ORS 750.505
Definitions for ORS 750.505 to 750.715

As used in ORS 750.505 (Definitions for ORS 750.505 to 750.715) to 750.715 (Rules):

(1)

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(a)

“Administration fee” means a nominal fee that:

(A)

A legal access provider pays to an attorney;

(B)

Is not more than $6 per month for each of the legal access provider’s customers, or a greater amount that the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services specifies by rule; and

(C)

Covers overhead and administrative expenses that the attorney incurs in providing legal consultations or other legal services to a legal access provider’s customers.

(b)

“Administration fee” does not include fees, charges or other compensation that an attorney charges to the attorney’s client for legal services or a reimbursement that a legal expense organization provides under a legal expense plan.

(2)

“Legal access provider” means a person that charges a fee to a customer for the purpose of providing the customer with access to legal consultations and other legal services and that pays an administration fee to an attorney.

(3)

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(a)

“Legal expense organization” or “organization” means a person or group of persons that provide or offer to provide a legal expense plan, including a person that acts as the legal expense plan’s administrator.

(b)

“Legal expense organization” or “organization” does not include a legal access provider.

(4)

“Legal expense plan” or “plan” means an agreement between an organization and a person or a group of persons under which the organization, in return for a specified payment as consideration, reimburses the person or group of persons as members of the plan for charges the person or group of persons incurs for legal services.

(5)

“Member” means a person who is eligible to receive legal services under a legal expense plan.

(6)

“Membership agreement” means written evidence of coverage of a member under a plan between an organization and members.

(7)

“Provider agreement” means a written contract or agreement between an organization and a providing attorney for rendering legal services to a member or group of persons.

(8)

“Providing attorney” means any attorney licensed and in good standing in this state who provides legal services in accordance with a membership agreement or a provider agreement.

(9)

“Sales or marketing representative” means a person who markets or solicits members for or on behalf of a plan. [1989 c.331 §2; 2015 c.504 §1]

Source: Section 750.505 — Definitions for ORS 750.505 to 750.715, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors750.­html.

Notes of Decisions

Attorney referral service plan guaranteeing plan members moderate amount of free legal services in return for payment of plan membership fee qualifies as legal expense plan. Legalclub.com, Inc. v. Department of Consumer and Business Services, 182 Or App 494, 50 P3d 1196 (2002)

750.003
Purpose 750.005
Definitions 750.015
Management to include representatives of public 750.025
Restricting distribution of income 750.035
Regulation of hospital care associations under prior law 750.045
Required capitalization 750.055
Other provisions applicable to health care service contractors 750.059
Exemption of group practice maintenance organizations from reimbursement requirement for services provided by state hospital or state-approved program 750.065
Payment or reimbursement for services within scope of practice of optometrists 750.085
Offer of replacement coverage upon order of liquidation 750.095
Requirements of contract between provider and subscriber 750.301
Definitions for ORS 750.301 to 750.341 750.303
Conditions for use of multiple employer welfare arrangement 750.305
Application for certificate 750.307
Requirements for association or group 750.309
Requirements for trust 750.311
Multiple employer welfare arrangements established in another state 750.313
Issuance or refusal of certificate of multiple employer welfare arrangement 750.315
Maintenance of reserves 750.317
Board of trustees 750.318
Officers and persons appointed to act on behalf of board 750.319
Salaries 750.321
Assessment 750.323
Notice of coverage under plan 750.325
Filings by trust 750.327
Examinations 750.329
Taxation 750.331
Prohibited activities for trustee or officer 750.333
Applicable provisions of Insurance Code 750.335
Delinquency proceedings 750.337
Exclusion from membership in guaranty funds, joint underwriting associations and other pools 750.339
Liability of excess loss insurer 750.341
Requirement for multiple employer welfare arrangement to become traditional insurer 750.505
Definitions for ORS 750.505 to 750.715 750.515
Certificate of registration required 750.525
Inapplicability of ORS 750.505 to 750.715 to certain legal services 750.535
Registration requirements 750.545
Application 750.555
Issuance of certificate of registration 750.565
Duration of certificate 750.575
Grounds for suspension or revocation of certificate or refusal to issue or renew certificate 750.585
Written provider agreement with providing attorney 750.595
Membership agreement 750.605
Unfair, discriminatory or misleading provisions in agreements prohibited 750.615
Deposit to reimburse members for unearned premiums required 750.625
Paying providing attorney contingent on claims experience prohibited 750.635
Registered agent and registered office in state required 750.645
Annual report 750.655
Filing schedule of legal service rates required 750.675
Filing of provider and membership agreement with director 750.685
Indemnification insurance or bond required 750.695
ORS 750.505 to 750.715 not to affect regulation of practice of law 750.705
Application of Insurance Code 750.715
Rules
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