Oregon Statutes - Chapter 656 - Workers' Compensation

656.001 Short title.
This chapter may be cited as the Workers� Compensation Law. [1965 c.285 §1; 1977 c.109 §1]
656.002 [Amended by 1957 c.718 §1; 1959 c.448 §1; 1965 c.285 §4; 1967 c.341 §2; 1969 c.125 §1; 1969 c.247 §1; 1973 c.497 §1; 1973 c.620 §1; repealed by 1975 c.556 §1 (656.003, 656.005 enacted in lieu of 656.002)]
656.003 Application of definitions to construction of chapter.
Except where the context otherwise requires, the definitions given in this chapter govern its construction. [1975 c.556 §2 (enacted in lieu of 656.002)]
656.004 [Repealed by 1981 c.535 §28, (656.012 enacted in lieu of 656.004)]
656.005 Definitions.
(1) �Average weekly wage� means the Oregon average weekly wage in covered employment, as determined by the Employment Department, for the last quarter of the...
656.006 Effect on employers� liability law.
This chapter does not abrogate the rights of the employee under the present employers� liability law, in all cases where the employee, under this chapter...
656.008 Extension of laws relating to workers� compensation to federal lands and projects within state.
Where not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States, the laws of this state relating to workers� compensation and the duties and...
656.010 Treatment by spiritual means.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require a worker who in good faith relies on or is treated by prayer or spiritual means...
656.012 Findings and policy.
(1) The Legislative Assembly finds that: (a) The performance of various industrial enterprises necessary to the enrichment and economic well-being of all the citizens of...
656.016 [1965 c.285 §5; 1967 c.341 §3; repealed by 1975 c.556 §20 (656.017 enacted in lieu of 656.016)]
656.017 Employer required to pay compensation and perform other duties; state not authorized to be direct responsibility employer.
(1) Every employer subject to this chapter shall maintain assurance with the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services that subject workers of...
656.018 Effect of providing coverage; exclusive remedy.
(1)(a) The liability of every employer who satisfies the duty required by ORS 656.017 (1) is exclusive and in place of all other liability arising...
656.019 Civil negligence action for claim denied on basis of failure to meet major contributing cause standard; statute of limitations.
(1)(a) An injured worker may pursue a civil negligence action for a work-related injury that has been determined to be not compensable because the worker...
656.020 Damage actions by workers against noncomplying employers; defenses outlawed.
Actions for damages may be brought by an injured worker or the legal representative of the injured worker against any employer who has failed to...
656.021 Person performing work under ORS chapter 701 as subject employer.
Notwithstanding ORS 656.029 (1), a person who is licensed pursuant to an application under ORS 701.046 and is acting under a contract to perform work...
656.022 [Repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]
656.023 Who are subject employers.
Every employer employing one or more subject workers in the state is subject to this chapter. [1965 c.285 §8]
656.024 [Amended by 1959 c.448 §2; repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]
656.025 Individuals engaged in commuter ridesharing not subject workers; conditions.
(1) For the purpose of this chapter, an individual is not a subject worker while commuting in a voluntary commuter ridesharing arrangement unless: (a) The...
656.026 [Amended by 1957 c.440 §1; 1959 c.448 §3; repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]
656.027 Who are subject workers.
All workers are subject to this chapter except those nonsubject workers described in the following subsections: (1) A worker employed as a domestic servant in...
656.028 [Amended by 1959 c.448 §4; repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]
656.029 Obligation of person awarding contract to provide coverage for workers under contract; exceptions; effect of failure to provide coverage.
(1) If a person awards a contract involving the performance of labor where such labor is a normal and customary part or process of the...
656.030 [Repealed by 1959 c.448 §14]
656.031 Coverage for municipal volunteer personnel.
(1) All municipal personnel, other than those employed full-time, part-time, or substitutes therefor, shall, for the purpose of this chapter, be known as volunteer personnel...
656.032 [Amended by 1959 c.451 §1; repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]
656.033 Coverage for participants in work experience or school directed professional training programs.
(1) All persons participating as trainees in a work experience program or school directed professional education project of a school district as defined in ORS...
656.034 [Amended by 1959 c.441 §1; 1959 c.448 §5; repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]
656.035 Status of workers in separate occupations of employer.
If an employer is engaged in an occupation in which the employer employs one or more subject workers and is also engaged in a separate...
656.036 [Amended by 1957 c.441 §2; 1959 c.448 §6; repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]
656.037 Exemption from coverage for persons engaged in certain real estate activities.
A person contracting to pay remuneration for professional real estate activity as defined in ORS chapter 696 to a qualified real estate broker or qualified...
656.038 [Repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]
656.039 Election of coverage for workers not subject to law; procedure; cancellation; election of coverage for home health care workers employed by clients of Department of Human Services.
(1) An employer of one or more persons defined as nonsubject workers or not defined as subject workers may elect to make them subject workers....
656.040 [Amended by 1959 c.448 §7; repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]
656.041 City or county may elect to provide coverage for jail inmates.
(1) As used in this section, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) �Authorized employment� means the employment of an inmate on work authorized by the...
656.042 [Amended by 1959 c.448 §8; repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]
656.043 Governmental agency paying wages responsible for providing coverage.
Except as otherwise provided in ORS 656.029 to 656.033 and 656.041, but notwithstanding any other provision of law, the state or any city, county, district,...
656.044 State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation may insure liability under Longshoremen�s and Harbor Workers� Compensation Act; procedure; cancellation.
(1) The State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation may insure Oregon employers against their liability for compensation under the Longshoremen�s and Harbor Workers� Compensation Act (33...
656.046 Coverage of persons in college work experience and professional education programs.
(1) All persons registered at a college and participating as unpaid trainees in a work experience program who are subject to the direction of noncollege-employed...
656.052 Prohibition against employment without coverage; proposed order declaring noncomplying employer; effect of failure to comply.
(1) No person shall engage as a subject employer unless and until the person has provided coverage pursuant to ORS 656.017 for subject workers the...
656.054 Claim of injured worker of noncomplying employer; procedure for disputing acceptance of claim; recovery of costs from noncomplying employer; restrictions.
(1) A compensable injury to a subject worker while in the employ of a noncomplying employer is compensable to the same extent as if the...
656.056 Subject employers must post notice of manner of compliance.
(1) All subject employers shall display in a conspicuous manner about their works, and in a sufficient number of places reasonably to inform their workers...
