Oregon — statewide
Oregon Health Authority, Foodborne Illness Prevention Program
In short
Oregon Health Authority, Foodborne Illness Prevention Program issues 2 permits we publish for Oregon — statewide, last verified 2026-09-03. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food Service Facility License | Oregon Health Authority, Foodborne Illness Prevention Program | $602–$1,545 a year, banded by seating in statewide brackets but priced by each county | one calendar year — renew by 1 January | 2026-09-03 |
| Food Handler Card | Oregon Health Authority, Foodborne Illness Prevention Program | $10 for three years; $5 to replace a lost card | 3 years | 2026-09-03 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Food Service Facility License
The structure is statewide and the price is not. Every county uses the same four seating brackets — up to fifteen seats, sixteen to fifty, fifty-one to a hundred and fifty, and above that — but the statute obliges the health authority to delegate licensing to the local public health authority, and that authority adopts its own fees. The spread is material: for 2026 Multnomah County charges $970, $1,150, $1,290 and $1,545 across the four bands, while Clackamas charges $876, $970, $1,065 and $1,256, so the top band differs by nearly a quarter. Limited service is $890 in Multnomah and $602 in Clackamas. Multnomah also charges $1,265 for plan review of new construction, $760 to $920 for a mobile unit, $720 for a commissary and $210 for a temporary event. Two signs confirm there is no statewide number: the state's own license directory lists no fee and tells you to contact your county, and the statewide application form leaves the amount blank for the county to fill in. Ask your county, and expect the figure to rise in January — Multnomah has already published higher 2027 bands.
Food Handler Card
Ten dollars for three years, and unlike most states this is a genuine legal duty on the worker rather than something an employer may choose to require: every food service worker must obtain one within thirty days of starting work. Two details matter for anyone hiring. A card issued by any Oregon county is valid across the whole state, so a worker moving between counties need not re-test. But a card from another state carries no reciprocity at all — an experienced food worker arriving from Washington or California must sit the Oregon test like anyone else. Testing runs through the county environmental health office or an approved provider, and a replacement card costs $5.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Oregon — statewide
- Phone
- (971) 673-0440
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Clackamas County — environmental health fees effective 1 January 2026, restaurants banded by seatingClackamas County · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03
- Multnomah County — 2026 environmental health licence fee schedule, restaurants banded by seatingMultnomah County · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03
- Oregon Health Authority — environmental health delegation guidance, on the statutory duty to delegate food licensing to local public health authorities that adopt their own feesOregon Health Authority · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03
- Oregon Health Authority — food handler card, $10 for three years and required within thirty days of starting workOregon Health Authority · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03
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