OAR 800-010-0017: Incompetence and Negligence

Edition: Current OARD snapshotEffective: 2025-07-31Last verified: 2026-09-07

Under ORS 673.700(3): (1) A licensee is incompetent when they have engaged in conduct where a lack of ability, fitness, or knowledge to perform their professional functions is evident. (2) A licensee is negligent when they have engaged in conduct detrimental to the client.

Official history and status

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 670.310(1) & 673.730(10)

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 673.700(3) & 673.700(7)

History: BTP 1-2025, amend filed 07/30/2025, effective 07/31/2025 BTP 1-2015, f. 1-16-15, cert. ef. 2-1-15 BTP 1-2010, f. 1-19-10, cert. ef. 2-1-10 BTP 1-2008, f. 1-14-08, cert. ef. 2-1-08 BTP 1-2003, f. & cert. ef. 9-23-03 TSE 1-1991, f. & cert. ef. 1-3-91 TSE 9-1990(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 10-30-90 TSE 8-1990, f. & cert. ef. 9-4-90

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