Or. Admin. Code § 808-003-0010

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 11, November 1, 2024

Section 808-003-0010 - Written Advertising

(1) Written advertising for licensed landscape contracting businesses:

(a) All written advertising, except telephone and internet directory line listings and uniforms, shall include the landscape contracting business license number. The landscape contracting business license number in a written advertisement shall be capable of being read (legible) and clearly visible.

(b) Advertising shall include, but not be limited to:

(A) Newsprint classified advertising and newsprint display advertising for work subject to ORS 671.510 through 671.710;

(B) Telephone or internet directory space ads, or display ads;

(C) Business cards;

(D) Business flyers;

(E) Business letterhead;

(F) Business signs;

(G) Contracts, proposals, estimates, bids and invoices;

(H) Vehicles and trailers with signage; and

(I) Websites (at least on the homepage, the footer or the contact us page, if available).

(c) A landscape contracting business that holds a valid license shall not advertise for landscaping work outside the scope of the license.

(d) Effective January 1, 2016, a vehicle sticker issued by the State Landscape Contractors Board does not constitute meeting the requirement to have the landscape contracting business license number on a vehicle or trailer.

(2) Written advertising for unlicensed persons. No person may attempt to mislead a potential landscape construction business consumer by:

(a) holding themselves out as a licensed landscape construction professional or as a licensed landscape contracting business; and

(b) offering to perform the landscape contracting services listed in ORS 671.520 or OAR 808-002-0500 for compensation or with the intent to be compensated without a license issued pursuant to ORS 671.510 to ORS 671.710 and ORS 671.990 and ORS 671.997.

Or. Admin. Code § 808-003-0010

LC 1-1980, f. & ef. 2-5-80; LC 1-1984, f. & ef. 7-17-84; LCB 1-1988, f. 1-26-88, cert. ef. 2-1-88; Renumbered from 808-010-0012; LCB 1-2004, f. 1-27-04, cert. ef. 2-1-04; LCB 6-2005, f. 12-30-05, cert. ef. 1-1-06; LCB 4-2007, f. 12-19-07, cert. ef. 1-1-08; LCB 6-2009(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 10-14-09 thru 4-11-10; Administrative correction 4-21-10; LCB 2-2010, f. & cert. ef. 6-1-10; LCB 4-2010, f. & cert. ef. 6-2-10; LCB 6-2015, f. 7-29-15, cert. ef. 8/1/2015; LCB 5-2019, amend filed 09/24/2019, effective 9/24/2019

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 183 & 671

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 671.530