish the manner and time limitation requirements by which a person or a police officer may request that a hearing be conducted in person.
(c) Unless there is an agreement between the person and the department that the hearing be conducted elsewhere, a hearing requested under this subsection shall be held either in the county where the alleged offense occurred or at any place within 100 miles of the place where the offense is alleged to have occurred, as established by the department by rule.
(d) In connection with the hearing, the department or its authorized representative may administer oaths and shall issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses at the hearing requested under this subsection by the person and the production of relevant documents.
(6) The chief administrative law judge may require that a hearing required by this section be conducted by telephone or other two-way electronic communication device when the judge determines that a hearing conducted in person would pose a significant risk to health or safety, including risks associated with travel to the hearing location.
(7) This subsection shall be narrowly construed so as to effect the legislative purpose of limiting the scope of hearings under this section. The scope of a hearing under this section shall be limited to whether the suspension is valid as described in this subsection. A suspension under this section is valid if all of the following requirements have been met:
(a) The person, at the time the person was requested to submit to a test under ORS 813.100, was under arrest for driving while under the influence of intoxicants in violation of ORS 813.010 or a municipal ordinance.
(b) The police had reasonable grounds to believe, at the time the request was made, that the person arrested had been driving under the influence of intoxicants in violation of ORS 813.010 or of a municipal ordinance.
(c) The person refused a test under ORS 813.100, or took a breath or blood test and the test disclosed that the level of alcohol in the person’s blood at the time of the test was:
(A) 0.08 percent or more by weight if the person was not driving a commercial motor vehicle;
(B) 0.04 percent or more by weight if the person was driving a commercial motor vehicle; or
(C) Any amount if the person was under 21 years of age.
(d) If the report under ORS 813.120 indicates that the person was driving a commercial motor vehicle, the vehicle was in fact a commercial motor vehicle as defined in ORS 801.208.
(e) The person had been informed under ORS 813.100 of rights and consequences as described under ORS 813.130.
(f) The person was given written notice required under ORS 813.100.
(g) If the person arrested submitted to a test under ORS 813.100, the person administering the test was qualified to administer the test under ORS 813.160.
(h) If the person arrested submitted to a test under ORS 813.100, the methods, procedures and equipment used in the test complied with requirements under ORS 813.160.
(8) A suspension imposed under this section shall remain in effect pending any appeal or remand of a final order issued under this section and there shall be no stay of the suspension pending appeal or remand.
(9) Unless a person fails, without just cause, to appear personally or through an attorney at a hearing requested under this section, a person shall have the right to appeal any final order by the department after a hearing under this section by filing a petition. The following apply to this subsection:
(a) The person shall file the petition in the circuit court for the county where the person resides or, if the person does not reside in Oregon, in the circuit court of the county in which the arrest took place within 30 days after issuance of the final order of the department.
(b) The court upon receipt of the petition shall set the matter for hearing upon 10 days’ notice to the department and the petitioner unless hearing is waived by both the department and the petitioner. [1983 c.338 §358; 1985 c.16 §167; 1985 c.672 §13; 1987 c.158 §170; 1989 c.636 §44; 1991 c.860 §11; 1993 c.305 §6; 1993 c.600 §1; 1995 c.568 §6; 1999 c.831 §2; 1999 c.849 §§193,194; 2003 c.75 §67; 2005 c.649 §27; 2007 c.288 §18; 2010 c.37 §1; 2013 c.237 §29; 2019 c.312 §22; 2021 c.302 §1]
Note: The amendments to 813.410 by section 118, chapter 630, Oregon Laws 2021, become operative January 1, 2023, and apply to conduct leading to driving privilege sanctions imposed on or after January 1, 2023. See sections 124 and 169, chapter 630, Oregon Laws 2021. The text that is operative on and after January 1, 2023, is set forth for the user’s convenience. (1) If the Department of Transportation receives from a police officer a report that is in substantial compliance with ORS 813.120, the department shall suspend the driving privileges of the person in this state on the 30th day after the date of arrest or, if the report indicates that the person failed a blood test, on the 60th day after receipt of the report, unless, at a hearing described under this section, the department determines that the suspension would not be valid as described in this section. A suspension of driving privileges imposed under this subsection shall be for a period of time established under ORS 813.420.
(2) If the department receives from a police officer a report under ORS 813.120 and the person holds commercial driving privileges and the person was driving a motor vehicle or commercial motor vehicle and refused to submit to a test under ORS 813.100 or the person was driving a commercial motor vehicle and submitted to a breath or blood test and the person’s blood, as shown by the test, had 0.04 percent or more by weight of alcohol, the department shall suspend the person’s commercial driving privileges on the 30th day after the date of arrest or, if the report indicates that the person failed a blood test, on the 60th day after receipt of the report, unless, at a hearing described under this section, the department determines that the suspension would not be valid as described in this section. A commercial driving privileges suspension imposed under this subsection shall be for a period of time established under ORS 809.510 or 809.520.