656.070 Definitions for ORS 656.027, 656.070 and 656.075.
As used in ORS 656.027, 656.075 and this section: (1) �Newspaper� has the meaning for that term provided in ORS 193.010. (2) �Newspaper carrier� means...
656.075 Exemption from coverage for newspaper carriers; casualty insurance and other requirements.
An individual qualifies for the exemption provided in ORS 656.027 only if the newspaper publishing company or independent newspaper dealer or contractor utilizing the individual:...
656.082 [Repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]
656.084 [Amended by 1959 c.448 §10; repealed by 1965 c.285 §95a]
656.086 [Repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]
656.088 [Amended by 1955 c.320 §1; 1965 c.285 §17; renumbered 656.031]
656.090 [Amended by 1953 c.673 §2; 1959 c.448 §11; repealed by 1965 c.285 §97]
656.120 [1969 c.527 §3; repealed by 1979 c.815 §9]
656.122 [Repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]
656.124 [Amended by 1957 c.554 §1; repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]
656.126 Coverage while temporarily in or out of state; judicial notice of other state�s laws; agreements between states relating to conflicts of jurisdiction; limitation on compensation for claims in this state and other jurisdictions.
(1) If a worker employed in this state and subject to this chapter temporarily leaves the state incidental to that employment and receives an accidental...
656.128 Sole proprietors, limited liability company members, partners, independent contractors may elect coverage by insurer; cancellation.
(1) Any person who is a sole proprietor, or a member, including a member who is a manager, of a limited liability company, or a...
656.130 [Amended by 1957 c.574 §3; repealed by 1959 c.448 §14]
656.132 Coverage of minors.
(1) A minor working at an age legally permitted under the laws of this state is considered sui juris for the purpose of this chapter....
656.135 Coverage of deaf school, blind school work experience trainees.
(1) As used in this section �school� means the Oregon School for the Deaf or the Oregon School for the Blind. (2) All persons participating...
656.138 Coverage of apprentices, trainees participating in related instruction classes.
(1) All persons registered as apprentices or trainees and participating in related instruction classes conducted by a school district, community college district or education service...
656.140 Coverage of persons operating equipment for hire.
(1) Any person, or persons operating as partners, who have an ownership or leasehold interest in equipment and are engaged in the business of operating...
656.152 [Amended by 1957 c.718 §2; repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]
656.154 Injury due to negligence or wrong of a person not in the same employ as injured worker; remedy against such person.
If the injury to a worker is due to the negligence or wrong of a third person not in the same employ, the injured worker,...
656.156 Intentional injuries.
(1) If injury or death results to a worker from the deliberate intention of the worker to produce such injury or death, neither the worker...
656.160 Effect of incarceration on receipt of compensation.
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an injured worker is not eligible to receive compensation under ORS 656.210 or 656.212 for periods of...
656.170 Validity of provisions of certain collective bargaining agreements; alternative dispute resolution systems; exclusive medical service provider lists; authority of director.
(1) In a collective bargaining agreement between a private employer or groups of employers engaged in construction, construction maintenance or activities limited to rock, sand,...
656.172 Applicability of and criteria for establishing program under ORS 656.170.
(1) ORS 656.170 applies only to: (a) An employer incurring or projecting an annual workers� compensation insurance premium in Oregon of at least $250,000 or...
656.174 Rules.
The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall adopt rules necessary for the implementation of the provisions of ORS 656.170 and 656.172....
656.202 Compensation payable to subject worker in accordance with law in effect at time of injury; exceptions; notice regarding payment.
(1) If any subject worker sustains a compensable injury, the worker or the beneficiaries of the worker, if the injury results in death, shall receive...
656.204 Death.
If death results from the accidental injury, payments shall be made as follows: (1) The cost of burial, including transportation of the body, shall be...
656.206 Permanent total disability.
(1) As used in this section: (a) �Essential functions� means the primary tasks associated with the job. (b) �Materially improved medically� means an actual change...
656.207 [1959 c.589 §2; repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]
656.208 Death during permanent total disability.
(1) If the injured worker dies during the period of permanent total disability, whatever the cause of death, leaving a spouse or any dependents listed...
656.209 Offsetting permanent total disability benefits against Social Security benefits.
(1) With the authorization of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, the amount of any permanent total disability benefits payable to an injured worker...
656.210 Temporary total disability; payment during medical treatment; election; rules.
(1) When the total disability is only temporary, the worker shall receive during the period of that total disability compensation equal to 66-2/3 percent of...
656.211 �Average weekly wage� defined.
As used in ORS 656.210 (1), �average weekly wage� means the average weekly wage of workers in covered employment in Oregon, as determined by the...
656.212 Temporary partial disability.
When the disability is or becomes partial only and is temporary in character: (1) No disability payment is recoverable for temporary disability suffered during the...
656.214 Permanent partial disability.
(1) As used in this section: (a) �Impairment� means the loss of use or function of a body part or system due to the compensable...
656.215 [1987 c.884 §36b; 1990 c.2 §8; repealed by 1991 c.745 §3]
656.216 Permanent partial disability; method of payment; effect of prior receipt of temporary disability payments.
(1) Compensation for permanent partial disability may be paid monthly at 4.35 times the rate per week as provided for compensation for temporary total disability...
656.218 Continuance of permanent partial disability payments to survivors; effect of death prior to final claim disposition; burial allowance.
(1) In case of the death of a worker entitled to compensation, whether eligibility therefor or the amount thereof have been determined, payments shall be...
656.220 [Amended by 1957 c.718 §4; 1965 c.285 §24; repealed by 1975 c.505 §1]
656.222 Compensation for additional accident.
Should a further accident occur to a worker who is receiving compensation for a temporary disability, or who has been paid or awarded compensation for...
656.224 [Amended by 1953 c.674 §13; repealed by 1959 c.517 §5]
656.225 Compensability of certain preexisting conditions.
In accepted injury or occupational disease claims, disability solely caused by or medical services solely directed to a worker�s preexisting condition are not compensable unless:...
656.226 Cohabitants and children entitled to compensation.
In case an unmarried man and an unmarried woman have cohabited in this state as husband and wife for over one year prior to the...
656.228 Payments directly to beneficiary or custodian.
(1) If compensation is payable for the benefit of a beneficiary other than the injured worker, the insurer or the self-insured employer may segregate any...
