Oregon Statutes 401.368 – Workers compensation benefits
(1) The Oregon Department of Emergency Management shall provide workers’ compensation coverage for qualified emergency service volunteers who are injured in the course and scope of performing emergency service activities under the direction of a public body if the injury occurs:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 401.368
- Emergency: means a human created or natural event or circumstance that causes or threatens widespread loss of life, injury to person or property, human suffering or financial loss, including but not limited to:
(a) Fire, wildfire, explosion, flood, severe weather, landslides or mud slides, drought, earthquake, volcanic activity, tsunamis or other oceanic phenomena, spills or releases of oil or hazardous material as defined in ORS § 466. See Oregon Statutes 401.025
- Emergency services: means activities engaged in by state and local government agencies to prepare for an emergency and to prevent, minimize, respond to or recover from an emergency, including but not limited to coordination, preparedness planning, training, interagency liaison, fire fighting, oil or hazardous material spill or release cleanup as defined in ORS § 466. See Oregon Statutes 401.025
- public body: means state government bodies, local government bodies and special government bodies. See Oregon Statutes 174.109
(a) While the volunteer is performing emergency service activities under the direction of the public body during a state of emergency declared under this chapter, or during a state of public health emergency declared under ORS § 433.441; or
(b) While the volunteer is engaged in training being conducted or approved by a public body for the purpose of preparing the volunteer to perform emergency services.
(2) Workers’ compensation coverage shall be provided under this section in the manner provided by ORS § 656.039. [2009 c.718 § 5; 2021 c.539 § 37]
[Amended by 1953 c.394 § 10; repealed by 1983 c.586 § 49]
[Formerly 401.210; repealed by 2009 c.718 § 6]