Chapter 830 Oregon Laws 1999
Session Law
AN ACT
SB 1117
Relating to engineering
regulation; amending ORS 672.060.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
ORS 672.060 is amended to read:
672.060. ORS 672.002 to 672.325 do not apply to:
(1) Any registered architect practicing architecture.
(2) Any registered sanitarian or registered sanitarian trainee
working under the supervision of a registered sanitarian practicing
environmental sanitation, or any registered waste water sanitarian or
registered waste water sanitarian trainee working under the supervision of a
registered waste water sanitarian practicing waste water sanitation.
(3) Any person working as an employee or a subordinate of a
registered professional engineer if:
(a) The work of the person does not include final engineering
designs or decisions;
(b) The work of the person is done under the supervision and
control of and is verified by a registered professional engineer; and
(c) The person does not purport to be an engineer or registered
professional engineer by any verbal claim, sign, advertisement, letterhead,
card or title.
(4) Any person practicing land surveying under the supervision
of a registered professional land surveyor or registered professional engineer.
The exemption in this subsection does not allow an engineer to supervise any
land surveying activity the engineer could not personally perform under ORS
672.025.
(5) An individual, firm, partnership or corporation practicing
engineering or land surveying:
(a) On property owned or leased by the individual, firm,
partnership or corporation, or on property in which the individual, firm,
partnership or corporation has an interest, estate or possessory right; and
(b) Which affects exclusively the property or interests of the
individual, firm, partnership or corporation, unless the safety or health of
the public, including employees and visitors, is involved.
(6) The performance of engineering work by any person, firm or
corporation, or by full-time employees of any of them, provided:
(a) The work is in connection with or incidental to the
operations of such persons, firms or corporations; and
(b) The engineering work is not offered directly to the public.
(7) A person executing engineering work designed by a
professional engineer or supervising the construction of such work as a foreman
or superintendent.
(8) A landowner performing land surveying within the boundaries
of the landowner's land or the landowner's regular employee performing land
surveying services as part of the employee's official duties within the
boundaries of the land of the employer.
(9) An individual, firm, partnership or corporation offering to
practice engineering or land surveying if:
(a) The individual, firm, partnership or corporation holds a
certificate of registration to engage in the practice of professional
engineering or land surveying issued by the proper authority of any other
state, a territory or possession of the United States, or a foreign country;
and
(b) The offer includes a written statement that the offeror is
not registered to practice engineering or land surveying in the State of
Oregon, but will comply with ORS 672.002 to 672.325 by having a person holding
a valid certificate of registration in this state in responsible charge of the
work prior to performing any engineering or land surveying work within this
state.
(10) A person making
plans or specifications for, or supervising the erection, enlargement or
alteration of, a building, or any appurtenance thereto, if the building is to
be used for a single family residential dwelling or farm building or is a
structure used in connection with or auxiliary to a single family residential
dwelling or farm building, including but not limited to a three-car garage,
barn, shed or shelter used for the housing of domestic animals or livestock.
Nothing in ORS 672.002 to 672.325 shall prevent any person from making plans or
specifications for, or supervising the erection, enlargement or alteration of,
any building, or any appurtenance thereto, where the building has a ground area
of 4,000 square feet or less and is not more than 20 feet in height from the
top surface of lowest flooring to the highest interior overhead finish of the
structure.
Approved by the Governor
July 21, 1999
Filed in the office of
Secretary of State July 21, 1999
Effective date October 23,
1999
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