656.230 Lump sum award payments.
(1) When a worker has been awarded compensation for permanent partial disability, and the worker requests payment of all or part of the award in...
656.232 Payments to aliens residing outside of United States.
(1) If a beneficiary is an alien residing outside of the United States or its dependencies, payment of the sums due such beneficiary may, in...
656.234 Compensation not assignable nor to pass by operation of law; certain benefits subject to support obligations.
(1) No moneys payable under this chapter on account of injuries or death are subject to assignment prior to their receipt by the beneficiary entitled...
656.236 Compromise and release of claim matters except for medical benefits; approval by Administrative Law Judge or board; approval by director for certain reserve reimbursements; restriction on charging costs to workers; restriction on joinder as parties for responsibility determinations.
(1)(a) The parties to a claim, by agreement, may make such disposition of any or all matters regarding a claim, except for medical services, as...
656.240 Deduction of benefits from sick leave payments paid to employees.
Notwithstanding any other law, an employer, with the consent of the worker, may deduct from any sick leave payments made to an individual amounts equal...
656.242 [Amended by 1959 c.589 §1; repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]
656.244 [Amended by 1959 c.378 §1; repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]
656.245 Medical services to be provided; services by providers not members of managed care organizations; authorizing temporary disability compensation and making finding of impairment for disability rating purposes by certain providers; review of disputed claims for medical services; rules.
(1)(a) For every compensable injury, the insurer or the self-insured employer shall cause to be provided medical services for conditions caused in material part by...
656.246 [Repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]
656.247 Payment for medical services prior to claim acceptance or denial; review of disputed services; duty of health benefit plan to pay for certain medical services in denied claim.
(1) Except for medical services provided to workers subject to ORS 656.245 (4)(b)(B), payment for medical services provided to a subject worker in response to...
656.248 Medical service fee schedules; basis of fees; application to service provided by managed care organization; resolution of fee disputes; rules.
(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, in compliance with ORS 656.794 and ORS chapter 183, shall promulgate rules for developing...
656.250 Limitation on compensability of physical therapist services.
A physical therapist shall not provide compensable services to injured workers governed by this chapter except as allowed by a governing managed care organization contract...
656.252 Medical report regulation; rules; duties of attending physician or nurse practitioner; disclosure of information; notice of changing attending physician or nurse practitioner; copies of medical service billings to be furnished to worker.
(1) In order to ensure the prompt and correct reporting and payment of compensation in compensable injuries, the Director of the Department of Consumer and...
656.254 Medical report forms; sanctions; procedure for declaring health care practitioner ineligible for workers� compensation reimbursement.
(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall establish medical report forms, in duplicate snap-outs where applicable, to be used by...
656.256 Considerations for rules regarding certain rural hospitals.
Whenever the Workers� Compensation Division of the Department of Consumer and Business Services adopts any rule affecting a type A or B rural hospital, the...
656.258 Vocational assistance service payments.
The insurer or self-insured employer shall pay a vocational assistance provider for all vocational assistance services, including the cost of an evaluation to determine whether...
656.260 Certification procedure for managed health care provider; peer review, quality assurance, service utilization and contract review; confidentiality of certain information; immunity from liability; rules; medical service dispute resolution.
(1) Any health care provider or group of medical service providers may make written application to the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business...
656.262 Processing of claims and payment of compensation; payment by employer; acceptance and denial of claim; penalty for unreasonable payment delay; cooperation by worker and attorney in claim investigation; rules.
(1) Processing of claims and providing compensation for a worker shall be the responsibility of the insurer or self-insured employer. All employers shall assist their...
656.263 To whom notices sent under ORS 656.262, 656.265, 656.268 to 656.289, 656.295 to 656.325 and 656.382 to 656.388.
All notices of proceedings required to be sent under ORS 656.262, 656.265, 656.268 to 656.289, 656.295 to 656.325, 656.382 to 656.388 and this section shall...
656.264 Compensable injury, denied claim and other reports.
(1) Insurers and self-insured employers shall report to the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services compensable injuries, denied claims, claims disposition and...
656.265 Notice of accident from worker.
(1) Notice of an accident resulting in an injury or death shall be given immediately by the worker or a dependent of the worker to...
656.266 Burden of proving compensability and nature and extent of disability.
(1) The burden of proving that an injury or occupational disease is compensable and of proving the nature and extent of any disability resulting therefrom...
656.267 Claims for new and omitted medical conditions.
(1) To initiate omitted medical condition claims under ORS 656.262 (6)(d) or new medical condition claims under this section, the worker must clearly request formal...
656.268 Claim closure; termination of temporary total disability benefits; reconsideration of closure; medical arbiter to make findings of impairment for reconsideration; credit or offset for fraudulently obtained or overpaid benefits; rules.
(1) One purpose of this chapter is to restore the injured worker as soon as possible and as near as possible to a condition of...
656.270 Contents of notice required on closure.
Each closure made pursuant to ORS 656.268 shall contain a notice in capital letters and boldfaced type that informs the parties of the proper manner...
656.271 [1965 c.285 §32; 1969 c.171 §1; repealed by 1973 c.620 §4 (656.273 enacted in lieu of 656.271)]
656.272 [Repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]
656.273 Aggravation for worsened conditions; procedure; limitations; additional compensation.
(1) After the last award or arrangement of compensation, an injured worker is entitled to additional compensation for worsened conditions resulting from the original injury....
656.274 [Repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]
656.275 [1963 c.20 §2; repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]
656.276 [Repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]
656.277 Request for reclassification of nondisabling claim; nondisabling claim procedure.
(1) A request for reclassification by the worker of an accepted nondisabling injury that the worker believes was or has become disabling must be submitted...
656.278 Board has continuing authority to alter earlier action on claim; limitations.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (7) of this section, the power and jurisdiction of the Workers� Compensation Board shall be continuing, and it may,...
656.280 [Amended by 1965 c.285 §41b; renumbered 656.325]
656.282 [Amended by 1957 c.455 §1; repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]
656.283 Hearing rights and procedure; rules; modification of vocational assistance actions; impeachment evidence; use of standards for evaluation of disability.
(1) Subject to ORS 656.319, any party or the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may at any time request a hearing...
