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OR Rev Stat § 656.426 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 656.426

[Amended by 1965 c.285 §68b; renumbered 656.702]
OR Rev Stat § 656.434 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 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 provided by this section and ORS 656.440; or (b) Canceled by the employer with the approval of the director. (2) The director may revoke the certification of a self-insured employer if: (a) The employer fails to comply with ORS 656.407 or 656.430 or is in default as described in ORS 656.443; or (b) The employer commits any violation for which a civil penalty could be assessed under ORS 656.745. (3) When the certification of a self-insured employer is revoked, or when an employer terminates in a self-insured employer group, that employer must immediately comply with ORS 656.017 (1). If the employer fails to so comply, notwithstanding ORS 656.052 (3), the director immediately may file suit in the circuit court of the county in which the employer resides or employs workers. Upon filing of such a suit, the court shall set a date for hearing and shall cause notice thereof to be served on the employer. The hearing shall be not less than five nor more than 15 days from the date of service of the notice. Upon commencement of the suit, the circuit court shall enjoin the employer from further employing workers until the employer complies with ORS 656.017 (1). [1975 c.556 §34; 1979 c.845 §2; 1981 c.535 §39; 2014 c.48 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 656.440 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 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 that the certification will be revoked stating the grounds for the revocation. The notice shall be served on the employer in the manner provided by ORS 656.427 (4). The revocation shall become effective within 10 days after receipt of such notice by the employer unless within such period of time the employer corrects the grounds for the revocation or appeals in writing to the director. The director shall refer the request for hearing to the Workers’ Compensation Board for a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge. (2) If the employer appeals, the Hearings Division of the Workers’ Compensation Board under ORS 656.283 shall set a date for a hearing, which date shall be within 30 days after receiving the appeal request, and shall give the employer at least five days’ notice of the time and place of the hearing. A record of the hearing shall be kept but it need not be transcribed unless requested by the employer. The cost of transcription shall be charged to the employer. Within 10 days after the hearing, the Administrative Law Judge shall either affirm or disaffirm the revocation and give the employer written notice thereof by registered or certified mail. (3) If revocation is affirmed on review by the Administrative Law Judge, the revocation is effective five days after the employer receives notice of the affirmance unless within such period of time the employer corrects the grounds for the revocation or petitions for judicial review of the affirmance pursuant to ORS 183.480 to 183.497. (4) If the revocation is affirmed following judicial review, the revocation is effective five days after entry of the final judgment of affirmance, unless within such period the employer corrects the grounds for the revocation. [1975 c.556 §35; 1977 c.804 §15; 2003 c.576 §530; 2005 c.26 §14; 2007 c.241 §30]
OR Rev Stat § 656.441 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 656.441 - Advancement of funds from Workers’ Benefit Fund for compensation due workers insured by certain decertified self-insured employer groups.

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 656.605, if a self-insured employer group is decertified no later than September 15, 2014, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may advance funds from the Workers’ Benefit Fund to injured workers who have not received payment of compensation due after the common claims fund and securities deposited with the director are exhausted. (2) Expenditures authorized under this section may exceed the amount of surety bonds and any other security on deposit with the director for the decertified self-insured employer group. [2014 c.48 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 656.445 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 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 funds from the Workers’ Benefit Fund to injured workers who have not received payment of compensation due from the insurer in default. (2) The maximum expenditures that may be made under this section may not exceed the amount of securities on deposit for the insurer pursuant to ORS 731.628. (3) The director shall adopt rules to regulate, manage and disburse moneys in the Workers’ Benefit Fund for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section. The rules shall include but not be limited to eligibility criteria, procedures for distributing funds, accounting procedures and a maximum expenditure limitation on payments made under subsection (1) of this section from the fund. [2001 c.974 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 656.447 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 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 an insurer to issue workers’ compensation insurance policies if the director, after notice to the company and giving the company an opportunity to be heard and present evidence, finds that: (a) The company has failed to comply with its obligations under any such policy; or (b) The company has failed to comply with the orders of the director or the provisions of this chapter or any rule promulgated pursuant thereto. (2) A suspension or revocation shall not affect the liability of any such company on any workers’ compensation insurance policy in force prior to the suspension or revocation. [1975 c.556 §37; 1977 c.430 §2; 1987 c.373 §33; 2007 c.241 §15]
OR Rev Stat § 656.451 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 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]
OR Rev Stat § 656.452 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 656.452

[Amended by 1965 c.285 §54a; renumbered 656.632]
OR Rev Stat § 656.454 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 656.454

[Renumbered 656.634]
OR Rev Stat § 656.455 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 656.455 - Self-insured employers to process claims and make records available at authorized locations; disposal of records; expenses for out-of-state audits; rules.

