Boydston v. Liberty Northwest Ins. Corp.

*338LINDER, J.

Claimant seeks review of a Workers’ Compensation Board (Board) order that dismissed as untimely her request for a hearing from an order on reconsideration of the Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS). The issue is whether DCBS had authority to abate and withdraw its own order, and later to issue a second order on reconsideration, after the 18-day period specified in ORS 656.268(6)(d) (1995).1 Because we conclude that DCBS did have that authority, we hold that claimant’s request for a hearing was timely. We therefore reverse the Board’s order.

The relevant facts are…