Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 471 § 471.542 — Alcohol server education course and examination; fees; rules

Alcohol server education course and examination; fees; rules. (1) The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission shall require an individual applying for issuance or renewal of a service permit or temporary service permit issued under ORS 471.375 to complete an approved alcohol server education course and examination as a condition of the issuance or renewal of the permit. (2) The commission shall by rule establish requirements for requalification for a service permit. A permittee shall provide proof to the commission that the permittee has met the requirements established under this subsection once every five years after the permittee completes the initial alcohol server education course and examination. The requirements must include a requirement to retake the alcohol server education course and pass the examination. (3) The commission may extend the time period described in subsection (2) of this section upon a showing of hardship. (4) The standards and curriculum of alcohol server education courses must include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) Alcohol as a drug and its effects on the body and behavior, especially driving ability. (b) Effects of alcohol in combination with commonly used legal, prescription or nonprescription, drugs and illegal drugs. (c) Recognizing the problem drinker and community treatment programs and agencies. (d) State alcohol beverage laws such as prohibition of sale to minors and sale to intoxicated persons, sale for on-premises or off-premises consumption, hours of operation and penalties for violation of the laws. (e) Drunk driving laws and liquor liability statutes. (f) Intervention with the problem customer, including ways to cut off service, ways to deal with the belligerent customer and alternative means of transportation to get the customer safely home. (g) Advertising and marketing for safe and responsible drinking patterns and standard operating procedures for dealing with customers. (5) The commission shall adopt rules to impose reasonable fees for administrative costs on alcohol server education course instructors and providers. (6) The commission shall provide alcohol server education courses and examinations through independent contractors, private persons or private or public schools certified by the commission. The commission shall adopt rules governing the manner in which alcohol server education courses and examinations are made available to individuals required to take the courses and examinations. In adopting rules under this subsection, the commission shall consider alternative means of providing courses, including but not limited to providing courses through audiotapes, videotapes, the Internet and other electronic media. [1985 c.658 §§2,3; 1987 c.851 §3; 1989 c.120 §6; 1989 c.178 §7; 1989 c.271 §1; 1997 c.803 §7; 1999 c.351 §36; 1999 c.1062 §8; 2001 c.785 §16; 2009 c.350 §4; 2011 c.9 §65; 2019 c.676 §2; 2021 c.351 §115; 2024 c.40 §15]