The circuit court for any county, or the judge of such court, on application of the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, the Workers’ Compensation Board, or any of the board members, their Administrative Law Judges or assistants, shall compel obedience to subpoenas issued and served pursuant to ORS 656.726 and shall punish disobedience of any such subpoena or any refusal to testify at any authorized session or hearing or to answer any lawful inquiry of the director or any of the board members, Administrative Law Judges or assistants, in the same manner as a refusal to testify in the circuit court or the disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from the court is punished.
ORS 656.732
Known as the Workers’ Compensation Law
The act spans §§ 656–656 (348 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Coman v. Corrections Department (1998)
Most recently applied in Coman v. Corrections Department (August 1998)
Formerly 656.412; 1979 c.839 §21
Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.