The Hearings Division is continued within the Workers’ Compensation Board. The division has the responsibility for providing an impartial forum for deciding all cases, disputes and controversies arising under ORS 654.001 to 654.295, 654.412 to 654.423 and 654.750 to 654.780, all cases, disputes and controversies regarding matters concerning a claim under this chapter, and for conducting such other hearings and proceedings as may be prescribed by law.
ORS 656.708
Known as the Workers’ Compensation Law
The act spans §§ 656–656 (348 sections).
Applied in 22 court decisions — leading case Shahtout v. Emco Garbage Co. (1985)
Most recently applied in Speciality Risk Services v. Royal Indemnity Co. (July 2007)
1977 c.804 §25; 1979 c.839 §17; 1987 c.373 §39
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.