OAR 845-002-0210: Definitions

As used in OAR chapter 845, division 002, unless the context of the rule requires otherwise, the following definitions apply: (1) "Approved" means that, pursuant to a preliminary fitness determination under OAR 845-002-0240 or a final fitness determination under 845-002-0260, an authorized designee has determined that the subject individual is fit to be an employee, volunteer, contractor or vendor in a position covered by 845-002-0220. (2) "Authorized Designee" means a Commission employee authorized to obtain and review criminal offender information and other criminal records information about a subject individual through criminal records checks and other means, and to conduct a fitness determination in accordance with these rules. (3) “Commission”, “The Commission” or “OLCC” means the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission or any subdivision thereof. (4) "Conviction" means that a court of law has entered a final judgment on a verdict or finding of guilty, a plea of guilty, or a plea of nolo contendere (no contest) against a subject individual in a criminal case, unless that judgment has been reversed or set aside by a subsequent court decision. (5) “Criminal Offender Information” includes records and related data as to physical description and vital statistics, fingerprints received and compiled by the Oregon Department of State Police Bureau of Criminal Identification for purposes of identifying criminal offenders and alleged offenders, records of arrests and the nature and disposition of criminal charges, including sentencing, confinement, parole and release. (6) "Criminal Records Check" or "CRC" means one of three processes undertaken to check the criminal history of a subject individual: (a) A check of criminal offender information and motor vehicle registration and driving records conducted through the Law Enforcement Data System (LEDS) maintained by the Oregon Department of State Police, in accordance with the rules adopted and procedures established by the Oregon Department of State Police (LEDS Criminal Records Check); (b) A check of Oregon criminal offender information, including through fingerprint identification, conducted by the Oregon Department of State Police at the Commission’s request (Oregon Criminal Records Check); or (c) A nationwide check of federal criminal offender information, including through fingerprint identification, conducted by the Oregon Department of State Police through the Federal Bureau of Investigation or otherwise at the Commission’s request (Nationwide Criminal Records Check). (7) "Criminal Records Check and Fitness Determination Rules" or "These Rules" means OAR chapter 845, division 002. (8) "Denied" means that, pursuant to a preliminary fitness determination under OAR 845-002-0240 or a final fitness determination under 845-002-0260, an authorized designee has determined that the subject individual is not fit to be an employee, volunteer, contractor or vendor in a position covered by 845-002-0220. (9) "False Statement" means that, in association with an activity governed by these rules, a subject individual either provided the Commission with materially false information about his or her criminal history, such as materially false information about his or her identity or conviction record, or failed to provide to the Commission information material to determining his or her criminal history. (10) "Fitness Determination" means a determination made by an authorized designee pursuant to the process established in OAR 845-002-0240 (preliminary fitness determination) or 845-002-0260 (final fitness determination) that a subject individual is or is not fit to be a Commission employee, volunteer, contractor or vendor in a position covered by 845-002-0220. (11) "Other Criminal Records Information" means any information, in addition to criminal offender information, sought or obtained by the Commission about a subject individual relevant to determining the individual’s criminal history. (12) “Potentially Disqualifying Crimes” means a crime listed or described in OAR 845-002-0270. (13) "Related" means that an individual has a relationship with another person described by one of the following labels: spouse, domestic partner, natural parent, foster parent, adoptive parent, stepparent, child, foster child, adopted child, stepchild, sibling, stepbrother, stepsister, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew or first cousin. (14) “Subject Individual” means an individual identified in OAR 845-002-0220 as someone whom the Commission may require fingerprints for the purpose of conducting a criminal records check.