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Endangering the welfare of a minor.


(1) A person commits the offense of endangering the welfare of a minor if the person knowingly:
(a) Induces, causes or permits an unmarried person under 18 years of age to witness an act of sexual conduct or sadomasochistic abuse as defined in ORS 167.060;
(b) Permits a person under 18 years of age to enter or remain in a place where unlawful activity involving controlled substances is maintained or conducted;
(c) Induces, causes or permits a person under 18 years of age to participate in gambling as defined in ORS 167.117;
(d) Distributes, sells or allows to be sold tobacco in any form to a person under 18 years of age;
(e) Distributes, sells or allows to be sold an inhalant delivery system, as defined in ORS 431A.175, to a person under 18 years of age; or
(f) Sells to a person under 18 years of age any device in which tobacco, marijuana, cocaine or any controlled substance, as defined in ORS 475.005, is burned and the principal design and use of which is directly or indirectly to deliver tobacco smoke, marijuana smoke, cocaine smoke or smoke from any controlled substance into the human body including but not limited to:
(A) Pipes, water pipes, hookahs, wooden pipes, carburetor pipes, electric pipes, air driven pipes, corncob pipes, meerschaum pipes and ceramic pipes, with or without screens, permanent screens, hashish heads or punctured metal bowls;
(B) Carburetion tubes and devices, including carburetion masks;
(C) Bongs;
(D) Chillums;
(E) Ice pipes or chillers;
(F) Cigarette rolling papers and rolling machines; and
(G) Cocaine free basing kits.
(2) Endangering the welfare of a minor by violation of subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c) of this section, by violation of subsection (1)(e) of this section if the inhalant delivery system contains or is a substance containing a cannabinoid or by violation of subsection (1)(f) of this section involving other than a device for smoking tobacco, is a Class A misdemeanor.
(3) Endangering the welfare of a minor by violation of subsection (1)(d) of this section is a Class A violation.
(4) Endangering the welfare of a minor by violation of subsection (1)(e) of this section if the inhalant delivery system does not contain or is not a substance containing a cannabinoid is a Class A violation.
(5) Endangering the welfare of a minor by violation of subsection (1)(f) of this section involving a device for smoking tobacco is a Class A violation. [1971 c.743 §177; 1973 c.827 §20; 1979 c.744 §8; 1981 c.838 §1; 1983 c.740 §31; 1991 c.970 §5; 1995 c.79 §52; 1999 c.1051 §153; 2011 c.597 §79; 2014 c.20 §1; 2015 c.158 §5]

Law is also recorded under below names

  • ORS.163.575 - PROBATION VIOLATION ENDANGER WELFARE OF MINOR
  • ORS.163.575 - ENDANGER WELFARE OF MINOR
  • 163.575 ENDANGERING WELFARE OF MINOR
  • 0163.575 ENDANGER MINOR / ENDANGERING WELFARE OF MINOR
  • #163.575 ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A MINOR (Misdemeanor)
  • ENDANG MINOR (A Misdemeanor)

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