2011 Oregon Revised Statutes
ORS Volume 14, Chapters 645 - 669
ORS Chapter 656
656.455 Self-insured employers required to keep records of compensation claims; location and inspection; expenses of audits and inspections; rules.

(1) Every self-insured employer shall maintain a place of business in this state where the employer shall keep complete records of all claims for compensation made to the employer under this chapter or a self-insured employer may, under the conditions prescribed by ORS 731.475 (3), keep such records in this state at places operated by service companies. The records shall be retained in, and may be removed from, this state or disposed of, in accordance with the rules of the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services adopted pursuant to ORS 731.475. Such records shall be available to the director for examination and audit at all reasonable times upon notice by the director to the employer.

(2) With the permission of the director, a self-insured employer may keep all claims records and process claims from a location outside of the 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 shall be allowed 60 days after the order of revocation becomes final to comply with subsection (1) of this section. The expenses of the director to examine and audit the records of a self-insured employer outside of this state shall be paid by the employer.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a self-insured employer may not have at any one time more than three locations where claims are processed or records are maintained. [1975 c.585 8; 1989 c.630 2]