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OR Rev Stat § 656.138 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 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 district in accordance with the requirements of ORS 660.002 to 660.210 or section 50, title 29, United States Code as of September 13, 1975, are considered as workers of the school district, community college district or education service district subject to this chapter. (2) A school district, community college district or education service district conducting related instruction classes shall submit a written statement to the insurer, or in the case of self-insurers, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, that includes a description of the related instruction to be given to such apprentices or trainees and an estimate of the total number of persons enrolled. (3) Upon receiving the written statement, the insurer, or in the case of self-insurers, the director, may fix assumed wage rates for those apprentices or trainees participating in related instruction classes, which may be used only for the purposes of computations under this chapter. (4) The State Apprenticeship and Training Council shall furnish the insurer, or in the case of self-insurers, the director, and the school district, community college district or education service district with an estimate of the total number of apprentices or trainees approved by it for participation in related instruction classes subject to coverage under this section and any significant changes in the estimated total. Apprentices and trainees as provided in subsection (1) of this section are entitled to benefits under this chapter. (5) The filing of claims for benefits under the authority of this section is the exclusive remedy of apprentices or trainees or their beneficiaries for injuries compensable under this chapter against the state, its political subdivisions, the school district, community college district or education service district, their members, officers and employees, or any employer, regardless of negligence. (6) This section does not apply to any apprentice or trainee who has earned wages for performing such duties. [1971 c.634 §2; 1975 c.775 §1; 1979 c.815 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 656.140 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 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 such equipment for hire, may elect to cover themselves under the Workers’ Compensation Law by filing with an insurer a written application to become entitled as subject workers to the benefits of the Workers’ Compensation Law. (2) As used in this section "equipment" means: (a) A motor vehicle used in the transportation of logs, poles or pilings. (b) A motor vehicle used in the transportation of rocks, gravel, sand or dirt. (c) A backhoe or other similar equipment used for digging and filling ditches or trenches. (d) A tractor. (e) Any other motor vehicle or heavy equipment of a kind commonly operated for hire. (3) The insurer may accept such application and fix a classification and an assumed monthly wage at which such person, or persons operating as partners, shall be carried on the payroll as workers for purposes of computations under this chapter. (4) When the application is accepted, such person, or persons operating as partners, become subject workers. Thereupon, such person, or persons operating as partners, shall be subject to this chapter as a subject employer notwithstanding ORS 656.023 and shall be entitled to benefits as subject workers. (5) No claim shall be allowed or paid under this section, except upon corroborative evidence in addition to the evidence of the claimant. (6) Any person, or persons operating as partners, electing coverage under this section, have the same duties and responsibilities of any other subject employer in the event they hire one or more subject workers. (7) The rights given to a person, or persons operating as partners, and their beneficiaries pursuant to this section for injuries compensable under this chapter are in lieu of any remedies they might otherwise have for such injuries against the person for whom services are being performed. [1969 c.463 §2; 1975 c.556 §24; 1981 c.854 §10; 1981 c.876 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 656.154 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 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, or if death results from the injury, the spouse, children or other dependents, as the case may be, may elect to seek a remedy against such third person. [Amended by 1959 c.504 §1; 1975 c.152 §1; 1985 c.212 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 656.156 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 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 nor the widow, widower, child or dependent of the worker shall receive any payment whatsoever under this chapter. (2) If injury or death results to a worker from the deliberate intention of the employer of the worker to produce such injury or death, the worker, the widow, widower, child or dependent of the worker may take under this chapter, and also have cause for action against the employer, as if such statutes had not been passed, for damages over the amount payable under those statutes. [Amended by 1965 c.285 §20]
OR Rev Stat § 656.160 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 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 time during which the worker is incarcerated for the commission of a crime. (2) As used in this section, an individual is not "incarcerated" if the individual is on parole or work release status. [1990 c.2 §50]
OR Rev Stat § 656.170 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 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, gravel, cement and asphalt operations, heavy duty mechanics, surveying or construction inspection, and a union that is the recognized or certified exclusive bargaining representative, a provision establishing either of the following is valid and binding: (a) An alternative dispute resolution system governing disputes between employees, employers and their insurers that supplements or replaces all or part of the dispute resolution processes of this chapter, including but not limited to provisions: (A) Establishing any limitations on the liability of the employer while determinations regarding the compensability of an injury are being made; (B) Describing the method for resolving disputes involving compensability of injuries under the alternative dispute resolution system and the amount of compensation due for a compensable injury and for medical and legal services; (C) Relating to the payment of compensation for injuries incurred when the collective bargaining agreement is terminated or when an injured worker is no longer subject to the agreement; and (D) Establishing arbitration and mediation procedures; or (b) The use of a list of medical service providers that the parties may agree is the exclusive source of all medical treatment provided under this chapter. (2) Any decision, order or award of compensation issued under an agreed upon alternative dispute resolution system adopted under subsection (1)(a) of this section is subject to review in the same manner as provided for the review of an order of an Administrative Law Judge pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (3) Nothing in this section allows a collective bargaining agreement that diminishes the entitlement of an employee to compensation as provided in this chapter. The portion of an agreement that violates this subsection is void. