Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 656: Workers' Compensation
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Edition. Oregon Revised Statutes 2025 Edition, chapter 656 page as served by oregonlegislature.gov and fetched 2026-09-29 (HTTP 200); the ORS index identifies the 2025 Edition as current. The chapter page prints no edition marker of its own. The page banner states that ORS sections in this chapter were amended or repealed by the Legislative Assembly during its 2026 regular session and points to the ORS 2026 amended/repealed table; the body text on the page is the current text as served.
Status. US state statute; public domain.
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Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 656 - Workers' Compensation is a state statute published by Oregon Legislative Assembly, oregonlegislature.gov. It is one of the Oregon documents that insurance license exam questions are written from, including oregon property & casualty practice questions. This page summarizes it and points to the official version, which is the text to rely on.
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- ORS 656.802(3) (Occupational disease; mental disorder; presumptions as to stress disorders; proof)
“Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a mental disorder is not compensable under this chapter unless the worker establishes all of the following: (a) The employment conditions producing the mental disorder exist in a real and objective sense.”
- ORS 656.730(2) (Assigned risk plan)
“If any insurer issuing workers’ compensation insurance policies under this chapter refuses to accept its equitable apportionment under such plan, the director shall revoke the insurer’s authority to issue workers’ compensation insurance policies.”
- ORS 656.403(3) (Obligations of self-insured employer)
“Security deposited by a self-insured employer shall not relieve any such employer from full and primary responsibility for claims administration and payment of compensation under this chapter. This subsection applies to a self-insured employer even though the self-insured employer insures or...”
- ORS 656.265(1)(a) (Notice of accident from worker)
“Notice of an accident resulting in an injury or death shall be given immediately by the worker or a beneficiary of the worker to the employer, but not later than 90 days after the accident.”
- ORS 656.027(5) (Who are subject workers)
“(5) A worker engaged in the transportation in interstate commerce of goods, persons or property for hire by rail, water, aircraft or motor vehicle, and whose employer has no fixed place of business in this state.”
- ORS 656.628(5) (Workers with Disabilities Program; use of funds; conditions and limitations; rules)
“If the director determines that any of the conditions described in subsection (4) of this section exist, the director may reimburse the paying agency for compensation amounts in excess of $1,000 per claimant for all subsequent injuries throughout the claimant’s working career, paid as the result of the condition.”
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