Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 471 § 471.580 — Education provider food or beverage career programs

Education provider food or beverage career programs. (1) As used in this section: (a) “Alcohol equivalence” means the amount of ethanol that would be expected to be present in a beverage based on the standard drink measurement used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (b) “Education provider” means: (A) A community college, as defined in ORS 341.005, offering a food or beverage career program approved by the Higher Education Coordinating Commission; (B) A career school, as defined in ORS 345.010, offering a food or beverage career program approved by the Higher Education Coordinating Commission; (C) A public university offering a food or beverage career program approved by the Higher Education Coordinating Commission or by the governing board of a public university listed in ORS 352.002; or (D) A private and independent institution of higher education, as defined in ORS 350.635, offering a food or beverage career program that qualifies for payment under ORS 350.645. (c) “Food or beverage career program” means a course of study designed to qualify a person for a career in the food service industry or alcoholic beverage industry, including but not limited to a course of study in culinary arts, viticulture, winemaking, enology, brewing or restaurant management. (2) The charging or payment of tuition or a special fee for enrollment in a class that is part of a food or beverage career program or in a workshop or seminar concerning matters related to food or beverage industry workforce training, offered by an education provider, that includes the consumption of alcoholic beverages for educational purposes, is not a sale or purchase of, or other exchange of consideration for, alcoholic beverages. (3) Notwithstanding ORS 471.130, 471.406, 471.410 and 471.475, an education provider may serve alcoholic beverages to a person who is 18, 19 or 20 years of age and may allow the person to possess and consume alcoholic beverages on a licensed or unlicensed premises that the education provider uses for educational purposes if: (a) The person is enrolled as a student in a required or elective class that is part of a food or beverage career program offered by the education provider; (b) The alcoholic beverages are served to, and possessed and consumed by, the person for educational purposes as part of the class curriculum or a workshop or seminar concerning food or beverage workforce training; (c) The service, possession and consumption of the alcoholic beverages are supervised by a faculty or staff member of the education provider who is 21 years of age or older; (d) The person does not purchase the alcoholic beverages; and (e) The amount served to the person for consumption purposes during any two-hour class, workshop or seminar period does not exceed two ounces of alcohol equivalence. (4) Notwithstanding ORS 471.130 or 471.410, a person may serve alcoholic beverages to another person who is 18, 19 or 20 years of age on premises that an education provider uses for educational purposes if: (a) The person served is enrolled as a student in a required or elective class that is part of a food or beverage career program offered by the education provider; (b) The alcoholic beverages are served to, and consumed by, the person for educational purposes as part of the class curriculum or, with the approval of the education provider, as part of a workshop or seminar concerning food or beverage workforce training; (c) The service and consumption of the alcoholic beverages are supervised by a faculty or staff member of the education provider who is 21 years of age or older; (d) The person served does not purchase the alcoholic beverages; and (e) The amount served to the person for consumption purposes during any two-hour class period does not exceed two ounces of alcohol equivalence. (5) Notwithstanding ORS 471.130 or 471.410 or the prohibitions in ORS 471.430, a person who is 18, 19 or 20 years of age may possess and consume alcoholic beverages on a licensed or unlicensed premises that an education provider uses for educational purposes if: (a) The person is enrolled as a student in a required or elective class that is part of a food or beverage career program offered by the education provider; (b) The person possesses and consumes the alcoholic beverages for educational purposes as part of the class curriculum or, with the approval of the education provider, as part of a workshop or seminar concerning food or beverage workforce training; (c) The person possesses and consumes the alcoholic beverages under the supervision of a faculty or staff member of the education provider who is 21 years of age or older; (d) The person does not purchase the alcoholic beverages; and (e) The amount consumed by the person during any two-hour class, workshop or seminar period does not exceed two ounces of alcohol equivalence. (6) Notwithstanding ORS 471.410, a person who