ORS 475C.393: Affirmative defense.

It is an affirmative defense to a charge of violating ORS 475C.337, 475C.345 or 475C.349 that:

      (1) The defendant had held a license issued under ORS 475C.005 to 475C.525, or was performing work for or on behalf of a person that had held a license issued under ORS 475C.005 to 475C.525;

      (2) The violation concerned an activity for which the license exempts the person from ORS 475C.337, 475C.345 or 475C.349;

      (3) The license had lapsed or had been suspended or revoked; and

      (4) The defendant reasonably believed that the license had not lapsed or had not been suspended or revoked.