WCD Proposes Rules to Determine Number of Arbiters for Panels

Oregon’s Workers’ Compensation Division is proposing rules that would allow consideration of where an injured worker lives, specialties of providers needed to conduct exams, and general expediency when deciding whether to appoint two or three arbiters to panels. The rules proposed on Tuesday would implement House Bill 2335, which Gov. Kate Brown signed into law earlier this year. The bill gives the division the option of appointing two members to medical arbiter panels that were previously required to comprise  three providers. The measure also directed the division to p...