656.284 [Amended by 1953 c.671 §2; 1955 c.718 §2; 1959 c.450 §4; repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]
656.285 Protection of witnesses at hearings.
ORCP 36 C shall apply to workers� compensation cases, except that the Administrative Law Judge shall make the determinations and orders required of the court...
656.287 Use of vocational reports in determining loss of earning capacity at hearing; rules.
(1) Where there is an issue regarding loss of earning capacity, reports from vocational consultants employed by governmental agencies, insurers or self-insured employers, or from...
656.288 [Amended by 1957 c.288 §1; repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]
656.289 Orders of Administrative Law Judge; review; disposition of claim when compensability disputed; approval of director required for reimbursement of certain expenditures.
(1) Upon the conclusion of any hearing, or prior thereto with concurrence of the parties, the Administrative Law Judge shall promptly and not later than...
656.290 [Amended by 1955 c.718 §3; repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]
656.291 Expedited Claim Service; jurisdiction; procedure; representation; rules.
(1) The Workers� Compensation Board, by rule, shall establish an Expedited Claim Service to provide for prompt, informal disposition of claims. (2) The board shall...
656.292 [Amended by 1965 c.285 §38; renumbered 656.301]
656.294 [Amended by 1965 c.285 §37; renumbered 656.304]
656.295 Board review of Administrative Law Judge orders; application of standards for evaluation of disability.
(1) The request for review by the Workers� Compensation Board of an order of an Administrative Law Judge need only state that the party requests...
656.298 Judicial review of board orders; settlement during pendency of petition for review.
(1) Within the time limit specified in ORS 656.295, any party affected by an order of the Workers� Compensation Board, including orders issued pursuant to...
656.301 [Formerly 656.292; repealed by 1977 c.804 §55]
656.304 When acceptance of compensation precludes hearing.
A claimant may accept and cash any check given in payment of any award or compensation without affecting the right to a hearing, except that...
656.307 Determination of issues regarding responsibility for compensation payment; mediation or arbitration procedure; rules.
(1)(a) Where there is an issue regarding: (A) Which of several subject employers is the true employer of a claimant worker; (B) Which of more...
656.308 Responsibility for payment of claims; effect of new injury; denial of responsibility; procedure for joining employers and insurers; attorney fees; limitation on filing claims subject to settlement agreement.
(1) When a worker sustains a compensable injury, the responsible employer shall remain responsible for future compensable medical services and disability relating to the compensable...
656.310 Presumption concerning notice of injury and self-inflicted injuries; reports as evidence.
(1) In any proceeding for the enforcement of a claim for compensation under this chapter, there is a rebuttable presumption that: (a) Sufficient notice of...
656.312 [Amended by 1953 c.428 §2; 1965 c.285 §44; renumbered 656.578]
656.313 Stay of compensation pending request for hearing or review; procedure for denial of claim for medical services; reimbursement.
(1)(a) Filing by an employer or the insurer of a request for hearing on a reconsideration order before the Hearings Division, a request for Workers�...
656.314 [Amended by 1965 c.285 §45; renumbered 656.580]
656.316 [Amended by 1953 c.428 §2; 1965 c.285 §46; renumbered 656.583]
656.318 [Amended by 1965 c.285 §47; renumbered 656.587]
656.319 Time within which hearing must be requested.
(1) With respect to objection by a claimant to denial of a claim for compensation under ORS 656.262, a hearing thereon shall not be granted...
656.320 [Amended by 1953 c.428 §2; 1965 c.285 §48; renumbered 656.591]
656.322 [Amended by 1953 c.428 §2; 1955 c.656 §1; 1959 c.644 §1; 1965 c.285 §49; renumbered 656.593]
656.324 [Amended by 1965 c.285 §50; renumbered 656.595]
656.325 Required medical examination; worker-requested examination; qualified physicians; claimant�s duty to reduce disability; suspension or reduction of benefits; cessation or reduction of temporary total disability benefits; rules; penalties.
(1)(a) Any worker entitled to receive compensation under this chapter is required, if requested by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services,...
656.326 [Amended by 1965 c.285 §51; renumbered 656.597]
656.327 Review of medical treatment of worker; findings; review; costs.
(1)(a) If an injured worker, an insurer or self-insured employer or the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services believes that the medical...
656.328 List of authorized providers and standards of professional conduct for providers of independent medical examinations; exclusion; complaints; rules.
(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall maintain a list of providers that are authorized to perform independent medical examinations....
656.329 [1987 c.884 §33; repealed by 1995 c.94 §1]
656.330 [1977 c.868 §2; repealed by 1985 c.660 §2 and 1985 c.770 §5]
656.331 Contact, medical examination of worker represented by attorney prohibited without written notice; rules.
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if an injured worker is represented by an attorney and the attorney has given written notice of...
656.335 [1981 c.723 §7; 1985 c.600 §3; 1985 c.770 §7a; repealed by 1995 c.332 §68]
656.340 Vocational assistance procedure; eligibility criteria; service providers; rules.
(1)(a) The insurer or self-insured employer shall cause vocational assistance to be provided to an injured worker who is eligible for assistance in returning to...
656.360 Confidentiality of worker medical and vocational claim records; exceptions where disclosure permitted.
Insurers and their assigned claims agents shall maintain the confidentiality of worker medical and vocational claim records. Worker medical and vocational claim records may not...
656.362 Liability for disclosure of worker medical and vocational claim records.
(1) A cause of action in the nature of defamation, invasion of privacy or negligence may not arise against: (a) Any insurer or assigned claims...
656.382 Penalties and attorney fees payable by insurer or employer in processing claim.
(1) If an insurer or self-insured employer refuses to pay compensation due under an order of an Administrative Law Judge, board or court, or otherwise...
656.384 [Formerly 656.582; 1977 c.290 §4; 1977 c.804 §13; repealed by 1987 c.250 §1]
656.385 Attorney fees in cases regarding certain medical service or vocational rehabilitation matters; rules; limitation; penalties.
(1) In all cases involving a dispute over compensation benefits pursuant to ORS 656.245, 656.247, 656.260, 656.327 or 656.340, where a claimant finally prevails after...
656.386 Recovery of attorney fees, expenses and costs in appeal on denied claim; attorney fees in other cases.
(1)(a) In all cases involving denied claims where a claimant finally prevails against the denial in an appeal to the Court of Appeals or petition...