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, original jurisdiction over the compliance of a proposed collective bargaining agreement with this subsection is with the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services. The director shall determine the compliance of the agreement with this subsection prior to the agreement becoming operative. The decision of the director is subject to review as provided under ORS 656.704. [1999 c.841 §2; 2005 c.26 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 656.174 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 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. The rules must include, but are not limited to procedures for: (1) Establishing and operating an alternative dispute resolution system; (2) Resolution of disputes involving multiple claims when one or more of the claims are not subject to the collective bargaining agreement; and (3) Providing benefits to injured workers whose compensable claims are covered under an alternative dispute resolution system after the expiration of the collective bargaining agreement or termination of any arrangement for the provision of benefits under ORS 656.170 and 656.172. [1999 c.841 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 656.202 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 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 compensation as provided in this chapter, regardless of whether the worker was employed by a complying or noncomplying employer. (2) Except as otherwise provided by law, payment of benefits for injuries or deaths under this chapter shall be continued as authorized, and in the amounts provided for, by the law in force at the time the injury giving rise to the right to compensation occurred. (3) When compensation is paid to a claimant or other payment is made to the provider of service pursuant to this chapter, the insurer or self-insured employer shall notify the payment recipient in writing of the specific purpose of the payment. When applicable, the notice shall indicate the time period for which the payment is made and the reimbursable expenses or other bills and charges covered. If any portion of the claim is denied, the notice shall identify that portion of the claimed amounts that is not being paid. (4) Notwithstanding subsections (1) to (3) of this section, the amendments to ORS 656.325 by section 4, chapter 723, Oregon Laws 1981, and ORS 656.335 (1993 Edition) apply to all workers regardless of the date of injury. (5) This section does not apply to vocational assistance benefits. (6) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section, the increase in benefits to the surviving spouse of an injured worker made by the amendment to ORS 656.204 (2)(c) (1993 Edition) by section 1, chapter 108, Oregon Laws 1985, applies to a surviving spouse who remarries after September 20, 1985, regardless of the date of injury or death of the worker. (7) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section, the increase in benefits to the surviving spouse of an injured worker made by the amendments to ORS 656.204 (3)(a) and (b) (1997 Edition) by section 2, chapter 927, Oregon Laws 1999, applies to a surviving spouse who remarries on or after October 23, 1999, regardless of the date of injury or death of the worker. [Amended by 1953 c.669 §4; 1953 c.670 §4; 1957 c.718 §3; 1959 c.450 §1; 1965 c.285 §21; 1977 c.430 §6; 1981 c.770 §1; subsection (4) enacted as 1981 c.723 §8; 1985 c.108 §3; 1985 c.600 §6; 1985 c.706 §6; 1985 c.770 §6; 1995 c.332 §12; 1999 c.927 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 656.208 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 656.208 - Death during permanent total disability.

If an injured worker dies during the period of the worker’s permanent total disability, whatever the cause of death, and the worker leaves a beneficiary, payment must be made in the same manner and in the same amounts as provided in ORS 656.204. [Amended by 1957 c.453 §2; 1959 c.450 §2; 1965 c.285 §22b; 1969 c.521 §2; 1971 c.415 §2; 1973 c.497 §3; 1975 c.497 §2; 1985 c.108 §2; 2017 c.71 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 656.209 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 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 shall be reduced by the amount of any disability benefits the worker receives from federal Social Security. (a) If the benefit amount to which the worker is entitled pursuant to this chapter exceeds the worker’s federal disability benefit limitation determined pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 424(a), the reduction in worker’s compensation benefits authorized by this subsection shall not be administered in such manner as to lower the amount the worker would have received pursuant to this chapter had such reduction not been made. (b) If the benefit amount to which the worker is entitled pursuant to this chapter is less than the worker’s federal disability benefit limitation determined pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 424(a), the reduction in worker’s compensation benefits authorized by this subsection shall not be administered in such manner as to lower the amount of combined benefits the worker receives below the federal benefit limitation. (2) No reduction of permanent total disability benefits shall be made pursuant to this section unless authorized by the department. (3) No reduction of benefits shall be authorized pursuant to this section except upon actual receipt of federal Social Security disability benefits by the injured worker. (4) The effective date of the operation of any offset provided in this section shall be the date established in the authorization provided in subsection (1) of this section, whether the authorization was issued prior to or subsequent to May 8, 1979. [1977 c.430 §5; 1979 c.117 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 656.211 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 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 Employment Department, for the last quarter of the calendar year preceding the fiscal year in which compensation is paid and as computed by the Employment Department as of May 15 of each year. [1973 c.614 §4; 1990 c.2 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 656.216 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 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 at the time the determination is made. In no case shall such payments be less than $108.75 per month. (2) If a worker, who is entitled to compensation for a permanent disability, has received compensation for a temporary disability by reason of the same injury, compensation for such permanent disability shall be in addition to the payments which the worker has received on account of such temporary disability. [Amended by 1967 c.529 §2; 1973 c.459 §1; 1974 c.41 §7]
OR Rev Stat § 656.218 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 656.218 - Continuance of permanent partial disability payments to survivors; effect of death prior to final claim disposition.