(1)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this subsection, every self-insured employer shall maintain a place of business in this state where the employer shall process claims and make available complete records of all claims for compensation made to the employer under this chapter. In lieu of maintaining a place of business in this state for the purpose of complying with this section, a self-insured employer may, under the conditions prescribed by ORS 731.475 (3), make such records available at places of business in this state operated by service companies. (b) The self-insured employer may dispose of the records described in paragraph (a) of this subsection only in accordance with rules the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services adopted under ORS 731.475. Such records must be available to the director for examination and audit at all reasonable times upon notice by the director to the employer. (c) A self-insured employer may process claims remotely from a place of business in this state in accordance with rules adopted under ORS 731.475. (2) With the permission of the director, a self-insured employer may process claims and make available claims records from a location outside of this state. The director shall by rule prescribe the conditions and procedure for obtaining permission of the director. The director may revoke permission for failure of the employer to comply with the rules. If the permission of an employer is revoked by the director, the employer has 60 days after the order of revocation becomes final to comply with subsection (1) of this section. The self-insured employer shall pay any expenses the director incurs to examine and audit the records outside of this state. (3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a self-insured employer may not process claims or maintain claims records at more than three locations at any one time. [1975 c.585 §8; 1989 c.630 §2; 2021 c.21 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 656.456 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 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]
OR Rev Stat § 656.460 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 656.460

[Amended by 1953 c.674 §13; 1959 c.517 §3; 1963 c.323 §1; 1965 c.285 §64; renumbered 656.638]
OR Rev Stat § 656.464 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 656.464

[Amended by 1953 c.674 §13; 1957 c.574 §5; 1959 c.449 §2; 1965 c.285 §66b; renumbered 656.642]
OR Rev Stat § 656.466 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 656.466

[Amended by 1953 c.674 §13; 1959 c.449 §3; 1965 c.285 §67g; renumbered 656.644]
OR Rev Stat § 656.468 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 656.468

[Amended by 1953 c.674 §13; 1965 c.285 §66; renumbered 656.640]
OR Rev Stat § 656.472 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 656.472

[Amended by 1953 c.674 §13; 1957 c.574 §6; 1959 c.449 §4; 1965 c.285 §68a; renumbered 656.602]
OR Rev Stat § 656.474 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 656.474

