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License Status Changes

Status Changes

Registrants may request to change the status of their registration(s) by logging in to their MyOSBEELS account at https://online.myosbeels.org.


Retirement Status

By placing your registration(s) into retirement status, as defined in the Oregon Administrative Rule (OAR) 820-010-0520, you will no longer be authorized to engage in the professional practice of engineering, land surveying, and/or photogrammetric mapping as defined in the Oregon Revised Statute (ORS), Chapter 672. You will have a period of 5 years from the date of your request to reinstate your registration(s) into the active status in accordance with the ORS 672.180 and OAR 820-010-0520.


Inactive Status

Registrants who want to request to place their registration(s) as a professional engineer (PE), professional land surveyor (PLS), registered professional photogrammetrist (RPP), and/or certification as a certified water right examiner (CWRE) can place their registration into the inactive status if the registrant or certificate holder maintains a current registration or certification in another jurisdiction as provided in OAR 820-010-0520.


Active Military Status

Registrants who want to request to place their registration(s) into Active Military status need to:

  1. Contact the Board in writing by mail or email (osbeels.info@osbeels.oregon.gov).
  2. Provide a copy of current Orders.
  3. See OAR 820-010-0530 for additional information and direction.

Reinstatement from Inactive, Retired, or Active Military Status

Registrants and/or certificate holders who want to reinstate a professional registration(s) or certificate from the retired, inactive, or active military status, see the following ORS and OARs for detailed information: ORS 672.180 and OAR 820-080-0010, OAR 820-010-0505, OAR 820-010-0520, OAR 820-010-0530, and OAR 820-010-0635