(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:

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Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 656.230

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.

(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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