Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) A training
provider shall obtain accreditation from the Forester prior to conducting or
documenting training required by OAR 629-042-1025.
(2) To request accreditation, prospective
training providers shall make application to the Forester and sign an
accreditation agreement.
(3)
Training providers will not be considered accredited until the Forester reviews
and approves their application.
(4)
Applications shall include, but will not be limited to:
(a) A list of the specific training, either
initial, renewal, or both to be provided or documented; and
(b) Evidence the person has had at least two
years total experience either teaching adults or working in the area of
expertise covered by the specific training to be provided or
documented.
(5)
Accreditation agreements shall include, but will not be limited to:
(a) A requirement to provide training using
only curricula or course manuals approved by the Forester;
(b) A requirement to send all training
completion records to the Forester within the period of time required by the
Forester;
(c) A requirement to
maintain training completion records for a minimum of six years;
(d) A requirement to document successful
completion of a training requirement of OAR 629-042-1025 or a test required by
OAR 629-042-1030 only for which they are accredited and for which they have
personal knowledge that the person has properly completed the task being
documented; and
(e) A requirement
that no entry of false information be made into a certification book to be
submitted to the Forester.
(6) Temporary Suspension of documentation
authority.
(a) The Forester may immediately
suspend the documentation authority of a training provider at any time the
Forester determines that the training provider has failed to comply with all
requirements of the accreditation agreement. A training provider may appeal the
temporary suspension of documentation authority is the same manner as section
7(c) of this rule.
(b) Within 30
calendar days of suspending the documentation authority of a training provider,
the Forester must either initiate action to revoke the accreditation of the
training provider or restore the documentation authority of the training
provider.
(7) Revocation
of accreditation
(a) The Forester may revoke
the accreditation of a training provider at any time the Forester determines
that the training provider has failed to comply with all requirements of the
accreditation agreement.
(b) The
Forester shall provide written notice to the training provider of the intent to
revoke an accreditation. The Forester may not revoke an accreditation until
after 30 calendar days from the date of notice.
(c) Accreditation revocation review and
appeals procedures:
(A) A training provider
may request that the Certified Burn Manager Advisory Committee review a
decision to revoke an accreditation, by submitting a request within 30 calendar
days after service of the written notice required by subsection (b) above.
Service is completed at the earlier of actual notice, or depositing a properly
addressed written notice in first class mail, or sending an email to an address
established by the training provider,
(B) The Certified Burn Manager Advisory
Committee shall conduct the requested review at its next scheduled meeting
after the receipt of a request for review.
(C) Following completion of the review
requested, the Certified Burn Manager Advisory Committee shall either affirm or
withdraw the revocation by majority vote.
(D) The Forester or the training provider
whose accreditation has been revoked may appeal the decision of the Certified
Burn Manager Advisory Committee to the Board of Forestry, in the same manner as
appeals under ORS 477.260(2).
(E) Any final resolution by the Board of the
matter raised under section (7)(c) of this rule shall be prepared as a final
order, and any further appeal of the Board's final action shall be as
prescribed by ORS 183.484.
(8) Nothing in these
rules creates a right for review of revocation of training provider
accreditation for employees of the Oregon Department of Forestry.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
526.360
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
526.016 &
526.041