656.388 Approval of attorney fees required; lien for fees; fee schedule; report of legal service costs.
(1) No claim or payment for legal services by an attorney representing the worker or for any other services rendered before an Administrative Law Judge...
656.390 Frivolous appeals, hearing requests or motions; expenses and attorney fee.
(1) Notwithstanding ORS 656.236, if either party requests a hearing before the Hearings Division, requests review of an Administrative Law Judge�s decision before the Workers�...
656.401 [1965 c.285 §74; 1967 c.359 §699; repealed by 1975 c.556 §25 (656.403 enacted in lieu of 656.401)]
656.402 [Renumbered 656.712]
656.403 Obligations of self-insured employer.
(1) A self-insured employer directly assumes the responsibility for providing compensation due subject workers and their beneficiaries under this chapter. (2) The claims of subject...
656.404 [Repealed by 1959 c.449 §5]
656.405 [1965 c.285 §75 (1); 1967 c.359 §700; repealed by 1975 c.556 §54]
656.406 [Renumbered 656.714]
656.407 Qualifications of insured employers; rules.
(1) An employer shall establish proof with the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services that the employer is qualified either: (a) As...
656.408 [Renumbered 656.716]
656.409 [1965 c.285 §75(2), (3); repealed by 1975 c.556 §54]
656.410 [Amended by 1965 c.285 §54; renumbered 656.726]
656.411 [1975 c.556 §28; 1979 c.348 §1; repealed by 1981 c.854 §1]
656.412 [Amended by 1965 c.285 §52; renumbered 656.732]
656.413 [1965 c.285 §76(1), (2); repealed by 1975 c.556 §54]
656.414 [Renumbered 656.718]
656.415 [1975 c.556 §30; repealed by 1981 c.854 §1]
656.416 [Amended by 1965 c.285 §53; renumbered 656.722]
656.417 [1965 c.285 §76 (3), (8); 1967 c.341 §6; repealed by 1975 c.556 §54]
656.418 [Repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]
656.419 Guaranty contracts.
(1) A guaranty contract issued by an insurer shall provide that the insurer agrees to assume, without monetary limit, the liability of the employer, arising...
656.420 [Renumbered 656.758]
656.421 [1965 c.285 §76(4), (5), (6), (7); repealed by 1975 c.556 §54]
656.422 [Amended by 1959 c.450 §5; repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]
656.423 Cancellation of coverage by employer; notice required.
(1) An insured employer may cancel coverage with the insurer by giving the insurer at least 30 days� written notice, unless a shorter period is...
656.424 [Renumbered 656.734]
656.425 [1965 c.285 §76a; repealed by 1975 c.556 §54]
656.426 [Amended by 1965 c.285 §68b; renumbered 656.702]
656.427 Termination of guaranty contract or surety bond liability by insurer; rules.
(1) An insurer that issues a guaranty contract or a surety bond to an employer under this chapter may terminate liability on its contract or...
656.428 [Amended by 1957 c.440 §3; repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]
656.429 [1965 c.285 §77; repealed by 1975 c.556 §54]
656.430 Certification of self-insured employer; employer groups; insurance policy requirements; revocation of certification; rules.
(1) Upon determining that an employer has qualified as a self-insured employer under ORS 656.407, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services...
656.431 [1965 c.285 §78; 1973 c.620 §6; repealed by 1975 c.556 §54]
656.432 [1977 c.659 §2; 1979 c.815 §8; repealed by 1981 c.854 §1]
656.434 Certification effective until canceled or revoked; revocation of certificate.
(1) A certification issued under ORS 656.430 remains in effect until: (a) Revoked by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services as...
656.440 Notice of certificate revocation; appeal; effective date.
(1) Before revocation of certification under ORS 656.434 becomes effective, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall give the employer notice...
656.442 [1967 c.341 §7; repealed by 1975 c.556 §54]
656.443 Procedure upon default by employer.
(1) If an employer defaults in payment of compensation or other payments due to the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services under...
656.444 [1967 c.341 §9; repealed by 1975 c.556 §54]
656.445 Advancement of funds from Workers� Benefit Fund for compensation due workers insured by insurer in default; limitations; rules.
(1) If an insurer defaults in payment of compensation due an injured worker, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may advance...
656.446 [1967 c.341 §10; repealed by 1975 c.556 §54]
656.447 Sanctions against insurer for failure to comply with contracts, orders or rules.
(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may suspend or revoke the authorization of a guaranty contract insurer to issue guaranty...
656.451 [1975 c.585 §6; 1981 c.854 §32; 1987 c.373 §34; 1987 c.884 §59; 1989 c.654 §1; 1991 c.640 §1; renumbered 654.097]
656.452 [Amended by 1965 c.285 §54a; renumbered 656.632]
656.454 [Renumbered 656.634]
656.455 Self-insured employers required to keep records of compensation claims; location and inspection; expenses of audits and inspections; rules.
(1) Every self-insured employer shall maintain a place of business in this state where the employer shall keep complete records of all claims for compensation...
656.456 [Amended by 1955 c.323 §2; 1957 c.63 §1; 1959 c.178 §1; 1961 c.697 §1; 1965 c.285 §62; renumbered 656.636]
656.458 [Repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]
656.460 [Amended by 1953 c.674 §13; 1959 c.517 §3; 1963 c.323 §1; 1965 c.285 §64; renumbered 656.638]
656.462 [Amended by 1953 c.674 §13; repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]
656.464 [Amended by 1953 c.674 §13; 1957 c.574 §5; 1959 c.449 §2; 1965 c.285 §66b; renumbered 656.642]
656.466 [Amended by 1953 c.674 §13; 1959 c.449 §3; 1965 c.285 §67g; renumbered 656.644]
656.468 [Amended by 1953 c.674 §13; 1965 c.285 §66; renumbered 656.640]
656.470 [Repealed by 1953 c.674 §13]
656.472 [Amended by 1953 c.674 §13; 1957 c.574 §6; 1959 c.449 §4; 1965 c.285 §68a; renumbered 656.602]
656.474 [Amended by 1953 c.674 §13; 1965 c.285 §68c; renumbered 656.604]
656.502 �Fiscal year� defined.
As used in ORS 656.502 to 656.526, �fiscal year� means the period of time commencing on July 1 and ending on the succeeding June 30.
656.504 Rates, charges, fees and reports by employers insured by State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation.
