(1)
Purpose. The purpose of the
rules in OAR
436-060 is to prescribe uniform standards for insurers to process
workers' compensation claims under ORS chapter 656.
(2)
Applicability.
(a) The rules are subject to the
applicability provisions under ORS
656.202.
(b) The director may waive procedural rules
as justice requires, unless otherwise obligated by statute.
(3)
Forms and
bulletins.
(b) With the approval of the director, an
insurer may modify the appearance, wording, or font size of a paper form
referenced in OAR
436-060. Any insurer modified paper form must:
(A) Obtain information equivalent to the
division's current form;
(B) Use
the same form number as the division's current form;
(C) Have an appearance and format
substantially similar to the division's current form; and
(D) Have an asterisk after the form name with
the following statement at the bottom" *This form was modified by [INSERT
INSURER'S NAME], and has been approved for use by the Oregon Workers'
Compensation Division."
(c) The director may revoke approval of an
insurer modified paper form when the director determines the form does not
comply with current federal or state law, or if the director finds the form no
longer meets the requirements of (3)(b) of this rule.
(d) To request approval of a modified paper
form, the insurer must send or hand deliver the proposed form, along with a
cover letter requesting approval to use the form, to the Forms and Bulletins
Coordinator at WCD.FormsBulletins@dcbs.oregon.gov or 350 Winter Street NE, P.O.
Box 14480, Salem OR 97309-0405.
Notes
Or. Admin. Code §
436-060-0003
WCD 6-1978(Admin), f. &
ef. 4-27-78; WCD 1-1980(Admin), f. & ef. 1-11-80; WCD 6-1981(Admin), f.
12-23-81, ef. 1-1-82; WCD 8-1983(Admin), f. 12-29-83, ef. 1-1-84; Renumbered
from 436-054-0003, 5-1-85; WCD 8-1985(Admin), f. 12-12-85, ef. 1-1-86; WCD
4-1987, f. 12-18-87, ef. 1-1-88; WCD 6-1989, f. 12-22-89, cert. ef. 1-1-90; WCD
9-1990(Temp), f. 6-18-90, cert. ef. 7-1-90; WCD 29-1990, f. 11-30-90, cert. ef.
12-26-90; WCD 1-1992, f. 1-13-92, cert. ef. 2-1-92; WCD 1-1994(Temp), f. &
cert. ef. 3-1-94; WCD 7-1994, f. 8-11-94, cert. ef. 8-28-94; WCD 10-1995(Temp),
f. & cert. ef. 8-18-95; WCD 5-1996, f. 2-6-96, cert. ef. 2-12-96; WCD
14-1996(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 5-31-96; WCD 17-1996(Temp), f. 8-5-96, cert.
ef. 8-12-96; WCD 21-1996, f. 10-18-96, cert. ef. 11-27-96; WCD 11-2001, f.
11-30-01, cert. ef. 1-1-02; WCD 10-2002, f. 10-2-02 cert. ef. 11-1-02; WCD
9-2004, f. 10-26-04, cert. ef. 1-1-05; WCD 3-2009, f. 12-1-09, cert. ef.
1-1-10;
WCD
6-2016, f. 11-28-16, cert. ef.
1/1/2017; WCD 7-2020, amend filed 03/13/2020,
effective 04/01/2020;
WCD
20-2020, amend filed 12/09/2020, effective
1/1/2021;
WCD
14-2021, minor correction filed 10/27/2021, effective
10/27/2021
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
656.726(4)
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
656.726(4),
84.013,
192.318,
192.355,
656.005,
656.126,
656.160,
656.202,
656.204,
656.206,
656.208,
656.210,
656.212,
656.214,
656.216,
656.228,
656.230,
656.234,
656.236,
656.245,
656.260,
656.262,
656.263,
656.264,
656.265,
656.268,
656.273,
656.277,
656.278,
656.289,
656.307,
656.308,
656.313,
656.325,
656.331,
656.360,
656.362,
656.386,
656.605,
656.704 &
656.745
