ORS 820.380: Illegal ambulance or emergency vehicle sirens; exemption; penalty.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) A person commits the offense of illegal ambulance or emergency vehicle sirens if the person drives or moves on any highway or owns and causes or knowingly permits to be driven or moved on any highway an ambulance or emergency vehicle that does not contain and is not at all times equipped with sirens or other audible signals in proper conditions and adjustment as required under ORS 820.370. (2) This section does not apply to any ambulance or person operating or owning an ambulance if the ambulance or person is exempted by ORS 682.035 or 682.079 from regulation by the Oregon Health Authority. (3) Authority of political subdivisions to regulate sirens and other audible signals is limited under ORS 682.031. (4) The offense described under this section, illegal ambulance or emergency vehicle sirens, is a Class C traffic violation. [1983 c.338 §765; 1995 c.209 §2; 1995 c.383 §31; 2009 c.595 §1150] 820.380. (1) A person commits the offense of illegal ambulance, organ transport vehicle or emergency vehicle sirens if the person drives or moves on any highway or owns and causes or knowingly permits to be driven or moved on any highway an ambulance, organ transport vehicle or emergency vehicle that does not contain and is not at all times equipped with sirens or other audible signals in proper conditions and adjustment as required under ORS 820.370. (2) This section does not apply to any ambulance or person operating or owning an ambulance if the ambulance or person is exempted by ORS 682.035 or 682.079 from regulation by the Oregon Health Authority. (3) Authority of political subdivisions to regulate sirens and other audible signals is limited under ORS 682.031. (4) The offense described under this section, illegal ambulance, organ transport vehicle or emergency vehicle sirens, is a Class C traffic violation. IMPLEMENTS OF HUSBANDRY
Official history and status
History: Note: The amendments to 820.380 by section 22, chapter 278, Oregon Laws 2025, become operative January 1, 2027. See section 24, chapter 278, Oregon Laws 2025. The text that is operative on and after January 1, 2027, is set forth for the user’s convenience.
This rule cites
- ORS 820.370 — resolved
- ORS 682.035 — resolved
- 682.079 — resolved
- ORS 682.031 — resolved
Cited by
- ORS 153.535: Delivery of summons for certain traffic offenses.
- ORS 682.019: Receipt and disbursement of federal funds.
- ORS 682.031: Local ordinances regulating ambulances and emergency medical services providers.
- ORS 682.035: Application of ORS chapter 682.
- ORS 682.045: Licenses; form and contents; future responsibility filing.
- ORS 682.047: Issuance of license; duration; transferability; display; replacement; fees; rules.
- ORS 682.079: Power of Oregon Health Authority to grant exemptions or variances; rules.
- ORS 682.220: Denial, suspension or revocation of license; investigation; confidentiality of information.
- ORS 815.225: Violation of use limits on sound equipment; exemptions; penalty.
- ORS 815.230: Violation of sound equipment requirements; exemptions; penalty.
- ORS 820.370: Ambulance or emergency vehicle sirens.
- OAR 333-250-0215: Review of License Application
- OAR 333-250-0220: Approval of License Application
- OAR 333-250-0250: Operational Requirements
- OAR 333-250-0270: Personnel
- OAR 333-250-0340: Waiver or Variance from Standards
- OAR 333-250-0390: Informal Enforcement
- OAR 333-250-0400: Formal Enforcement
- OAR 333-255-0015: Review of Ambulance Vehicle License Application
- OAR 333-255-0020: Approval of Ambulance Vehicle License
- OAR 333-255-0120: Informal Enforcement
- OAR 333-255-0125: Formal Enforcement
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors820.html