2015 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 14 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment
Chapter 656 - Workers’ Compensation
Section 656.230 - Lump sum award payments.
(1) When a worker has been awarded compensation for permanent partial disability, and the worker requests payment of all or part of the award in a lump sum payment, the insurer shall make the payment requested unless the:
(a) Worker has not waived the right to appeal the adequacy of the award;
(b) Award has not become final by operation of law;
(c) Payment of compensation has been stayed pending a request for hearing or review under ORS 656.313; or
(d) Worker is enrolled and actively engaged in training according to rules adopted pursuant to ORS 656.340 and 656.726.
(2) Any unpaid balance of the award not paid in a lump sum payment shall be paid pursuant to ORS 656.216.
(3) In all cases where the award for permanent partial disability does not exceed $6,000, the insurer or the self-insured employer shall pay all of the award to the worker in a lump sum.
[Amended by 1957 c.574 §4; 1959 c.449 §1; 1965 c.285 §23a; 1973 c.221 §1; 1981 c.854 §13; 1983 c.816 §15; 1995 c.332 §22; 2007 c.270 §1]
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