(3) If the department receives from a police officer a report under ORS 813.120 and the person holds commercial driving privileges and the person was driving a motor vehicle that is not a commercial motor vehicle and submitted to a breath or blood test and the person’s blood, as shown by the test, had 0.08 percent or more by weight of alcohol, the department shall suspend the person’s commercial driving privileges on the 30th day after the date of arrest or, if the report indicates that the person failed a blood test, on the 60th day after receipt of the report, unless, at a hearing described under this section, the department determines that the suspension would not be valid as described in this section. A commercial driving privileges suspension imposed under this subsection shall be for a period of time established under ORS 809.510 or 809.520.
(4) If within 10 days from the date of arrest, or, if the person fails a blood test, within 10 days from the date the department sends notice of suspension, the department receives a request for a hearing from a person whose driving privileges or commercial driving privileges the department proposes to suspend under this section, the department shall provide a hearing in accordance with this section. The person shall request a hearing in the form and manner prescribed by the department by rule. Except as otherwise provided under this section, a hearing held by the department under this section is subject to the provisions for contested cases, other than appeal provisions, under ORS chapter 183. The applicable appeal provisions are as provided under ORS 813.450 and section 24, chapter 672, Oregon Laws 1985. Notwithstanding ORS 809.430, the department is not required to give any notice of intent to suspend or suspension in addition to that provided under ORS 813.100.
(5) Except as provided in subsection (6) of this section, a hearing required by this section is subject to all of the following:
(a) The hearing shall be conducted by an administrative law judge assigned from the Office of Administrative Hearings established under ORS 183.605.
(b) The administrative law judge shall conduct the hearing by telephone or other two-way electronic communication device.
(c) The department may authorize the administrative law judge to issue a final order in any case.
(d) A person who requests a hearing under this section and who fails, without just cause, to appear personally or through an attorney waives the right to a hearing. If a person waives a right to a hearing under this paragraph, the department is not required to make any showing at hearing.
(e) Except as provided in ORS 813.440 or upon remand under ORS 813.450, the department shall hold the hearing and issue a final order within 30 days of the date of the arrest or, if the person fails a blood test, within 60 days from the date the department received the report of the failure.
(f) In connection with the hearing, the department or its authorized representative may administer oaths and shall issue subpoenas for the appearance of witnesses by telephone or other two-way electronic communication device at the hearing requested by the person or the department and the production of relevant documents.
(g) The hearing shall be recorded by whatever means may be determined by the department and shall include testimony and exhibits, if any. The record of the proceedings may not be transcribed unless requested by a party to the proceeding.
(6) Subject to subsection (7) of this section:
(a) A person or a police officer may request that a hearing required by this section be conducted in person.
(b) The department, by rule, shall establish the manner and time limitation requirements by which a person or a police officer may request that a hearing be conducted in person.
(c) Unless there is an agreement between the person and the department that the hearing be conducted elsewhere, a hearing requested under this subsection shall be held either in the county where the alleged offense occurred or at any place within 100 miles of the place where the offense is alleged to have occurred, as established by the department by rule.
(d) In connection with the hearing, the department or its authorized representative may administer oaths and shall issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses at the hearing requested under this subsection by the person and the production of relevant documents.
(7) The chief administrative law judge may require that a hearing required by this section be conducted by telephone or other two-way electronic communication device when the judge determines that a hearing conducted in person would pose a significant risk to health or safety, including risks associated with travel to the hearing location.
(8) This subsection shall be narrowly construed so as to effect the legislative purpose of limiting the scope of hearings under this section. The scope of a hearing under this section shall be limited to whether the suspension is valid as described in this subsection. A suspension under this section is valid if all of the following requirements have been met:
(a) The person, at the time the person was requested to submit to a test under ORS 813.100, was under arrest for driving while under the influence of intoxicants in violation of ORS 813.010 or a municipal ordinance.
(b) The police had reasonable grounds to believe, at the time the request was made, that the person arrested had been driving under the influence of intoxicants in violation of ORS 813.010 or of a municipal ordinance.
(c) The person refused a test under ORS 813.100, or took a breath or blood test and the test disclosed that the level of alcohol in the person’s blood at the time of the test was:
(A) 0.08 percent or more by weight if the person was not driving a commercial motor vehicle;
(B) 0.04 percent or more by weight if the person was driving a commercial motor vehicle; or
(C) Any amount if the person was under 21 years of age.
(d) If the report under ORS 813.120 indicates that the person was driving a commercial motor vehicle, the vehicle was in fact a commercial motor vehicle as defined in ORS 801.208.
(e) The person had been informed under ORS 813.100 of rights and consequences as described under ORS 813.130.
(f) The person was given written notice required under ORS 813.100.
(g) If the person arrested submitted to a test under ORS 813.100, the person administering the test was qualified to administer the test under ORS 813.160.
(h) If the person arrested submitted to a test under ORS 813.100, the methods, procedures and equipment used in the test complied with requirements under ORS 813.160.
