Source: https://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/655.505
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ORS 655.505 - Definitions for ORS 655.505 to 655.555 - 2017 Oregon Revised Statutes
2017 ORS Vol. 14 Chapter 655 Section 655.505
Defini­tions for ORS 655.505 to 655.555
655.510
Benefits for injuries in authorized employ­ment
655.515
Benefits, training and medical services under ORS 655.505 to 655.555
655.520
Assign­ment of benefits under ORS 655.505 to 655.555
Charging claims costs
Disposi­tion and use of assess­ments
655.545
Liability for pay­ment of benefits
655.550
Assess­ment of Oregon Depart­ment of Administrative Services for costs of Workers’ Compensa­tion Board
655.555
Rules for ad­min­is­tra­­tion of fund for inmate injuries
655.605
Defini­tions for ORS 655.605 and 655.615
2017 ORS 655.505¹
Definitions for ORS 655.505 to 655.555
As used in ORS 655.505 (Definitions for ORS 655.505 to 655.555) to 655.555 (Rules for administration of fund for inmate injuries):
(1) “Attending practitioner” means Department of Corrections or Oregon Youth Authority medical staff, or specialists assisting Department of Corrections or Oregon Youth Authority medical staff, while the inmate is committed to the physical and legal custody of the Department of Corrections. At all other times, “attending practitioner” means a person licensed in Oregon or another state as a doctor of medicine, doctor of osteopathic medicine, doctor of optometry, doctor of dentistry or nurse practitioner who provides services within the scope of the license.
(2) “Authorized work or occupational training assignment” means the work assignment of an inmate:
(a) As authorized by ORS 421.305 (Establishment of industries in institutions) and 421.312 (Contracts with federal government for producing goods or furnishing services of inmates during national emergency authorized);
(b) As authorized by ORS 421.450 (Definitions for ORS 421.455 to 421.480) to 421.480 (Return of inmate to institution);
(c) As authorized by ORS 144.410 (Definitions for ORS 144.410 to 144.525) to 144.525 (Custody of enrollee earnings deducted or otherwise retained by department);
(d) As authorized by ORS 420.011 (Admissions to youth correction facilities);
(e) As authorized by ORS 420.240 (Work release program) to 420.265 (Unauthorized absence); or
(f) In any other inmate activity or program, including, but not limited to, on-the-job training established by the Department of Corrections under section 41, Article I, Oregon Constitution, whether or not compensation has been established by the Director of the Department of Corrections for participation in the activity or program.
(3) “Department” means the Oregon Department of Administrative Services.
(4) “Injury” means:
(a) An accidental injury or accidental injury to prosthetic devices occurring in the course of, and caused in major part by, an authorized work or occupational training assignment requiring medical services and resulting in disability or death; or
(b) Any disease or infection that:
(A) Arises out of, and in the course of, an authorized work or occupational training assignment;
(B) Is caused in major part by ingestion, absorption or inhalation of, or contact with, dust, fumes, vapors, gases, radiation or other substances to which a worker who is not an inmate is not ordinarily subjected or exposed while working;
(C) Requires medical services; and
(D) Results in disability or death.
(5) “Inmate” means a person committed to the physical and legal custody of the Department of Corrections.
(6) “Medical services” means reasonable and necessary services prescribed by an attending practitioner for conditions resulting from injury for a period that the nature of the injury or the process of recovery requires. “Medical services” includes medical, surgical, hospital, nursing, ambulance and other related services, drugs, medicine, crutches and prosthetic appliances, braces and supports and, when necessary, physical restorative services.
(7) “Medically stationary” means that no further material improvement would reasonably be expected from medical treatment or the passage of time.
(8) The terms “beneficiary,” “child” and “dependent” have the meanings given those terms in ORS 656.005 (Definitions). [1963 c.527 §1; 1967 c.504 §10; 1969 c.247 §6; 1969 c.597 §63; 1975 c.631 §1; 1987 c.320 §241; 1991 c.566 §7; 1993 c.500 §50; 1995 c.384 §18; 1997 c.851 §14; 2013 c.229 §13; 2015 c.342 §3; 2017 c.409 §18]
§§ 655.505 (Definitions for ORS 655.505 to 655.555) to 655.550 (Assessment of Oregon Department of Administrative Services for costs of Workers’ Compensation Board)
Where there was evidence that inmate had residual physical limita­tions from compensable back injury but no evidence to show that they affected his ability to obtain and hold employ­ment, there was no basis to make award for permanent partial disability. Meyers v. SAIF, 38 Or App 389, 590 P2d 285 (1979)
Inmate Injury Act, ORS 655.505 (Definitions for ORS 655.505 to 655.555) to 655.550 (Assessment of Oregon Department of Administrative Services for costs of Workers’ Compensation Board), incorporates attorney fees pro­vi­sions of Workers’ Compensa­tion Law, ORS chapter 656. Dept. of Justice v. Spear, 308 Or 594, 783 P2d 998 (1989)
Benefit availability for inmates engaged in prison work programs, (1996) Vol 48, p 134
Depart­ment to manage risk manage­ment and insurance programs
420.275
Benefits and protec­tions afforded to per­sons in custody of Oregon Youth Authority
1 Legislative Counsel Committee, CHAPTER 655—Benefits for Injured Trainees and Inmates, https://­www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/­bills_laws/­ors/­ors655.­html (2017) (last ac­cessed Mar. 30, 2018).
2 Legislative Counsel Committee, Annotations to the Oregon Revised Stat­utes, Cumulative Supplement - 2017, Chapter 655, https://­www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/­bills_laws/­ors/­ano655.­html (2017) (last ac­cessed Mar. 30, 2018).