ORS 634.550
Center governing board

  • duties and powers

(1)

There is created a Pesticide Analytical and Response Center with a governing board consisting of the following members:

(a)

The Director of Agriculture or designee.

(b)

The State Forester or designee.

(c)

The State Fish and Wildlife Director or designee.

(d)

The Director of the Department of Environmental Quality or designee.

(e)

The Director of the Oregon Health Authority or designee.

(f)

The Administrator of the Occupational Safety and Health Division or designee.

(g)

The State Fire Marshal or designee.

(h)

The Director of the Poison Control and Drug Information Program of the Oregon Health and Science University or designee.

(i)

One citizen from the state at large appointed jointly by the Director of Agriculture and the Director of the Oregon Health Authority.

(2)

The Director of Agriculture shall appoint an administrator for the Pesticide Analytical and Response Center, who shall be responsible to the board for performance of the duties of the center and the board.

(3)

The Director of Agriculture or designee and the Director of the Oregon Health Authority or designee shall alternate as chairperson of the board for terms of one year each. When one is serving as chairperson, the other shall serve as vice chairperson.

(4)

The board shall seek expert consultation from the extension service toxicology program, the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences and such other sources as may be needed.

(5)

The functions of the board are to:

(a)

Direct the activities and priorities of the administrator of the center.

(b)

Centralize receiving of information relating to actual or alleged health and environmental incidents involving pesticides.

(c)

Mobilize expertise necessary for timely and accurate investigation of pesticide incidents and analyses of associated samples.

(d)

Identify trends and patterns of problems related to pesticide use.

(e)

Make recommendations for action to a state agency when a majority of the board considers that such action may be warranted on the basis of the findings of an incident investigation or on the basis of identification of a trend or pattern of problems. Recommended actions may include, but not be limited to, regulatory action, modification of administrative rules, proposal of new legislation, public education and consultation to industry.

(f)

Develop standard operating procedures for implementation by the public entities represented on the board to coordinate the receipt of, and response to, pesticide-related complaints indicating possible health or environmental effects.

(g)

Report biennially to the Legislative Assembly, or to an interim committee dealing with natural resource issues, regarding activities during the reporting period by the board and by public entities represented on the board regarding the development, implementation, amendment or operation of standard operating procedures described in paragraph (f) of this subsection.

(h)

Report in a standardized format the results of the investigations of pesticide incidents.

(i)

Establish by consensus, procedures for carrying out its responsibilities within the limits of available resources.

(j)

Prepare and submit to each odd-numbered year regular session of the Legislative Assembly a report of the activities of the center that includes a record of recommendations made by the board and the actions resulting from the board’s work.

(6)

Upon receipt of a recommendation from the board, a state agency shall respond in a timely manner to inform the board of actions taken or the reasons for taking no action on the recommendation.

(7)

Any medical information received by a member of the board or by a staff member of the center in the course of carrying out the duties of the center or the board shall be held confidential as provided in ORS 192.553 (Policy for protected health information) to 192.581 (Allowed retention or disclosure of genetic information) and 433.008 (Confidentiality of disclosure).

(8)

The functions of the board do not supersede the regulatory authority of any agency and are not in lieu of the regulatory authority of any agency. [1991 c.729 §2; 2001 c.2 §1; 2003 c.86 §14; 2009 c.595 §1040; 2011 c.545 §64; 2013 c.111 §3; 2015 c.833 §14]

Source: Section 634.550 — Center governing board; duties and powers, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors634.­html.

634.005
Short title
634.006
Definitions
634.016
Registration of pesticides and application devices
634.022
Exemption from registration for experimental pesticides
634.026
Pesticide labeling requirements
634.032
When pesticide is misbranded
634.036
When pesticide is adulterated
634.042
Unsafe use of certain pesticides on raw agricultural commodities
634.045
Avoidance of adverse effects on pollinating insects
634.048
Website information regarding pesticides
634.055
Legislative findings
634.057
State preemption of local pesticide regulation
634.060
Actions allowed by city, town, county or other political subdivision
634.063
Exceptions to state preemption of pesticide regulation
634.065
Department consideration of concerns raised by city, town, county or political subdivision
634.106
Applicability of ORS 634.112 to 634.126 and 634.146
634.112
Renewal of licenses or certificates
634.116
Pesticide operator license
634.122
Applicator license
634.126
Trainee certificate
634.128
Aerial pesticide applicator certificate
634.132
Consultant license
634.136
Dealer license
634.142
Private applicator certificate
634.146
Records required of operators
634.148
Retesting following violation
634.172
Procedure for making liability claim against landowner or pesticide operator
634.206
Continuation of protected and restricted areas created by former law
634.212
Formation of protected areas
634.216
Protected area as governmental subdivision upon completion of required filings
634.222
Determination of lawful establishment of protected area in actions or proceedings
634.226
Protected area governing committee
634.232
Restricted area formation
634.236
Increasing or decreasing size of protected area
634.242
Taxing power of area committee
634.306
General duties and powers of department
634.312
Department to develop programs for solution of pesticide and synthetic chemical problems
634.316
List of highly toxic and restricted-use pesticides
634.322
Enforcement powers of department
634.326
Use of moneys received by department
634.372
Prohibited acts
634.375
Sanctions for failure to pay civil penalty
634.410
Study of effects of thiram on health and safety
634.415
Rules to insure adequate precautionary measures in use of thiram in reforestation
634.420
Limit on use of thiram
634.425
Construction of ORS 634.410 to 634.425
634.500
Definitions for ORS 634.500 to 634.520
634.505
Prohibition against sale of compound that releases certain substances in water
634.510
Conditions for sale
634.515
Sale by pesticide dealer
634.520
Report of sales to department
634.550
Center governing board
634.555
Pesticide incident telephone line
634.557
Biennial reporting of telephone line operations
634.600
Committee members
634.650
Definitions for ORS 634.650 to 634.665
634.653
Appointment of State Integrated Pest Management Coordinator
634.655
Policy
634.657
Integrated Pest Management Coordinating Committee
634.660
Agencies and universities required to implement integrated pest management
634.665
Agencies and universities to provide personnel training
634.700
Definitions for ORS 634.700 to 634.750
634.705
Adoption of integrated pest management plan and related provisions
634.710
Plan selection
634.720
Plan coordinators
634.725
Application of low-impact pesticide
634.728
Pesticides used at community colleges for research or instruction
634.730
Reentry into sprayed area
634.740
Written notice requirements
634.750
Pesticide application records
634.900
Penalty for certain violations
634.905
When penalty payable
634.910
Reduction of penalty
634.915
Schedule for penalty amounts
634.925
Disposition of penalties collected
634.992
Criminal penalties
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