(9) A suspension imposed under this section shall remain in effect pending any appeal or remand of a final order issued under this section and there shall be no stay of the suspension pending appeal or remand.
(10) Unless a person fails, without just cause, to appear personally or through an attorney at a hearing requested under this section, a person shall have the right to appeal any final order by the department after a hearing under this section by filing a petition. The following apply to this subsection:
(a) The person shall file the petition in the circuit court for the county where the person resides or, if the person does not reside in Oregon, in the circuit court of the county in which the arrest took place within 30 days after issuance of the final order of the department.
(b) The court upon receipt of the petition shall set the matter for hearing upon 10 days’ notice to the department and the petitioner unless hearing is waived by both the department and the petitioner.
Note: Section 2, chapter 302, Oregon Laws 2021, provides:
Sec. 2. The amendments to ORS 813.410 by section 1 of this 2021 Act apply to requests for in-person hearings made before, on or after the effective date of this 2021 Act [June 15, 2021].
[2021 c.302 §2]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation
Chapter 813 - Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants
Section 813.010 - Driving under the influence of intoxicants; penalty.
Section 813.011 - Felony driving under the influence of intoxicants; penalty.
Section 813.012 - Crime classification for purposes of rules of Oregon Criminal Justice Commission.
Section 813.021 - Requirements for screening interview and treatment program.
Section 813.022 - Proof of treatment.
Section 813.023 - Alternative payment methods for screening interview or treatment program.
Section 813.030 - Amount of fee; distribution.
Section 813.055 - Civil penalty for violation of out-of-service order or notice.
Section 813.095 - Offense of refusal to take a test for intoxicants; penalty.
Section 813.110 - Temporary permit upon confiscation of license.
Section 813.120 - Police report to department.
Section 813.130 - Rights of and consequences for person asked to take test.
Section 813.131 - Implied consent to urine test; privacy; laboratories for analysis.
Section 813.132 - Consequences of refusing to take urine test; exception.
Section 813.140 - Chemical test with consent; unconscious person.
Section 813.170 - Plea agreement prohibited.
Section 813.200 - Notice of availability of diversion; petition; form; contents.
Section 813.210 - Petition; filing fee; screening interview fee; service on prosecutor; objection.
Section 813.215 - Eligibility for diversion.
Section 813.222 - Right of victim to be present at hearing.
Section 813.225 - Petition for extension of diversion period; conditions.
Section 813.230 - Diversion agreement; record; duration; effect of denial.
Section 813.233 - Exemption from completing treatment program in this state.
Section 813.240 - Amount and distribution of filing fee; screening interview fee.
Section 813.250 - Motion to dismiss charge on completion of diversion; admissibility of statements.
Section 813.252 - Motion to dismiss charge when minimal fine amount remains.
Section 813.255 - Termination of diversion.
Section 813.260 - Designation of agencies to perform screening interviews; duties of agency.
Section 813.270 - Intoxicated Driver Program Fund; creation; uses.
Section 813.320 - Effect of implied consent law on evidence.
Section 813.324 - Use of testimony from implied consent hearing as evidence in prosecution.
Section 813.326 - Felony driving while under the influence of intoxicants; prior convictions.
Section 813.328 - Notice of intent to challenge validity of prior convictions.
Section 813.400 - Suspension or revocation upon conviction; duration; review.
Section 813.412 - Role of police officer in implied consent hearing.
Section 813.420 - Duration of suspension for refusal or failure of test.
Section 813.430 - Grounds for increase in duration of suspension.
Section 813.440 - Grounds for hearing on validity of suspension; rules.
Section 813.450 - Appeal from suspension for refusal or failure of breath test.
Section 813.470 - Department notation on record of person acquitted after suspension.
Section 813.520 - Limitations on authority to issue hardship permit or reinstate driving privileges.
Section 813.599 - Definitions.
Section 813.600 - Ignition interlock program; rules.
Section 813.602 - Circumstances under which ignition interlock device required; exemptions; rules.
Section 813.603 - Waiver of costs of ignition interlock device; rules.
Section 813.604 - Notice of court order; notation on hardship permit; rules.
Section 813.606 - Exception for employee otherwise required to have device.
Section 813.608 - Knowingly furnishing motor vehicle without ignition interlock device; penalty.
Section 813.610 - Soliciting another to blow into ignition interlock device; penalty.
Section 813.612 - Unlawfully blowing into ignition interlock device; penalty.
Section 813.614 - Tampering with ignition interlock device; penalty.
Section 813.630 - Notice of ignition interlock device installation and negative reports.
Section 813.635 - Consequence for negative reports generated from ignition interlock device; rules.
Section 813.645 - Motion to vacate requirement to install and use ignition interlock device.
Section 813.660 - Service center and manufacturer’s representative certification; fees; rules.
Section 813.665 - Criminal background check for technicians; rules.
Section 813.670 - Complaint process.
Section 813.680 - Ignition Interlock Device Management Fund.