OAR 839-011-0270: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Administrative Cancellation or Completion of Apprenticeship Agreements

(1) Whenever a local committee has insufficient members to conduct business, has not met at least once within a six-month period or has been dissolved by Council, the Director may: (a) Cancel an apprenticeship agreement: (A) At the apprentice's request; or (B) For good cause as defined by ORS Chapter 660.060(7) or; (C) In the case of program deregistration, or for the failure to hold registered training standards. (b) Complete an apprenticeship agreement when documentation has been submitted to the Director demonstrating that the apprentice has fulfilled the required related instruction and on the job training as set forth in the standards established by the committee. (2) Absent exceptional circumstances demonstrated by a local committee, apprentices referred for a license exam will be administratively completed by the Director within one (1) year of referral, with or without benefit of license. Examples of exceptional circumstances are military service; illness; injury or incapacitation of the apprentice. (a) Local committees may complete apprentices without benefit of license earlier than one (1) year of referral in accordance with approved committee policies and procedures. (3) Such action by the Director or the committee shall be taken pursuant to the following procedure: (a) Notice and an opportunity to show cause to the Council, through the Division, shall be provided by certified mail to the apprentice, employer, committee, Council and any interested parties before any action to administratively complete or cancel an agreement; and (b) Written notice to the apprentice, committee, Council and any interested parties of the final action taken by the Director. (4) An apprentice may appeal an administrative cancellation as an order other than a contested case order under ORS Chapter 183.484.