Chapter 598 Oregon Laws 1999

Session Law

AN ACT

HB 2819

Relating to Board of Boiler Rules; amending ORS 480.575.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

SECTION 1. ORS 480.575 is amended to read:

480.575. (1) A special inspector's certificate of competency may be suspended or revoked by the Board of Boiler Rules for incompetency, untrustworthiness or for any willful falsehood in the special inspector's application or in any inspection report.

(2) [No] A certificate of competency shall not be suspended or revoked until after a hearing has been held before the board. The special inspector and the employer of the special inspector are entitled to appear at such hearings and to be heard.

(3) The board shall deliver to both the special inspector charged and to the employer of the special inspector, not less than 10 days prior to the hearing, a written notice of the charges and of the time and place of such hearing.

(4) The chief inspector appointed under ORS 480.565 may temporarily suspend a special inspector's certificate of competency pending a hearing before the board under this section. The hearing shall be held within 45 days of the date the special inspector's certificate is suspended. A temporary suspension under this subsection shall not be effective for more than 45 days.

[(4)] (5) A special inspector whose certificate of competency has been suspended or revoked may apply for the reinstatement thereof not less than 90 days after the time of revocation.

Approved by the Governor July 12, 1999

Filed in the office of Secretary of State July 12, 1999

Effective date October 23, 1999

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