(1) ORS § 690.005 to 690.225 do not apply to:

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(a) Persons who perform service without compensation in case of emergency or in domestic administration.

(b) Persons licensed by a health professional regulatory board listed in ORS § 676.160 who are acting within the scope of their professional license.

(c) Persons identified by the Health Licensing Office or Board of Cosmetology by rule who are acting under the authority of a hospital or long term care facility licensed under ORS § 441.025 or a residential care facility licensed under ORS § 443.415.

(d) Persons engaged in rendering emergency medical assistance as defined in ORS § 30.800.

(e) Persons licensed by the State Board of Pharmacy, merchants or other individuals when demonstrating apparatus or supplies for purposes of sale.

(f) Commissioned medical and surgical officers and personnel of the United States Armed Services while operating on a military base and personnel of correctional institutions while operating on the premises of a correctional facility.

(g) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, persons applying temporary makeup, combing hair, brushing hair, braiding hair, applying hair spray or holding cream to hair or styling hair through the use of barrettes, ties, clips, ribbons and other similar hair accessories for the sole purpose of preparing an individual for a professional photograph, provided that the person does not use any product that alters the keratin of the individual’s hair.

(h) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, persons applying temporary makeup or styling hair by any method for the sole purpose of preparing an individual for a professional film or video performance or a theatrical performance.

(i) A student while engaged in training at the direction of and under the direct supervision of the faculty of a school.

(j) Persons performing spray tanning services using a handheld airbrush tanning device that applies to another individual, without physical contact, a spray tanning solution that may include, but is not limited to, products containing dihydroxyacetone.

(2) The office may exempt from ORS § 690.005 to 690.225 practitioners providing services at charitable or fund-raising events. In establishing an exemption, the office shall consider and evaluate each written request on an individual basis.

(3) The office may develop and disseminate guidelines for persons described in subsection (1)(g) and (h) of this section for the purpose of ensuring sanitation and hygiene best practices. The office is not required to adopt rules to implement this subsection. [1977 c.886 § 2; 1983 c.151 § 3; 1987 c.31 § 4; 1993 c.45 § 297; 1993 c.267 § 3; 1995 c.343 § 63; 1999 c.425 § 3; 2005 c.117 § 3; 2009 c.701 § 32; 2013 c.188 § 1; 2013 c.290 § 3; 2013 c.568 § 78; 2015 c.794 § 1; 2023 c.273 § 6]

The amendments to 690.025 by section 6, chapter 273, Oregon Laws 2023, become operative July 1, 2024. See section 19, chapter 273, Oregon Laws 2023. The text that is operative until July 1, 2024, is set forth for the user’s convenience.

(1) ORS § 690.005 to 690.225 do not apply to:

(a) Persons who perform service without compensation in case of emergency or in domestic administration.

(b) Persons licensed by a health professional regulatory board listed in ORS § 676.160 who are acting within the scope of their professional license.

(c) Persons identified by the Health Licensing Office or Board of Cosmetology by rule who are acting under the authority of a hospital or long term care facility licensed under ORS § 441.025 or a residential facility licensed under ORS § 443.415.

(d) Persons engaged in rendering emergency medical assistance as defined in ORS § 30.800.

(e) Persons licensed by the State Board of Pharmacy, merchants or other individuals when demonstrating apparatus or supplies for purposes of sale.

(f) Commissioned medical and surgical officers and personnel of the United States Armed Services while operating on a military base and personnel of correctional institutions while operating on the premises of a correctional facility.

(g) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, persons applying temporary makeup, combing hair, brushing hair, braiding hair, applying hair spray or holding cream to hair or styling hair through the use of barrettes, ties, clips, ribbons and other similar hair accessories for the sole purpose of preparing an individual for a professional photograph, provided that the person does not use any product that alters the keratin of the individual’s hair.

(h) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, persons applying temporary makeup or styling hair by any method for the sole purpose of preparing an individual for a professional film or video performance or a theatrical performance.

(i) A student while engaged in training at the direction of and under the direct supervision of the faculty of a school licensed under ORS § 345.010 to 345.450 to teach a field of practice. For purposes of this paragraph, ‘field of practice’ does not include natural hair care.

(2) The office may exempt from ORS § 690.005 to 690.225 practitioners providing services at charitable or fund raising events. In establishing an exemption, the office shall consider and evaluate each written request on an individual basis.

(3) The office may develop and disseminate guidelines for persons described in subsection (1)(g) and (h) of this section for the purpose of ensuring sanitation and hygiene best practices. The office is not required to adopt rules to implement this subsection.

[Repealed by 1977 c.842 § 26 and 1977 c.886 § 42]

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