(1) Every employer insured by the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation shall pay to the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation on or before the 15th...
656.505 Estimate of payroll when employer fails to file payroll report; demand for and recovery of premiums and assessments.
(1) In every case where an employer fails or refuses to file any report of payroll required by ORS 656.504 and fails or refuses to...
656.506 Assessments for programs; setting assessment amount; determination by director of benefit level.
(1) As used in this section: (a) �Employee� means a subject worker as defined in ORS 656.005 (28). (b) �Employer� means a subject employer as...
656.507 [1953 c.679 §1; 1959 c.450 §7; repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]
656.508 Authority to fix premium rates for employers.
(1) The State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation shall classify occupations or industries with respect to their degree of hazard and fix premium rates upon each...
656.509 [1973 c.614 §6; 1974 c.41 §9; repealed by 1974 c.41 §9]
656.510 [Amended by 1957 c.440 §4; 1963 c.214 §1; 1965 c.546 §1; repealed by 1965 c.285 §95 and 1965 c.546 §4]
656.512 [Amended by 1957 c.440 §5; repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]
656.514 [Amended by 1965 c.546 §2; repealed by 1965 c.285 §95 and 1965 c.546 §4]
656.516 [Amended by 1953 c.674 §13; 1957 c.453 §3; 1959 c.517 §4; 1963 c.323 §2; 1965 c.546 §3; repealed by 1965 c.285 §95 and 1965 c.546 §4]
656.518 [Amended by 1957 c.440 §6; repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]
656.520 [Amended by 1957 c.574 §7; repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]
656.522 [Amended by 1965 c.285 §71a; repealed by 1981 c.854 §1 and 1981 c.876 §1]
656.524 [Amended by 1979 c.562 §29; repealed by 1981 c.854 §1 and 1981 c.876 §1]
656.526 Distribution of dividends from surplus in Industrial Accident Fund.
(1) Periodically, the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation shall determine the total liability existing against the Industrial Accident Fund. (2) If, after the determination required...
656.530 [1969 c.536 §2; 1971 c.768 §2; 1975 c.556 §43; 1981 c.535 §23; 1990 c.2 §32; 1991 c.93 §10; 1995 c.641 §7; repealed by 1999 c.273 §1]
656.532 [1987 c.884 §40; repealed by 1993 c.760 §4]
656.535 [1973 c.669 §2; repealed by 1973 c.669 §4]
656.536 Premium charges for coverage of reforestation cooperative workers based on prevailing wage; manner of determining prevailing wage.
(1) The premiums charged by an insurer for coverage under this chapter for members of a workers� cooperative engaged primarily in reforestation work and all...
656.538 [1983 c.816 §11; 1987 c.373 §§35,35a; 1987 c.884 §21; 1990 c.2 §33; repealed by 1993 c.760 §4]
656.552 Deposit of cash or bond to secure payment of employer�s premiums.
(1) If the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation finds it necessary for the protection of the Industrial Accident Fund, it may require any employer insured...
656.554 Injunction against employer failing to comply with deposit requirements.
(1) If an employer fails to comply with ORS 656.552, the circuit court of the county in which the employer resides or in which the...
656.556 Liability of person letting a contract for amounts due from contractor.
If any person lets a contract and the person to whom the contract was let, while performing the contract, engages as an employer subject to...
656.558 [Amended by 1965 c.285 §66a; renumbered 656.646]
656.560 Default in payment of premiums, fees, assessments or deposit; remedies.
(1) When any payment of premiums, fees and assessments required by this chapter to be made by an employer insured with the State Accident Insurance...
656.562 Moneys due Industrial Accident Fund as preferred claims; moneys due department as taxes due state.
(1) All premiums, fees, assessments, interest charges, penalties or amounts due the Industrial Accident Fund from any employer under this chapter and all judgments recovered...
656.564 Lien for amounts due from employer on real property, improvements and equipment on or with which labor is performed by workers of employer.
(1) A lien hereby is created in favor of the insurer upon all real property within this state and any structure or improvement thereon and...
656.566 Lien on property of employer for amounts due.
(1) If any employer liable for the payment of premiums, fees and assessments to the Industrial Accident Fund is placed in default as provided by...
656.576 �Paying agency� defined.
As used in ORS 656.578 to 656.595, �paying agency� means the self-insured employer or insurer paying benefits to the worker or beneficiaries. [1965 c.285 §44a;...
656.578 Workers� election whether to sue third person or noncomplying employer for damages.
If a worker of a noncomplying employer receives a compensable injury in the course of employment, or if a worker receives a compensable injury due...
656.580 Payment of compensation notwithstanding cause of action for damages; lien on cause of action for compensation paid.
(1) The worker or beneficiaries of the worker, as the case may be, shall be paid the benefits provided by this chapter in the same...
656.582 [Renumbered 656.384]
656.583 Paying agency may compel election and prompt action.
(1) The paying agency may require the worker or other beneficiaries or the legal representative of a deceased worker to exercise the right of election...
656.584 [Amended by 1965 c.285 §68d; renumbered 656.624]
656.586 [Renumbered 656.720]
656.587 Paying agency must join in any compromise.
Any compromise by the worker or other beneficiaries or the legal representative of the deceased worker of any right of action against an employer or...
656.588 [Amended by 1957 c.558 §1; 1965 c.285 §42a; renumbered 656.386]
656.590 [Amended by 1965 c.285 §42b; renumbered 656.388]
656.591 Election not to bring action operates as assignment of cause of action.
(1) An election made pursuant to ORS 656.578 not to proceed against the employer or third person operates as an assignment to the paying agency...
656.593 Procedure when worker elects to bring action; release of liability and lien of paying agency in certain cases.
(1) If the worker or the beneficiaries of the worker elect to recover damages from the employer or third person, notice of such election shall...
656.595 Precedence of cause of action; compensation paid or payable not to be an issue.
(1) Any action brought against a third party or employer, as provided in this chapter, shall have precedence over all other civil cases. (2) In...
656.596 Damage recovery as offset against compensation; recovery procedure; notice to paying agent.
(1) If no workers� compensation claim has been filed or accepted at the time a worker or the beneficiaries of a worker recover damages from...
656.597 [Formerly 656.326; repealed by 1971 c.70 §2]
656.602 Disbursement procedures.
All disbursements for administrative expenses from the Industrial Accident Fund, except as provided by ORS 656.642, shall be made only upon warrants drawn by the...
