Or. Admin. Code § 123-200-1210 - Minorities, Women and Service Disabled Veterans Certification - Determination of Socially and Economically Disadvantaged

(1) It is a rebuttable presumption that minorities, women, and service-disabled veterans are socially and economically disadvantaged.

(2) The COBID may also determine on a case-by-case basis other individuals who are socially and economically disadvantaged. These individuals claiming disadvantaged status are required to submit a socially and economically Disadvantaged Questionnaire administered by COBID.

(3) Socially disadvantaged individuals are people subject to racial or ethnic prejudice or cultural bias because of their identity as members of a group without regard to individual qualities.

(a) The social disadvantage must stem from the individual's color, national origin, gender, physical handicap, long-term residence in an environment isolated from the mainstream of American society, or other similar cause beyond the individual's control.

(b) The applicant must demonstrate:

(A) He or she personally suffered the disadvantage because of treatment in the United States; and

(B) The disadvantage was chronic, long-standing, and substantial, and was not fleeting or insignificant.

(4) Social disadvantage does not include factors common to small business.

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Or. Admin. Code § 123-200-1210

OBDD 1-2016, f. & cert. ef. 1/5/2016; OBDD 6-2018, minor correction filed 02/16/2018, effective 2/16/2018; OBDD 34-2023, temporary amend filed 12/28/2023, effective 1/1/2024 through 6/28/2024; OBDD 13-2024, amend filed 06/04/2024, effective 6/4/2024

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 285A.070, ORS 285A.075(1)(a) & ORS 200.025(2)

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 200.005 & ORS 200.055