71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
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LC 677
A-Engrossed
Senate Bill 290
Ordered by the Senate April 18
Including Senate Amendments dated April 18
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
of the President (at the request of Governor John A. Kitzhaber,
M.D., for Department of Public Safety Standards and Training)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
{ - Gives - } { + Requires + } Department of Public Safety
Standards and Training { - discretion to deny certification to
certain public safety officers convicted of possession of less
than one ounce of marijuana. Adds crimes that disqualify certain
public safety officers from certification. - } { + to adopt
rules specifying crimes for which conviction requires denial or
revocation of certification of public safety officer or
instructor. + }
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to Department of Public Safety Standards and Training;
amending ORS 181.662.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 181.662 is amended to read:
181.662. (1) The Department of Public Safety Standards and
Training may deny or revoke the certification of any instructor
or public safety officer, except a youth correction officer or
fire service professional, after written notice and hearing
consistent with the provisions of ORS 181.661, based upon a
finding that:
(a) The public safety officer or instructor falsified any
information submitted on the application for certification or on
any documents submitted to the Board on Public Safety Standards
and Training or the department.
(b) The public safety officer or instructor has been convicted
of a crime in this state or any other jurisdiction.
(c) The public safety officer or instructor does not meet the
applicable minimum standards, minimum training or the terms and
conditions established under ORS 181.640 (1)(a) to (d).
(2) The department may deny or revoke the certification of any
fire service professional after written notice and hearing
consistent with the provisions of ORS 181.661, based upon a
finding that:
(a) The fire service professional falsified any information
submitted on the application for certification or on any
documents submitted to the board or the department; or
(b) The fire service professional has been discharged for cause
from employment in the fire service.
(3) The department shall deny or revoke the certification of
any public safety officer, except a youth correction officer or
fire service professional, after written notice and hearing
consistent with the provisions of ORS 181.661, based upon a
finding that { - : - }
{ - (a) - } the public safety officer or instructor has been
discharged for cause from employment as a public safety officer.
{ - (b) The public safety officer or instructor has been
convicted while employed by a law enforcement unit or public or
private safety agency in this state or any other jurisdiction of
a crime designated under the law where the conviction occurred as
being punishable as a felony or as a crime for which a maximum
term of imprisonment of more than one year may be imposed. - }
{ - (c) The public safety officer or instructor has been
convicted of violating any law of this state or any other
jurisdiction involving the unlawful use, possession, delivery or
manufacture of a controlled substance, narcotic or dangerous
drug. - }
{ - (d) The public safety officer or instructor has been
convicted in this state of violating ORS 162.065, 162.075,
162.085, 163.355, 163.365, 163.375, 163.385, 163.395, 163.405,
163.408, 163.411, 163.415, 163.425, 163.427, 163.435, 163.445,
163.465, 163.515, 163.525, 163.575, 163.670, 163.675 (1985
Replacement Part), 163.680 (1993 Edition), 163.684, 163.686,
167.007, 167.012, 167.017, 167.065, 167.070, 167.075 or 167.080
or has been convicted of violating the statutory counterpart of
any of those offenses in any other jurisdiction. - }
{ + (4) The department, in consultation with the board, shall
adopt rules specifying those crimes for which a conviction
requires the denial or revocation of the certification of a
public safety officer or instructor. + }
{ - (4) - } { + (5) + } The department shall deny or revoke
the accreditation of a training or educational program or any
course, subject, facility or instruction thereof if the program,
course, subject, facility or instruction is not in compliance
with rules adopted or conditions prescribed under ORS 181.640
(1)(g) or 181.650 (3).
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