OAR 837-012-0640: Permits — Denial, Suspension and/or Revocation

(1) The Department of the State Fire Marshal may deny, suspend or revoke a retail permit if a retail permit holder, or an applicant, fails to comply with ORS 480.111 through 480.165 or OAR chapter 837, division 12. (2) The period of denial, suspension or revocation may not exceed three years. In determining the appropriate sanction, the Department of the State Fire Marshal must consider the following criteria: (a) The severity of a violation and the impact on public safety, particularly whether the circumstances of the violation presented a significant fire hazard or other public safety danger; (b) The number of similar or related violations alleged to have been committed in the current transaction, event or occurrence; (c) Whether the violation was willful or intentional; (d) The prior history of sanctions imposed by the Department of the State Fire Marshal against the retail permit holder or applicant; and (e) Other circumstances determined by the Department of the State Fire Marshal to be applicable to the particular violation. (3) Suspension or revocation of a retail permit may include suspension or revocation of the current permit and the right to apply for a subsequent permit. (4) The Department of the State Fire Marshal may deny, suspend, or revoke all retail permits issued to a retail permit holder for each of the permit holder's or applicant's retail sales outlet pursuant to OAR 837-012-0620(2).