2011 Oregon Revised Statutes
ORS Volume 9, Chapters 326 - 365
ORS Chapter 342
342.175 Grounds for discipline; reinstatement.

(1) The Teacher Standards and Practices Commission may suspend or revoke the license or registration of a teacher or administrator, discipline a teacher or administrator or suspend or revoke the right of any person to apply for a license or registration if the licensee, registrant or applicant has held a license or registration at any time within five years prior to issuance of the notice of charges under ORS 342.176 based on the following:

(a) Conviction of a crime not listed in ORS 342.143 (3);

(b) Gross neglect of duty;

(c) Any gross unfitness;

(d) Conviction of a crime for violating any law of this or any state or of the United States involving the illegal use, sale or possession of controlled substances;

(e) Any false statement knowingly made in an application for issuance, renewal or reinstatement of a license or registration; or

(f) Failure to comply with any condition of reinstatement under subsection (4) of this section or any condition of probation under ORS 342.177 (3)(b).

(2) If a person is enrolled in an approved teacher education institution or program under ORS 342.147, the commission may issue a public reprimand or suspend or revoke the right to apply for a license or registration based on the following:

(a) Conviction of a crime listed in ORS 342.143 (3) or a crime described by the commission by rule;

(b) Conviction of a crime for violating any law of this or any state or of the United States involving the illegal use, sale or possession of controlled substances; or

(c) Any conduct that may cause the commission to suspend or revoke the license or registration of a teacher.

(3) The commission shall revoke any license or registration and shall revoke the right of any person to apply for a license or registration if the person has held a license or registration at any time and the holder or applicant has been convicted of any crime described in ORS 342.143 (3).

(4) Except for convictions for crimes listed in ORS 342.143 (3) and subject to subsection (5) of this section, any person whose license or registration has been suspended or revoked or whose privilege to apply for a license or registration has been revoked may apply to the commission for reinstatement of the license or registration after one year from the date of the suspension or revocation. The commission may require an applicant for reinstatement to furnish evidence satisfactory to the commission of good moral character, mental and physical health and such other evidence as the commission may consider necessary to establish the applicant s fitness. The commission may impose a probationary period and such conditions as it considers necessary upon approving an application for reinstatement.

(5) The commission shall reconsider immediately a license or registration suspension or revocation or the situation of a person whose privilege to apply for a license or registration has been revoked, upon application therefor, when the license or registration suspension or revocation or the privilege revocation is based on a criminal conviction that is reversed on appeal.

(6) Violation of rules adopted by the commission relating to competent and ethical performance of professional duties shall be admissible as evidence of gross neglect of duty or gross unfitness.

(7) A copy of the record of conviction, certified to by the clerk of the court entering the conviction, shall be conclusive evidence of a conviction described in this section. [Formerly 342.070; 1965 c.100 361; 1971 c.743 358; 1973 c.228 1; 1979 c.226 1; 1979 c.226 1; 1979 c.307 3a; 1987 c.158 59; 1987 c.503 7; 1991 c.662 1; 1993 c.45 168; 1993 c.301 7; 1993 c.603 1; 1995 c.768 15; 1997 c.383 15; 1997 c.864 19; 1999 c.199 10; 1999 c.308 2; 2007 c.575 12; 2009 c.386 1]