OAR 830-001-0000: Model Rules of Procedure and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

(1) The Attorney General's Model Rules of Procedure under the Administrative Procedures Act, which became effective January 1, 2012, are by this reference adopted as rules of administrative procedure of the Board and shall be controlling except as otherwise required by statute or rule. (2) Prior to the adoption, amendment or repeal of any rule, the Mortuary and Cemetery Board shall give notice of the intended action: (a) In the Secretary of State's Bulletin referred to in ORS 183.360 at least 21 days before the effective date of the rule; (b) By mailing, or if requested, emailing a copy of the notice to persons on the Mortuary and Cemetery Board's mailing list established pursuant to ORS 183.335(8) at least 28 days before the effective date of the rule; (c) By mailing, emailing, or furnishing a copy of the notice to the United Press International and Associated Press, Oregon Funeral Directors Association and the Cemetery Association of Oregon; (d) By mailing, emailing, or furnishing a copy of the notice to licensees, certificate holders of the Board, State Medical Examiner, the Center for Health Statistics of the State Health Division, District Attorneys within the state; (e) By emailing a copy of the notice to the legislators specified in ORS 183.335(15) at least 49 days before the effective date of the intended action. [ED. NOTE: The full text of the Attorney General’s Model Rules of Procedure is available from the office of the Attorney General or Mortuary Board.]