ORS 346.510: Definitions for ORS 346.510 to 346.570.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
As used in ORS 346.510 to 346.570: (1) “Cafeteria” means a food-dispensing facility: (a) That can provide a variety of prepared foods and beverages; (b) Where a patron may move through a self-service line; (c) That may employ some servers to wait on patrons; and (d) That provides seating suitable for patrons to consume meals. (2) “Healthy vending item” and “local vending item” have the meanings given those terms by rules adopted by the Commission for the Blind in consultation with the Public Health Director and the business enterprise consumer committee. (3) “Person who is blind” means a person who has not more than 20/200 visual acuity in the better eye with best correction or whose visual acuity, if better than 20/200, is accompanied by a limit to the field of vision to such a degree that its widest diameter subtends an angle of no greater than 20 degrees and whose blindness is certified by a licensed physician who specializes in diseases of the eye. (4) “Political subdivision” means a local government as defined in ORS 174.116, a municipality, town or village of this state. (5) “Public building” or “property” means a building, land or other real property, or a portion of a building, land or other real property, that is occupied by a department or an agency of the State of Oregon or by a political subdivision, except for a public elementary school, a secondary school, a public university listed in ORS 352.002 or a public corporation created pursuant to ORS 353.020. (6) “Vending facility” means: (a) Shelters, counters, shelving, display and wall cases, refrigerating apparatus and other appropriate auxiliary equipment that are necessary or customarily used for the vending of articles, including an established mix of healthy vending items approved by the Commission for the Blind and the agency, department or political subdivision charged with maintaining the public building or property where the vending facility is located; (b) Vending machines; or (c) Cafeterias or snack bars for the dispensing of foodstuffs and beverages. (7) “Vending facility manager” means a person who is: (a) Blind; (b) Responsible for the day-to-day conduct of the vending facility operation; and (c) Licensed under ORS 346.510 to 346.570. (8) “Vending machine” means a manual or coin-operated machine or a similar device used for vending articles, including machines or devices that accept electronic payment. (9) “Visitor venue” means a public building or property that is operated by a political subdivision of this state and that is: (a) A convention, event or exposition center; (b) A zoo; (c) A performing arts center; (d) A museum; (e) A golf course; (f) A facility primarily used for sporting events; or (g) A commercial airport owned and operated by a city, a county or a port district organized under ORS chapter 778. [1957 c.295 §2; 1975 c.638 §7; 2007 c.70 §131; 2017 c.717 §12; 2019 c.505 §1; 2021 c.630 §15]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 585-015-0000: Introduction — implements
- OAR 585-015-0010: Licensing — implements
- OAR 585-015-0015: Vacancies — implements
- OAR 585-015-0020: Set-Aside Funds — implements
- OAR 585-015-0025: Responsibilities — implements
- OAR 585-015-0030: Business Enterprise Consumer Committee — implements
- OAR 585-015-0035: Dispute Resolution — implements
- OAR 585-015-0040: Vending Machine Income from Federal Property — implements
- OAR 585-015-0050: Subcontracting — implements
- OAR 585-015-0055: Fair Minimum Return — implements
This rule cites
- ORS 346.510 — resolved
- 346.570 — resolved
- ORS 174.116 — resolved
- ORS 352.002 — resolved
- ORS 353.020 — resolved
- ORS chapter 778 — target_record_not_published
Cited by
- ORS 346.520: Persons who are blind to have priorities and preferences to operate vending facilities in public buildings or on public property; charges prohibited; exception.
- ORS 346.525: Priorities and preferences for persons who are blind to operate vending facilities in public buildings.
- ORS 346.530: Notice to commission on vending facilities locations; notification of reason for refusal of commission offer.
- ORS 346.543: Aid by commission to persons with visual impairments to enable operation of vending facility.
- ORS 346.550: Commodities and articles that may be sold at vending facilities.
- ORS 346.560: Manager subject to applicable policies, rules, laws and ordinances.
- ORS 346.565: Participation in state health benefit plan and deferred compensation plan.
- ORS 346.570: Rights of persons operating vending facilities prior to August 20, 1957.
- ORS 689.561: Prescription readers; compatible labels; exception; rules.
- OAR 585-015-0000: Introduction
- OAR 585-015-0005: Definitions
- OAR 585-015-0025: Responsibilities
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors346.html