ORS 460.045: Permits, licenses, certificates and authorizations required.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
A person may not: (1) Engage in the business of installation, alteration, repair or maintenance of an elevator without an elevator contractor license issued under ORS 460.005 to 460.175 or 479.510 to 479.945. (2) Install, alter, repair or maintain an elevator unless the person possesses a valid license issued under ORS 460.059 or 479.630 (6). (3) Install, alter, or commence to install or alter, an elevator covered by ORS 460.005 to 460.175 unless the Department of Consumer and Business Services has issued an installation permit. (4) Permit or suffer an elevator to be operated, without a valid temporary operation authorization or current operating permit, on property that the person owns, controls, manages or supervises. (5) Act or offer to act as a certified elevator inspector unless the person has a current certificate of competency as an elevator inspector issued by the department. (6) Place in service a new or altered elevator without a current operating permit issued after a satisfactory acceptance inspection made by the department and satisfactory acceptance tests performed in the presence of a member of the department’s staff of elevator inspectors. (7) Place in service an elevator that has caused an injury to a person or persons unless permission has been obtained from the department. [1961 c.427 §5; 1973 c.528 §4; 1999 c.1031 §4; 2005 c.616 §3; 2009 c.696 §4]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 918-400-0275: Accident Reporting — implements
- OAR 918-400-0333: Scope of Elevator Licensing — implements
- OAR 918-400-0340: Elevator Contractor License — implements
- OAR 918-400-0535: Installation and Alteration Permits — Interpretation — implements
- OAR 918-400-0535: Installation and Alteration Permits — Interpretation — authority
- OAR 918-400-0545: Permits for Installation or Alteration — implements
- OAR 918-400-0545: Permits for Installation or Alteration — authority
This rule cites
- ORS 460.005 — resolved
- 460.175 — resolved
- 479.510 — resolved
- 479.945 — resolved
- ORS 460.059 — resolved
- 479.630 — resolved
Cited by
- ORS 460.047: Persons authorized to conduct mechanical and electrical repairs in industrial plant.
- ORS 460.061: Mechanical work on reciprocating conveyors; rules; fees.
- OAR 918-400-0333: Scope of Elevator Licensing
- OAR 918-400-0380: Limited Elevator and Reciprocating Conveyor Licenses
- OAR 918-400-0535: Installation and Alteration Permits — Interpretation
- OAR 918-400-0670: Use of Minor Installation Labels
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors460.html