Oregon Code § 656.716·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Board
members not to engage in political or business activity that interferes with
duties as board member; oath and bond required.
(1) No member of the Workers
Compensation Board shall hold any other office or position of profit or pursue
any other business or vocation or serve on or under any committee of any
political party, but shall devote the entire time to the duties of the office
of the member.
(2) Before
entering on the duties of office, each member shall take and subscribe to an
oath or affirmation:
(a) That the
member will support the Constitutions of the United States and of this state
and faithfully and honestly discharge the duties of the office.
(b) That the
member does not hold any other office or position of profit that will interfere
with the ability of the member to fully perform the duties of the members
position with the board.
(c) That the
member is not pursuing and will not pursue, while a member, any other calling
or vocation that will interfere with the ability of the member to fully perform
the duties of the members position with the board.
(d) That the
member does not hold and while a member will not hold a position under any
political party.
(3) The oath or
affirmation shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State.
(4) Each of the
members of the board shall also, before entering upon the duties of office,
execute a bond payable to the State of Oregon, in the penal sum of $10,000,
with sureties to be approved by the Governor, conditioned for the faithful
discharge of the duties of office. The bond, when so executed and approved,
shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. [Formerly 656.408; 1977
c.804 §27; 1987 c.373 §41; 1999 c.1020 §4]
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Key Points
01Part of Oregon statutory law
02Referenced as Oregon Code § 656.716
03Subject to legislative amendments
04Consult a licensed attorney for application to specific cases
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