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A catch can IS an oil separator. Technically you are changing part of the emmisions controls so you could fail an Inspection but if you are just adding a catch can between the PCV valve and the intake manifold you are actually removing oil from the air.
Just don't add any kind of breather cap, that will definitely fail.