Carreon v. Commerce and Industry Ins. Co.

EDMONDS, S. J.

In this workers’ compensation case, claimant seeks review of a final order of the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services (the director) that denied her vocational assistance benefits. She contends that she was improperly denied vocational assistance benefits pursuant to OAR 436-120-0320(10)(a) (2007), which states that, as a condition for receiving vocational assistance, the worker must be “authorized to work in the United States.” Specifically, claimant asserts that that rule “exceeds the scope of the statute, ORS 656.340, where the legislature specified…