Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 656.790 (2026)

Workers’ Compensation Management-Labor Advisory Committee; membership; duties; expenses

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656.790 Workers’ Compensation Management-Labor Advisory Committee; membership; duties; expenses. (1)(a) The Governor shall appoint a Workers’ Compensation Management-Labor Advisory Committee composed of 10 appointed members.

(b) Five members from organized labor shall represent subject workers and five members shall represent subject employers.

(c) In addition to the appointed members, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall serve ex officio as a member of the committee.

(d) The appointment of members of the committee is subject to confirmation by the Senate in the manner prescribed in ORS 171.562 and 171.565.

(2)(a) The director may recommend areas of the law that the director desires to have studied or the committee may study such aspects of the law as the committee shall determine require their consideration.

(b) The committee shall biennially review the standards for evaluation of permanent disability adopted under ORS 656.726 and shall recommend to the director factors to be included or such other modification of application of the standards as the committee considers appropriate.

(d) The committee shall review and consider reports, findings and analysis made public by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health that are related to cancers associated with nonvolunteer firefighters as set forth in ORS 656.802 (5).

(e) The committee shall advise the director regarding any proposed changes in the operation of programs funded by the Workers’ Benefit Fund and shall review any plan the Department of Consumer and Business Services devises to increase the balance of the fund to meet the requirement set forth in ORS 656.506 (5).

(f) The committee shall report the committee’s findings to the director for such action as the director deems appropriate.

(3) The committee shall report to the Legislative Assembly such findings and recommendations as the committee considers appropriate, including a report on the following matters:

(a) Decisions of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals that have significant impact on the workers’ compensation system.

(b) Adequacy of workers’ compensation benefits.

(d) Adequacy of assessments for reserve programs and administrative costs.

(e) The operation of programs funded by the Workers’ Benefit Fund.

(4)(a) The members of the committee are appointed for a term of three years and shall serve without compensation, but are entitled to travel expenses.

(b) The committee may hire, subject to approval of the director, such experts as the committee may require to discharge the committee’s duties.

(c) All expenses of the committee must be paid out of the Consumer and Business Services Fund. [1969 c.448 §2; 1975 c.556 §49; 1977 c.804 §32; 1990 c.2 §41; 1995 c.332 §55b; 1995 c.641 §25; 2007 c.274 §7; 2017 c.63 §1; 2019 c.494 §2; 2022 c.8 §2]

656.792 [1965 c.285 §29; 1969 c.314 §69; repealed by 1969 c.448 §3]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1992–2024 · leading case: Saif Corp. v. Herron, 836 P.2d 131 (Or. Ct. App. 1992).

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Saif Corp. v. Herron, 836 P.2d 131 (Or. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 2× “211 and ORS 656.790, address administrative topics and have nothing to do with an individual claim.”

Nancy Doty, Inc. v. Wildcat Haven, Inc., 439 P.3d 1018 (Or. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “ORS 656.790(1). The committee reports findings and recommendations to the Legislative Assembly on various matters.”

Shubert v. Blue Chips, 951 P.2d 172 (Or. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “" ORS 656.790(2) (emphasis supplied). The committee cannot bind the director.”

Nava v. SAIF (Or. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “Mattis explained that, as amended, “HB 2971 requires insurers to clarify the compensable conditions” in three ways: (1) by “issu[ing] updates when they receive new infor- mation;” (2) by issu[ing] a revised Notice of Acceptance prior to claim closure;” and (3) “[i]f a condition…”

Roseburg Forest Prods. v. Owen, 879 P.2d 1317 (Or. Ct. App. 1994). “005(12)(b)(A) who were selected by the director in consultation with the Board of Medical Examiners for the State of Oregon and the committee referred to in ORS 656.790. The medical arbiter or panel of medial arbiters may examine the worker and perform such tests as may be…”

— Or. Rev. Stat. § 656.790(1) — 2 cases

Nancy Doty, Inc. v. Wildcat Haven, Inc., 439 P.3d 1018 (Or. Ct. App. 2019). “ORS 656.790(1). The committee reports findings and recommendations to the Legislative Assembly on various matters.”

Nava v. SAIF (Or. Ct. App. 2024). “Mattis explained that, as amended, “HB 2971 requires insurers to clarify the compensable conditions” in three ways: (1) by “issu[ing] updates when they receive new infor- mation;” (2) by issu[ing] a revised Notice of Acceptance prior to claim closure;” and (3) “[i]f a condition…”

— Or. Rev. Stat. § 656.790(2) — 1 case

Shubert v. Blue Chips, 951 P.2d 172 (Or. Ct. App. 1997). “" ORS 656.790(2) (emphasis supplied). The committee cannot bind the director.”

— Or. Rev. Stat. § 656.790(3) — 2 cases

Nancy Doty, Inc. v. Wildcat Haven, Inc., 439 P.3d 1018 (Or. Ct. App. 2019). “ORS 656.790(1). The committee reports findings and recommendations to the Legislative Assembly on various matters.”

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