Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1)
"Electrical engineering" is the design of the electric power, control, and fire
and life safety systems with the following electrical services:
(a) Below 250 volts, 96 Kva and
above;
(b) Above 250 volts, and
less than 600 volts, 150 Kva and above;
(c) Above 600 volts.
(2) Example where the services of a
registered engineer may be required include the design of electrical systems
for the following:
(a) Hospitals;
(b) Nursing Homes;
(c) Homes for Aged (with medical care and/or
central dining facilities);
(d)
Retirement Homes (with medical care and/or central dining
facilities);
(e) Auditoriums
(includes Concert Halls and Assembly Places for 100 or more persons);
(f) Schools;
(g) Gymnasiums;
(h) Fraternal Buildings;
(i) Structures under the purview of UBC 1807
with Oregon amendments;
(j)
Multi-family Dwellings;
(k) Planned
Unit Developments;
(l) Retail
Stores;
(m) Office
Buildings.
(3) The Board
recognizes that there may be some electrical systems in the above listed
structures, which are not sufficiently complex to require the services of a
registered engineer. These systems may be submitted to the Board prior to issue
of a building permit, and the requirement for a registered engineer may be
waived.
(4) The design of
electrical systems for the following structures are exempted from the
requirements of subsection (1) of this rule:
(a) Duplex dwellings and structures used in
connection with or auxiliary to a single-family dwelling or a duplex
dwelling.
(b) Farm buildings and
structures used in connection with or auxiliary to a farm building, public,
commercial, industrial, or storage buildings where electric power use is
limited to general purpose lighting, branch circuits not exceeding 60 amps, and
the voltage not exceeding 250 volts.
(c) Any electrical contractor whose practice
includes the installation and fabrication of electrical systems which they
install by virtue of a license issued under ORS
479.510 to
479.990, which requires
an aggregate service capacity below that defined in subsection (1) of this rule
is exempted from the requirements of subsection (1) of this
rule.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
670.310 & 672.255
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
672.002 - 672.325
