OAR 820-020-0005: Preamble

(1) In order to safeguard life, health and property, to promote the public welfare, and to establish and maintain a high standard of integrity and practice, the following Rules of Professional Conduct shall be binding on: (a) Any individual holding a certificate of registration, or a temporary authorization, or enrolled as an intern. (b) Any individual submitting an application to the Board for a certificate of registration or for enrollment as an intern. (2) All persons registered or applying for registration or enrollment under ORS 672.002 to 672.325 are charged with having knowledge of these Rules of Professional Conduct, and are deemed to be familiar with their provisions and to understand them. Such knowledge encompasses the understanding that the practice of engineering, land surveying, and photogrammetric mapping is a privilege and not a right. (3) In these Rules of Professional Conduct, the word "registrant" means any person holding a license or certificate issued by this Board.