Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 624.020 (2026)

License; rules; fee payment; denial, suspension and revocation of licenses; posting; nontransferability

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624.020 License; rules; fee payment; denial, suspension and revocation of licenses; posting; nontransferability. (1) A person may not operate a restaurant or bed and breakfast facility without a license to do so from the Oregon Health Authority.

(2) Application for the license shall be in writing in the form prescribed by the authority and shall contain the name and address of the applicant and any other information that the authority may require. The fee for a license is as provided in ORS 624.490. A license expires annually on December 31 or on such date as may be specified by authority rule.

(3) The Director of the Oregon Health Authority may suspend, deny or revoke any license for violation of any of the applicable provisions of ORS 624.010 to 624.121 or any rule adopted under ORS 624.010 to 624.121.

(4) Procedures for denial, revocation or suspension of a license are as provided in ORS chapter 183.

(5) The licensee shall post evidence of the license in public view at the customary entrance of the restaurant or bed and breakfast facility. A person other than the director may not deface or remove evidence of a license.

(6) A license is not transferable. The authority may not issue a refund representing any unused portion of a license. [Amended by 1953 c.177 §8; 1957 c.672 §2; 1971 c.661 §1; 1973 c.182 §1; 1975 c.526 §4a; 1975 c.607 §44; 1979 c.696 §11; 1983 c.352 §1; 1983 c.533 §6; 1987 c.226 §2; 1991 c.821 §1; 1995 c.578 §2; 2001 c.975 §4; 2003 c.309 §8; 2007 c.768 §32; 2009 c.595 §1000]

624.023 [1979 c.390 §2; renumbered 624.051 in 2007]

624.025 [1957 c.672 §9; 1973 c.182 §2; 1973 c.824 §2; 1975 c.526 §5; 1979 c.696 §12; 1985 c.573 §1; 1991 c.821 §2; 1993 c.151 §2; 1995 c.578 §3; 2003 c.309 §9; renumbered 624.086 in 2007]

624.027 [Formerly part of 624.100; 1973 c.825 §2; renumbered 624.036 in 2007]

624.028 [1973 c.824 §5; 1993 c.151 §1; renumbered 624.106 in 2007]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1993–1993 · leading case: Bruni v. Thacker, 853 P.2d 307 (Or. Ct. App. 1993).

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Bruni v. Thacker, 853 P.2d 307 (Or. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 2× “See also ORS 624.020(6). Defendants argue that the county code either establishes as a matter of law that a bed and breakfast operation is an “incidental or accessory use” of a single family residence or at least raises a question of fact on that point.”

— Or. Rev. Stat. § 624.020(6) — 1 case

Bruni v. Thacker, 853 P.2d 307 (Or. Ct. App. 1993). “See also ORS 624.020(6). Defendants argue that the county code either establishes as a matter of law that a bed and breakfast operation is an “incidental or accessory use” of a single family residence or at least raises a question of fact on that point.”

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