Application and Declaration Form
Complete an application form for each housing site location. If applicable, complete a declaration form for each housing site location.
Registration for January 1 to December 31, 2026
Application for Registration for 2026 (PDF)
Declaration Form for 2026 Application (PDF)
After agricultural labor housing and related facilities are registered with Oregon OSHA, the operator will receive a certificate that must be displayed in a location frequented by employees. The operator of the agricultural labor housing must also provide and display a translation of the certificate in the language or languages used to communicate with the employees.
Summary of the Advisory Memo for Registration issued March 31, 2025.
2025 Changes to Registration Process
Operators of most agricultural labor housing and related facilities (ALH) in Oregon are required under Oregon Revised Statute (ORS) 658.750 to register their ALH with Oregon OSHA.
Under
Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR) 437-004-1120(5), a labor housing operator is usually required to have a
consultation by Oregon OSHA under two circumstances:
- The housing and related facilities were not registered in the previous year.
- Oregon OSHA will register housing and facilities not previously registered only after a pre-occupancy consultation if the housing or facility is free from all hazardous conditions.
- There were significant changes in the circumstances of the housing or facilities since the last registration, and the housing is intended to be occupied.
- Oregon OSHA may refer the employer for a pre-occupancy consultation before registering the housing and facilities.
Housing Not Registered the Previous Year
– Subsection (5)(b)(B)
Operators of agricultural labor housing and related facilities who were not registered in the previous year, including those registering for the first time, are required to go through the consultation process.
Significant Changes to the Housing – Subsection (5)(b)(C)
Due to the statewide impact of the labor housing rules adopted in 2025, which could create significant changes over the next few years in the circumstances of labor housing already operating and registered with Oregon OSHA, we are offering an alternative to consultations for housing that was registered the previous year and had significant changes.
Housing for H-2A or H-2B Occupants
Operators of H-2A or H-2B sites are required to have consultation services from Oregon OSHA for first-time registrants before the housing is occupied, and from the Oregon Employment Department for all subsequent consultations.
ALH Registration Declaration Form and Consultation Activities
For the timely processing of ALH registration applications, while also meeting the requirements of the ALH rules, and to efficiently use Oregon OSHA consultation resources based on those who want assistance with compliance, or to evaluate previously unregistered housing, Oregon OSHA provides the following options for ALH registration processing:
- Housing operators can submit an Oregon OSHA ALH Declaration Form for Registration instead of scheduling an Oregon OSHA consultation when “significant changes" have been made in the housing.
- This declaration form is submitted along with all other required ALH registration application materials.
- This Registration Declaration Form will be updated annually to reflect the new ALH rule requirements as they become effective. Those delayed effective dates are:
- January 1, 2026
- January 1, 2027
- January 1, 2028
- Submission of the declaration form does not guarantee approval of an operator's ALH registration application.
- Operators who choose not to submit a complete declaration form with their housing registration application are still under the consultation requirements of OAR 437-004-1120(5)(b).
When required to register, operators with occupied labor housing that is unregistered are subject to Oregon OSHA enforcement action and may be
issued a citation that carries a
monetary penalty.