ORS 624.060
Inspection and reinspection of restaurants and bed and breakfast facilities

  • posting of sign required
  • report
  • posting

(1)

At least once every six months the Director of the Oregon Health Authority shall inspect every restaurant located within the jurisdiction of the director. At least once a year the director shall inspect every bed and breakfast facility located within the jurisdiction of the director. The person operating the restaurant or bed and breakfast facility shall, upon the request of the director, permit access to all parts of the establishment.

(2)

A copy of each inspection report shall be given to the restaurant or bed and breakfast facility operator or person in charge of the restaurant or bed and breakfast facility, and another copy shall be filed with the records of the Oregon Health Authority.

(3)

During each inspection, the director shall ensure that restaurants or bed and breakfast establishments that hold valid liquor licenses have properly posted the appropriate sign required by ORS 471.551 (Warning signs required).

(4)

After each inspection, notice regarding compliance with ORS 624.010 (Definitions for ORS 624.010 to 624.121) to 624.121 (State Food Service Advisory Committee) by the restaurant or bed and breakfast facility shall be posted at the customary entrance of the restaurant or bed and breakfast facility in public view and shall not be removed by any person except the director.

(5)

If the director discovers the violation of any provision of ORS 624.010 (Definitions for ORS 624.010 to 624.121) to 624.121 (State Food Service Advisory Committee), the director shall make a second inspection after the lapse of such time as the director deems necessary for the defect to be remedied. When a violation noted on an inspection has been remedied, that violation shall not cumulate with violations noted on a second inspection. [Amended by 1953 c.177 §8; 1973 c.825 §6; 1983 c.533 §3; 1985 c.701 §§1,6; 1987 c.226 §§4,5; 1991 c.324 §8; 2009 c.595 §1005]

Source: Section 624.060 — Inspection and reinspection of restaurants and bed and breakfast facilities; posting of sign required; report; posting, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors624.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).

Attorney General Opinions

Sanitation inspections by Oregon Liquor Control Commission and Health Division, (1974) Vol 37, p 123

624.005
“Local public health authority” defined 624.010
Definitions for ORS 624.010 to 624.121 624.020
License 624.029
Disposition of fees 624.036
Exemption of confection operations from license requirements 624.038
Exemptions from requirements of ORS 624.010 to 624.121 624.041
Rules 624.046
Bed and breakfast facility regulation 624.051
Single toilet fixture allowed in small restaurant 624.060
Inspection and reinspection of restaurants and bed and breakfast facilities 624.070
Examination of food and drink samples 624.073
Revocation, suspension or refusal of license 624.077
Rating surveys 624.080
Diseased persons working in restaurants, bed and breakfast facilities or temporary restaurants 624.082
Intermittent temporary restaurants 624.084
Seasonal temporary restaurants 624.086
Single-event temporary restaurants 624.091
Inspection of temporary restaurants 624.096
Summary closure of temporary restaurant 624.101
“Benevolent organization” defined 624.106
Issuance of single-event temporary restaurant license to benevolent organization 624.111
Inspection of event facilities and operation under license of benevolent organization 624.116
When alternative food service criteria applicable 624.121
State Food Service Advisory Committee 624.130
Training to relieve choking 624.145
Authorization of food place required for third-party food platform to take orders and deliver meals 624.165
Service of inspected game meat by charitable organization 624.310
Definitions for ORS 624.310 to 624.430 624.320
License requirement for commissary, warehouse, mobile unit or vending machine 624.330
Exemption of certain commissaries, mobile units and vending machines from licensing requirements 624.355
Rules 624.370
Inspection of commissary, warehouse, mobile unit or vending machine 624.400
Rating surveys 624.410
Commissaries and sources of supply outside jurisdiction 624.415
Denial, suspension or revocation of license 624.420
Abating or enjoining violations of ORS 624.310 to 624.430 624.425
Diseased persons working in commissary or mobile unit 624.430
Fee payment 624.490
License fees 624.495
Foodborne illness prevention program 624.510
Intergovernmental agreements with local public health authorities 624.530
Agreement to ensure only one agency inspects facilities 624.550
Local public health authority food service advisory committee 624.560
Waiver of food sanitation rules 624.570
Food handler training requirement 624.610
Application of ORS 624.010 to 624.121 or 624.310 to 624.430 to certain food service 624.630
Construction, remodeling requirements 624.650
Mobile unit inspection fee 624.670
Disposition of fees 624.990
Criminal penalties 624.992
Civil penalty

Current through early 2026

§ 624.060. Inspection & reinspection of restaurants and bed and breakfast facilities's source at oregon​.gov