656.604 [Formerly 656.474; repealed by 1987 c.373 §85]
656.605 Workers� Benefit Fund; uses and limitations.
(1) The Workers� Benefit Fund is created in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Moneys in the fund shall be invested...
656.612 Assessments for department activities; amount; collection procedure.
(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall impose and collect assessments from all insurers, self-insured employers and self-insured employer groups...
656.614 Self-Insured Employer Adjustment Reserve; Self-Insured Employer Group Adjustment Reserve.
(1) The Self-Insured Employer Adjustment Reserve and the Self-Insured Employer Group Adjustment Reserve shall be established within the Consumer and Business Services Fund. These reserves...
656.616 [Formerly 344.810; repealed by 1985 c.600 §15]
656.618 [1965 c.285 §67e; 1977 c.804 §19; repealed by 1987 c.373 §85]
656.620 [1965 c.285 §67f; 1977 c.804 §20; 1979 c.839 §14; repealed by 1987 c.373 §85]
656.622 Reemployment Assistance Program; claim data not to be used for insurance rating; rules.
(1) There is established a Reemployment Assistance Program for the benefit of employers and workers and for the purpose of: (a) Giving employers and workers...
656.624 [Formerly 656.584; 1983 c.740 §244; repealed by 1987 c.250 §1]
656.625 Reopened Claims Program; rules.
(1) There is established a Reopened Claims Program for the purpose of reimbursing the additional amounts of compensation payable to injured workers that results from...
656.628 Workers with Disabilities Program; use of funds; conditions and limitations; rules.
(1) There is established a Workers with Disabilities Program for the benefit of complying employers and their workers. The purpose of the program is to...
656.630 Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology funding; report of activities.
(1) There is transferred to and continuously appropriated to the Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology of the Oregon Health and Science University,...
656.632 Industrial Accident Fund.
(1) The Industrial Accident Fund is continued. This fund shall be held by the State Treasurer and by the State Treasurer deposited in such banks...
656.634 Trust fund status of Industrial Accident Fund.
(1) The Industrial Accident Fund is a trust fund exclusively for the uses and purposes declared in this chapter, except that this provision shall not...
656.635 Reserve accounts in Industrial Accident Fund.
(1) The State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation may set aside, out of interest and other income received through investment of the Industrial Accident Fund, such...
656.636 Reserves in Industrial Accident Fund for awards for permanent disability or death.
For every case where the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation must pay an award or benefits for death or permanent total disability or permanent partial...
656.637 [1979 c.334 §2; 1983 c.391 §3; repealed by 1985 c.739 §3]
656.638 [Formerly 656.460; 1969 c.536 §4; 1971 c.768 §5; 1977 c.804 §22; repealed by 1981 c.854 §1]
656.640 Creation of reserves.
The State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation may set aside such other reserves within the Industrial Accident Fund as are deemed necessary. [Formerly 656.468; 1981 c.854...
656.642 Emergency Fund.
(1) There is created a revolving fund known as the Emergency Fund, which shall be deposited and maintained with the State Treasurer in the sum...
656.644 Petty cash funds.
The State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation may, at its discretion, establish and maintain petty cash funds, not exceeding a total of $20,000 for the purpose...
656.646 [Formerly 656.558; repealed by 1981 c.876 §1]
656.648 [1974 c.41 §12; repealed by 1981 c.854 §1 and 1981 c.876 §1]
656.702 Disclosure of records of corporation, department and insurers.
(1) The records of the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation, excepting employer account records and claimant files, shall be open to public inspection. The accident...
656.704 Actions and orders regarding matters concerning claim and matters other than matters concerning claim; authority of director and board; administrative and judicial review; rules.
(1) Actions and orders of the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services regarding matters concerning a claim under this chapter, and administrative...
656.708 Hearings Division; duties.
The Hearings Division is continued within the Workers� Compensation Board. The division has the responsibility for providing an impartial forum for deciding all cases, disputes...
656.709 Ombudsman for injured workers; ombudsman for small business; duties.
(1)(a) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, with the concurrence of the Governor, shall appoint an ombudsman for injured workers. The...
656.710 [1977 c.699 §2; 1979 c.839 §18; repealed by 1981 c.535 §26]
656.712 Workers� Compensation Board; members; qualifications; chairperson; confirmation; term; vacancies.
(1) The Workers� Compensation Board, composed of five members appointed by the Governor, is created within the Department of Consumer and Business Services. Not more...
656.714 Removal of board member.
(1) The Governor may at any time remove any member of the Workers� Compensation Board for inefficiency, neglect of duty or malfeasance in office. Before...
656.716 Board members not to engage in political or business activity that interferes with duties as board member; oath and bond required.
(1) No member of the Workers� Compensation Board shall hold any other office or position of profit or pursue any other business or vocation or...
656.718 Chairperson; quorum; panels.
(1) The board chairperson shall supervise and manage the Workers� Compensation Board and the Hearings Division. The chairperson serves at the pleasure of the Governor...
656.720 Prosecution and defense of actions by Attorney General and district attorneys.
Upon request of the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services the Attorney General or, under direction of the Attorney General, the district...
656.722 Authority to employ subordinates.
The Workers� Compensation Board chairperson may employ and terminate the employment of such assistants, experts, field personnel and clerks as may be required in the...
656.724 Administrative Law Judges; appointment; qualifications; term; performance survey; removal procedure.
(1) The Workers� Compensation Board chairperson, after consultation with the board, shall employ Administrative Law Judges to hold such hearings as may be prescribed by...
656.725 Duties and status of Administrative Law Judges.
(1) Individuals holding the position of Administrative Law Judge created by the amendments to ORS 656.724 by section 51, chapter 332, Oregon Laws 1995, have...
656.726 Duties and powers to carry out workers� compensation and occupational safety laws; rules.
(1) The Workers� Compensation Board in its name and the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services in the director�s name as director...
656.727 Rules for administration of benefit offset.
In carrying out the provisions of ORS 656.209, the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall promulgate rules that include, but are not limited to:...
656.728 [Subsection (1) formerly 344.820; subsection (2) formerly 344.830; 1973 c.634 §3; 1977 c.862 §2; 1981 c.854 §50; 1981 c.874 §6; 1981 c.535 §12; repealed by 1985 c.600 §2]
656.729 [1981 c.723 §2; repealed by 1985 c.770 §5]
656.730 Assigned risk plan.
(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall promulgate a plan for the equitable apportionment among the State Accident Insurance Fund...