[Amended by 1953 c.674 §13; 1965 c.285 §68c; renumbered 656.604]
OR Rev Stat § 656.502 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 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.
OR Rev Stat § 656.504 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 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 day of each month, for insurance coverage, a percentage of the employer’s total payroll for the preceding calendar month of subject workers according to and at the rates promulgated by the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation under ORS 656.508 and shall forward to the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation on or before the 15th day of each month a signed statement showing the employer’s total payroll for the preceding calendar month, the kind of work performed, the number of workers and the number of days worked. The State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation may establish other reporting periods and payment-due dates and in lieu of payment based upon a percentage of total payroll may promulgate rates to be paid by employers insured with the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation utilizing a certain number of cents for each work-hour worked by workers in such employer’s employ. Each such employer shall also pay an annual fee, deposit and minimum premium in such amount and at such time as the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation shall prescribe, to the Industrial Accident Fund for each calendar year. Each such employer may be required to pay a registration fee in such amount and at such time as the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation shall prescribe. The State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation may vary the amount of these fees and minimum premium by employer groupings, accept them in lieu of the other premiums which are based on the employer’s payroll, and may adjust the period of application from a calendar year to a fiscal year. (2) The State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation may provide for a short rate premium applicable to employers who cancel their coverage with the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation prior to the expiration of the coverage period using a standard short rate table. [Amended by 1957 c.441 §3; 1959 c.450 §6; 1965 c.285 §69; 1967 c.341 §8; 1979 c.348 §2; 1981 c.535 §11; 1981 c.854 §33]
OR Rev Stat § 656.505 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 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 pay the premiums and assessments due on such unreported payroll the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation shall have authority to estimate such payroll and make a demand for premiums and assessments due thereon. (2) If the report required and the premiums and assessments due thereon are not made within 30 days from the mailing of such demand the employer shall be in default as provided in ORS 656.560, and the corporation may have and recover judgment or file liens for such estimated premiums and assessments or the actual premium and assessment, whichever is greater. [1953 c.679 §2; 1979 c.348 §3; 1981 c.854 §34]
OR Rev Stat § 656.508 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 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 of the occupations or industries sufficient to provide adequate funds to carry out the purposes of this chapter and the duties of the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation. (2) The State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation may annually, and at such other times as it deems necessary, readjust, increase or decrease the premium rates of employers insured with the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation. Any such readjustment, increase or decrease shall be made and become effective on such dates as the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation may determine. The State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation shall notify the employer of the rate. (3) The State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation may establish a uniform system of rate modification conforming to recognized insurance principles including schedule rating and experience rating, premium discount and retrospective rating. [Amended by 1957 c.41 §1; 1957 c.386 §1; 1963 c.587 §1; 1965 c.285 §71; 1977 c.405 §8; 1981 c.854 §35]
OR Rev Stat § 656.526 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 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 by subsection (1) of this section, the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation finds the Industrial Accident Fund, aside from the reserves deemed actuarially necessary according to recognized insurance principles, contains a surplus, the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation in its discretion may, after providing for any payments to the state, taxes or other dispositions of surplus provided by law, declare a dividend to be paid to, or credited to the accounts of, employers who were insured by the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation during all or part of the period for which the dividend is declared. Any dividend so declared shall give due consideration to the solvency of the Industrial Accident Fund, not be unfairly discriminatory and not be promised in advance of such declaration. (3) An employer in default when the dividend is declared shall not be eligible to receive payment or the credit provided by subsection (2) of this section. [Amended by 1953 c.674 §13; 1955 c.323 §3; 1957 c.574 §8; 1965 c.285 §72; 1967 c.252 §1; 1969 c.589 §1; 1971 c.385 §3; 1971 c.725 §1; 1981 c.854 §36; 1982 s.s.3 c.2 §3; 1999 c.424 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 656.552 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 656.552 - Deposit of cash, bond or letter of credit 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 with the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation, except political subdivisions of the state, to deposit and keep on deposit with the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation a sum equal to the premiums due the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation upon the estimated payroll of the employer for a period of not to exceed six months. (2) The State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation may, in its discretion and in lieu of such deposit, accept a bond, letter of credit or similar instrument to secure payment of premiums to become due the Industrial Accident Fund. The deposit or posting of the bond, letter of credit or similar instrument shall not relieve the employer from making premium payments to the Industrial Accident Fund based on the actual payroll of the employer, as provided by ORS 656.504. (3) If an employer ceases to be insured by the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation, the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation shall, upon receipt of all payments due the Industrial Accident Fund, refund to the employer all deposits remaining to the employer’s credit and shall cancel any bond, letter of credit or similar instrument given under this section. [Amended by 1959 c.450 §8; 1965 c.285 §81; 1981 c.854 §37; 2009 c.145 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 656.554 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 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 employer employs workers shall, upon the commencement of a suit by the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation for that purpose, enjoin the employer from further employing workers under this chapter until the employer has complied with ORS 656.552. (2) Upon filing of a suit for such purpose by the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation, the court shall set a day for hearing and shall cause notice thereof to be served upon the employer. The hearing shall be not less than five nor more than 15 days from the service of the notice.
OR Rev Stat § 656.556 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 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 this chapter at the plant of the person letting the contract, upon premises owned, leased or controlled by such person or upon premises where such person is conducting business, the person letting the contract shall be liable to the Industrial Accident Fund for the payment of all premiums, fees and assessments which may be due such fund on account of the performance of the contract or any subcontract thereunder. [Amended by 1965 c.285 §73; 1981 c.854 §38]
OR Rev Stat § 656.558 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 656.558

[Amended by 1965 c.285 §66a; renumbered 656.646]
OR Rev Stat § 656.560 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation|Section 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 Fund Corporation on the account of the employer or on account of workers employed by that employer becomes due, interest at the rate of one percent per month or fraction thereof shall be added to the amount of such payment commencing with the first day of the month following the date upon which such payment became due. (2) If any employer insured with the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation fails to make and maintain the deposit provided in ORS 656.552 or fails to make payment of premiums, fees and assessments required within 30 days after a written demand by the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation, such employer is in default and is also subject to a penalty of 10 percent of the amount then due. The written demand shall be mailed to the employer at the last-known address of the employer by registered or certified mail. A copy of the demand shall at the same time be sent to the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services. (3) The amount at any time due, together with interest thereon, and penalty for nonpayment thereof, may be collected by the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation in the same action. (4) Every employer in default, as provided in this section, upon receipt of notice thereof, shall display such notice of default by posting it in a place accessible to the workers in such manner as to inform the workers of such default. [Amended by 1965 c.285 §73a; 1969 c.248 §1; 1971 c.73 §1; 1975 c.556 §44; 1981 c.854 §39]