Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING
Division 61 - INVESTIGATOR LICENSING STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS
Section 259-061-0018 - Investigator Licensure Requirements and Exemptions
Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 259-061-0018
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) A person may not act as an investigator or represent themselves as an investigator unless they are licensed as described in ORS 703.430 and these rules.
(2) The following rules provide further definition of the exemptions from licensure found in ORS 703.401 to 703.490.
(a) Persons described in ORS
703.411 are exempt
from regulation as private investigators.
(b) For the purposes of ORS
703.411(1),
a person is "employed exclusively by one employer in connection with the
affairs of that employer only" when;
(A) The
person has one, exclusive employer; and
(B) The person conducts investigations on
behalf of that employer only. This subsection does not apply to a person who
conducts investigations on behalf of the employer's clients.
(C) Subsection (b) of this rule applies as of
August 9, 2011.
(c) The
exemption found in ORS
703.411(2)
includes individuals providing investigatory work through a contract or
sub-contract for the federal government while the individual is performing the
duties of the office or employment.
(d) For the purposes of this rule, the expert
witness exemption to private investigator licensing requirements found in ORS
703.407 does not apply to an individual hired as an investigator to obtain or furnish
information who later testifies as to the factual information obtained during
the investigation.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 703.480
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 703.407, ORS 703.411, ORS 703.430, ORS 703.450 & ORS 703.480
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