(1) In case of the death of a worker entitled to compensation, whether eligibility therefor or the amount thereof has been determined, payments shall be made for the period during which the worker, if surviving, would have been entitled thereto. (2) If the worker’s death occurs prior to issuance of a notice of closure under ORS 656.268, the insurer or the self-insured employer shall determine compensation for permanent partial disability, if any. (3) If the worker has filed a request for hearing pursuant to ORS 656.283 or a request for reconsideration pursuant to ORS 656.268 and death occurs prior to the final disposition of the request, the persons described in subsection (5) of this section shall be entitled to pursue the matter to final determination of all issues presented by the request. (4) If the worker dies before filing a request for hearing or a request for reconsideration, the persons described in subsection (5) of this section shall be entitled to file a request for hearing or a request for reconsideration and to pursue the matter to final determination as to all issues presented by the request. (5) The payments provided in this section shall be made to the persons who would have been entitled to receive death benefits if the injury causing the disability had been fatal. In the absence of persons so entitled, the unpaid balance of the award shall be paid to the worker’s estate. (6) This section does not entitle any person to double payments on account of the death of a worker and a continuation of payments for permanent partial disability, or to a greater sum in the aggregate than if the injury had been fatal. [Amended by 1959 c.450 §3; 1973 c.355 §1; 1975 c.497 §3; 1981 c.854 §11; 1987 c.884 §16; 1999 c.313 §4; 2009 c.171 §2; 2015 c.144 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 656.222 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 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 a permanent disability, the award of compensation for such further accident shall be made with regard to the combined effect of the injuries of the worker and past receipt of money for such disabilities.
OR Rev Stat § 656.225 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 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: (1) In occupational disease or injury claims other than those involving a preexisting mental disorder, work conditions or events constitute the major contributing cause of a pathological worsening of the preexisting condition. (2) In occupational disease or injury claims involving a preexisting mental disorder, work conditions or events constitute the major contributing cause of an actual worsening of the preexisting condition and not just of its symptoms. (3) In medical service claims, the medical service is prescribed to treat a change in the preexisting condition as specified in subsection (1) or (2) of this section, and not merely as an incident to the treatment of a compensable injury or occupational disease. [1995 c.332 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 656.226 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 656.226 - Cohabitants and children entitled to compensation.

In case two unmarried individuals have cohabited in this state as spouses who are married to each other for over one year prior to the date of an accidental injury received by one or the other as a subject worker, and children are living as a result of that relation, the surviving cohabitant and the children are entitled to compensation under this chapter the same as if the individuals had been legally married. [Amended by 1983 c.816 §4; 2015 c.629 §55]
OR Rev Stat § 656.228 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 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 additional compensation payable on account of that beneficiary and make payment directly to the beneficiary, if sui juris; otherwise, to the guardian or person having custody of the beneficiary. (2) Compensation paid to an injured worker who is a minor prior to receipt of notice by the insurer or the self-insured employer from the parent or guardian of the minor that the parent or guardian claims the compensation shall discharge the obligation to pay compensation to the extent of such payment. [Amended by 1957 c.477 §1; 1965 c.285 §25; 1981 c.854 §12]
OR Rev Stat § 656.230 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 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 a lump sum payment, the insurer shall make the payment requested unless the: (a) Worker has not waived the right to appeal the adequacy of the award; (b) Award has not become final by operation of law; (c) Payment of compensation has been stayed pending a request for hearing or review under ORS 656.313; or (d) Worker is enrolled and actively engaged in training according to rules adopted pursuant to ORS 656.340 and 656.726. (2) Any unpaid balance of the award not paid in a lump sum payment shall be paid pursuant to ORS 656.216. (3) In all cases where the award for permanent partial disability does not exceed $6,000, the insurer or the self-insured employer shall pay all of the award to the worker in a lump sum. [Amended by 1957 c.574 §4; 1959 c.449 §1; 1965 c.285 §23a; 1973 c.221 §1; 1981 c.854 §13; 1983 c.816 §15; 1995 c.332 §22; 2007 c.270 §1]