Oregon Statutes 656.807 – Time for filing of claims for occupational disease; procedure
(1) All occupational disease claims shall be void unless a claim is filed with the insurer or self-insured employer by whichever is the later of the following dates:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 656.807
- Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
- occupational disease: means any disease or infection arising out of and in the course of employment caused by substances or activities to which an employee is not ordinarily subjected or exposed other than during a period of regular actual employment therein, and which requires medical services or results in disability or death, including:
(A) Any disease or infection caused by ingestion of, absorption of, inhalation of or contact with dust, fumes, vapors, gases, radiation or other substances. See Oregon Statutes 656.802
(a) One year from the date the worker first discovered, or in the exercise of reasonable care should have discovered, the occupational disease; or
(b) One year from the date the claimant becomes disabled or is informed by a physician that the claimant is suffering from an occupational disease.
(2) If the occupational disease results in death, a claim may be filed within one year from the date that the worker’s beneficiary first discovered, or in the exercise of reasonable care should have discovered, that the cause of the worker’s death was due to an occupational disease.
(3) The procedure for processing occupational disease claims shall be the same as provided for accidental injuries under this chapter. [Amended by 1953 c.440 § 2; 1959 c.351 § 2; 1965 c.285 § 87a; 1973 c.543 § 3; 1981 c.535 § 47; 1981 c.854 § 55; 1985 c.212 § 10; 1987 c.713 § 6]
[Amended by 1957 c.559 § 2; 1965 c.285 § 88; repealed by 1973 c.543 § 4]
[Amended by 1959 c.351 § 3; 1965 c.285 § 89; repealed by 1973 c.543 § 4]
[Amended by 1959 c.351 § 4; repealed by 1973 c.543 § 4]
[Amended by 1965 c.285 § 90; repealed by 1973 c.543 § 4]
[Amended by 1959 c.351 § 5; 1965 c.285 § 91; repealed by 1973 c.543 § 4]
[Amended by 1959 c.351 § 6; 1965 c.285 § 92; repealed by 1973 c.543 § 4]
[Repealed by 1973 c.543 § 4]
[Amended by 1965 c.285 § 92a; repealed by 1973 c.543 § 4]
[Repealed by 1981 c.854 § 1]
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