OAR 436-120-0009: Submitting Documents or Information, Calculating Time, Availability of Forms

(1) Submitting documents or information, calculating time. (a) Documents or information required under these rules to be submitted to the division may be: (A) Mailed to the following address: Workers’ Compensation Division Employment Services Team 350 Winter Street NE PO Box 14480 Salem, OR 97309-0405; (B) Physically delivered to the division’s Salem office; (C) Faxed; or (D) Submitted by any other method authorized by the director. (b) Timeliness of any document or information required by these rules to be submitted to the division is determined as follows: (A) If a document is mailed, it will be considered submitted on the date it is postmarked. (B) If a document is delivered, it must be delivered during regular business hours and marked by the division as received to be considered submitted on that date. (C) If a document is faxed, it must be received by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time to be considered submitted on that date. Requests submitted by fax are considered submitted as of the date printed on the banner automatically produced by the transmitting fax machine. (D) If a document is submitted electronically, it must be received by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time to be considered submitted on that date. The date and time of receipt for electronic submissions is determined under ORS 84.043. (c) Time periods under these rules are calculated in calendar days. The first day is not included. The last day is included unless it is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. In that case, the period runs until the end of the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. Legal holidays are those listed in ORS 187.010 and 187.020. (2) Availability of forms. The forms and bulletins referenced in these rules are available on the division’s website at wcd.oregon.gov.