OAR 436-035-0017: Authorized Training Program (ATP)

(1) When a worker ceases to be enrolled and actively engaged in training under ORS 656.268(10) and there is no accepted aggravation in the current open period, one of the following applies: (a) When the date of injury is prior to January 1, 2005, the worker is entitled to have the amount of unscheduled permanent disability for a compensable condition re-evaluated under these rules. The re-evaluation includes impairment, which may increase, decrease, or affirm the worker’s permanent disability award; or (b) When the date of injury is on or after January 1, 2005, the worker’s work disability is re-evaluated under these rules. Impairment is not re-evaluated. The re-evaluation of the work disability may increase, decrease, or affirm the worker’s permanent disability award. (2) When a worker ceases to be enrolled and actively engaged in training under ORS 656.268(10) and there is an accepted aggravation in the same open period, permanent partial disability is redetermined under OAR 436-035-0016.