OAR 436-110-0900: Sanctions

(1) Penalties for false statement or report or misrepresentation. Any person who knowingly makes any false statement or representation to the director or an employee of the director for the purpose of obtaining any benefit or payment from the Preferred Worker Program, or who knowingly misrepresents the amount of a payroll or knowingly submits a false payroll report, is subject to penalties under ORS 656.990. (2) Reasons for sanction. Reasons for the director to sanction an individual certified under OAR 436-120, a vocational assistance provider authorized under OAR 436-120, an agency of the State of Oregon, an insurer, an employer, or a preferred worker include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) Misrepresenting information in order to obtain re-employment assistance. Examples of misrepresentation include: (A) Changing a job description or job title in order to obtain benefits when there are not corresponding job duty changes; and (B) Obtaining a worker’s signature on an incomplete, incorrect, or blank agreement or reimbursement request; (b) Making a serious error or omission that resulted in the director approving a Preferred Worker Program agreement issuing a preferred worker card, or reimbursing claim costs in error; (c) Failing to abide by the terms and conditions of a Preferred Worker Program agreement; (d) Failing to abide by the provisions of these rules or ORS 656.990; (e) Failing to return required receipts or invoices; (f) Submitting false reimbursement requests or job analyses; or (g) Altering a payment or form, or purchasing unauthorized items. (3) Possible sanctions. The director may order one or more of the following sanctions: (a) Ordering the person being sanctioned to repay the department for re-employment assistance costs incurred, including the department’s legal costs; (b) Prohibiting the person being sanctioned from negotiating or arranging re-employment assistance for such period of time as the director deems appropriate; (c) Decertifying an individual or vocational assistance provider under the authority of OAR 436-120; (d) Ordering an employer or worker ineligible for re-employment assistance for a specific period of time; or (e) Pursuing civil or criminal action against the party.