656.732 Power to compel obedience to subpoenas and punish for misconduct.
The circuit court for any county, or the judge of such court, on application of the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services,...
656.734 [Formerly 656.424; repealed by 1973 c.833 §48]
656.735 Civil penalty for noncomplying employers; amount; liability of partners and of corporate and limited liability company officers; effect of final order; penalty as preferred claim; disposition of moneys collected.
(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall assess any person who violates ORS 656.052 (1) a civil penalty of not...
656.740 Review of proposed order declaring noncomplying employer or nonsubjectivity determination; review of proposed assessment or civil penalty; insurer as party; hearing.
(1) A person may contest a proposed order of the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services declaring that person to be a...
656.745 Civil penalty for inducing failure to report claims; failure to pay assessments; failure to comply with statutes, rules or orders; amount; procedure.
(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall assess a civil penalty against an employer or insurer who intentionally or repeatedly...
656.750 Civil penalty for failure to maintain records of compensation claims; amount; disposition of funds.
(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall assess against a self-insured employer who fails to comply with ORS 656.455, a...
656.751 State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation created; board; members� qualifications; terms; compensation; expenses; function; report.
(1) The State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation is created as an independent public corporation. The corporation shall be governed by a board of five directors...
656.752 State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation; purpose and functions.
(1) The State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation is created for the purpose of transacting workers� compensation insurance and reinsurance business. The State Accident Insurance Fund...
656.753 State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation exempt from certain financial administration laws; contracts with state agencies for services.
(1) Except as otherwise provided by law, the provisions of ORS 279.835 to 279.855 and ORS chapters 240, 276, 279A, 279B, 279C, 282, 283, 291,...
656.754 Manager; appointment; functions.
(1) The State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation is under the direct supervision of a manager appointed by the board of directors of the State Accident...
656.756 [1965 c.285 §56a; repealed by 1967 c.7 §40]
656.758 Inspection of books, records and payrolls; statement of employment data; civil penalty for misrepresentation; failure to submit books for inspection and refusal to keep correct payroll.
(1) The books, records and payrolls of any employer pertinent to the administration of this chapter shall always be open to inspection by the State...
656.760 [1983 c.412 §3; renumbered 656.776 in 2001]
656.772 Annual audit of State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation by Secretary of State; scope of review; report of audit.
(1)(a) The Secretary of State shall conduct an annual audit of the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation and the Industrial Accident Fund pursuant to ORS...
656.774 Annual report by State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation to Secretary of State; contents.
The board of directors of the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation shall report to the Secretary of State by March 15 of each year: (1)...
656.776 Notice to Secretary of State regarding action on audit report.
Not later than the 90th day after the Secretary of State completes and delivers to the appropriate authority an audit under ORS 297.210, the State...
656.780 Certification and training of claims examiners; records of certification and training of examiners; department inspection of records; penalties; rules.
(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall: (a) Adopt by rule standards for certification of workers� compensation claims examiners that...
656.790 Workers� Compensation Management-Labor Advisory Committee; membership; duties; expenses.
(1) The Governor shall appoint a Workers� Compensation Management-Labor Advisory Committee composed of 10 appointed members. Five members from organized labor shall represent subject workers...
656.792 [1965 c.285 §29; 1969 c.314 §69; repealed by 1969 c.448 §3]
656.794 Advisory committee on medical care; rules.
There shall be created an advisory committee on medical care. This committee shall consist of members appointed by and serving at the pleasure of the...
656.795 Informational materials for nurse practitioners.
The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall develop and make available to nurse practitioners informational materials about the workers� compensation system,...
656.796 [1981 c.535 §50; repealed by 1997 c.82 §11]
656.797 Certification by nurse practitioner of review of required materials.
On or after October 1, 2004, a nurse practitioner licensed under ORS 678.375 to 678.390, prior to providing compensable medical services or authorizing temporary disability...
656.798 Duty of insurer, self-insured employer and self-insured employer group to provide information to director.
Every workers� compensation insurer, self-insured employer and self-insured employer group shall provide to the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services all information...
656.799 Informational materials for other health care professionals; certification of review of materials.
(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall develop and make available to medical service providers informational materials about the workers�...
656.802 Occupational disease; mental disorder; proof.
(1)(a) As used in this chapter, �occupational disease� means any disease or infection arising out of and in the course of employment caused by substances...
656.804 Occupational disease as an injury under Workers� Compensation Law.
Subject to ORS 656.005 (24) and 656.266 (2), an occupational disease, as defined in ORS 656.802, is considered an injury for employees of employers who...
656.806 [Repealed by 2005 c.221 §4]
656.807 Time for filing of claims for occupational disease; procedure.
(1) All occupational disease claims shall be void unless a claim is filed with the insurer or self-insured employer by whichever is the later of...
656.808 [Amended by 1957 c.559 §2; 1965 c.285 §88; repealed by 1973 c.543 §4]
656.810 [Amended by 1959 c.351 §3; 1965 c.285 §89; repealed by 1973 c.543 §4]
656.812 [Amended by 1959 c.351 §4; repealed by 1973 c.543 §4]
656.814 [Amended by 1965 c.285 §90; repealed by 1973 c.543 §4]
656.816 [Amended by 1959 c.351 §5; 1965 c.285 §91; repealed by 1973 c.543 §4]
656.818 [Amended by 1959 c.351 §6; 1965 c.285 §92; repealed by 1973 c.543 §4]
656.820 [Repealed by 1973 c.543 §4]
656.822 [Amended by 1965 c.285 §92a; repealed by 1973 c.543 §4]
656.824 [Repealed by 1981 c.854 §1]
656.850 License; compliance with workers� compensation and safety laws.
(1) As used in this section and ORS 656.018, 656.403, 656.855 and 737.270: (a) �Worker leasing company� means a person who provides workers, by contract...
656.855 Licensing system for worker leasing companies; rules; dedication of moneys received.
(1) In accordance with any applicable provision of ORS chapter 183, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, by rule, shall establish...
656.990 Penalties.
(1) Any person who knowingly makes any false statement or representation to the Workers� Compensation Board or its employees, the Workers� Compensation Board chairperson, the...

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