OAR 603-025-0525: Definitions

(1) The definitions in this rule apply to OAR 603-025-0520 to 603-025-0535. (2) “Required authorization” means a license, permit, certificate or other approval for the operation of a food establishment that a person is required by law to obtain from the department. (3) “Fails to obtain a required authorization,” including variations of that phrase, means that a food establishment is operating without an authorization from the department that is required by law. “Fails to obtain a required authorization” includes, but is not limited to, when a food establishment fails to pay a license payment within 14 calendar days of the department’s initial approval inspection or a change of ownership, in which case the failure to obtain a required authorization is treated as beginning on the 14th calendar day after the department’s initial approval inspection or a change of ownership. (4) “Food establishment” has the meaning given that term in ORS 616.695. (5) “Lapsed” means that a required authorization has expired.