OAR 918-674-0800: Temporary rule language in effect until 12/27/2026. Prefabricated Third-Party Agency

(1) A prefabricated third-party agency may contract with a manufacturer of prefabricated buildings for plan review and in-plant inspection services under ORS Chapter 455.705 and these rules. (2) A municipality administering and enforcing a building inspection program under ORS 455.148 or 455.150 may apply to become a prefabricated third-party agency and contract with a prefabricated building manufacturer to provide plan review and in-plant inspection services under ORS Chapter 455.705 and these rules. (3) The manufacturing facility that a prefabricated third-party agency may contract with must be physically located within the state of Oregon. All prefabricated building manufacturers located outside the state of Oregon must receive services from the division or as allowed under ORS 455.430. (4) A prefabricated building manufacturer may not contract with more than one prefabricated third-party agency for any one manufacturing facility to provide plan review services or similar inspection services during the same time period unless each prefabricated third-party agency is inspecting a different discipline, such as electrical, plumbing, structural, or mechanical. (5) A prefabricated third-party agency operates under the authority and direction of the division’s appointed building official charged with the administration of the division’s prefabricated structures program. (6) A prefabricated third-party agency may not perform plan review or inspection of alterations to Oregon-approved prefabricated buildings unless the division authorizes the prefabricated third-party agency to do so. Authorization is on a case-by-case basis. (7) Unless specified otherwise, a prefabricated third-party agency provides plan review and inspection services using the applicable provisions in these rules including, but not limited to: (a) Division adopted definitions in OAR 918-674-0510; (b) Applicable codes and standards in OAR 918-674-0550; (c) Inspection requirements in OAR 918-674-0570; (d) Plan requirements in OAR’s 918-674-0590 through 918-674-0620; (e) Compliance and right of entry in OAR 918-674-0650; (f) Records requirements in OAR 918-674-0660; and (g) Insignia of compliance provisions in OAR 918-674-0130. (8) A prefabricated third-party agency may not perform plan reviews or inspections of any prefabricated building associated with a reciprocity project authorized by ORS 455.430.