Or. Admin. R. 845-025-5585

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 5, May 1, 2024

Section 845-025-5585 - Required Reporting of Trafficking and Unlawful Employment of Minors

(1) Definitions. For the purposes of this rule:

(a) "Commercial sex act" means any sex act on account of which anything of value is given to or received by any individual.

(b) "Human trafficking" means the recruitment, enticement, intimidation, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for the purpose of subjecting the person to involuntary servitude.

(c) "Sex trafficking" means the recruitment, enticement, intimidation, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act, including such actions by means of force or fraud.

(2) A permittee, employee, or licensee representative at a premises licensed under ORS 475C.005 to 475C.525 or 475C.540 to 475C.586 who has a reasonable belief that sex trafficking or other human trafficking is occurring at the premises must report that belief in a timely manner to:

(a) A law enforcement agency; and

(b) The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission.

(3) A permittee, employee, or licensee representative at a premises licensed under ORS 475C.005 to 475C.525 or 475C.540 to 475C.586 and who has a reasonable belief that a minor is employed or contracted at the licensed premises in a manner that violates Commission rules must report that belief in a timely manner to the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission.

(4) A permittee, employee, or licensee representative making a report under this rule in good faith is immune from any criminal or civil liability for making the report.

(5) Violation of this rule is a Category II violation.

Or. Admin. R. 845-025-5585

OLCC 194-2022, temporary adopt filed 04/22/2022, effective 4/25/2022 through 10/21/2022; OLCC 200-2022, adopt filed 10/20/2022, effective 10/22/2022

Statutory/Other Authority: 2022 OLC Ch. 117 Sec. 2

Statutes/Other Implemented: 2022 OLC Ch. 117 Sec. 2