WCD Advisory Meeting to Consider Permanent COVID Processing Rules

Oregon’s Workers’ Compensation Division is convening a rulemaking advisory meeting at the end of October to discuss permanent rules identifying criteria carriers have to satisfy to conduct a proper investigation of claims for COVID-19. The division at the end of September adopted temporary rules defining what constitutes a “reasonable investigation” for COVID-19 claims that will be in effect through March 29. The temporary rules require that carriers investigate whether the nature of employment resulted in likely exposure to the new coronavirus and whether a person wa...