Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration

NRS 616A.005 - Short title. - Chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS shall be known...

NRS 616A.010 - Legislative declarations: Statutory construction; repudiation of common law; basis of provisions; balanced interpretation required. - The Legislature hereby determines and declares that: 1. The provisions...

NRS 616A.015 - Prior acts of State Industrial Insurance System continued in effect; disposition of claims and causes of action existing on December 31, 1999. - 1. All premiums, contributions, penalties, money, properties, securities, funds, deposits,...

NRS 616A.020 - Rights and remedies exclusive; terms and conditions for payment of compensation conclusive, compulsory and obligatory; application of exclusive remedies to certain employers. - 1. The rights and remedies provided in chapters 616A to...

NRS 616A.021 - Limitation of actions upon repeal or invalidity. - 1. If the provisions of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive,...

NRS 616A.022 - Applicability of Nevada Insurance Code. - If there is a conflict between the provisions of chapters...

NRS 616A.025 - Definitions. - As used in chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS,...

NRS 616A.030 - "Accident" defined. - "Accident" means an unexpected or unforeseen event happening suddenly and...

NRS 616A.035 - "Accident benefits" defined. - 1. "Accident benefits" means medical, surgical, hospital or other treatments,...

NRS 616A.040 - "Administrator" defined. - "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Division. (Added to NRS...

NRS 616A.045 - "Advisory organization" defined. - "Advisory organization" means the organization designated and licensed by the...

NRS 616A.047 - "Appeals Panel" defined. - "Appeals Panel" means the Appeals Panel for Industrial Insurance that...

NRS 616A.050 - "Association of self-insured private employers" defined. - "Association of self-insured private employers" means a nonprofit, unincorporated association...

NRS 616A.055 - "Association of self-insured public employers" defined. - "Association of self-insured public employers" means a nonprofit, unincorporated association...

NRS 616A.060 - "Association’s administrator" defined. - "Association’s administrator" means a person who is employed by or...

NRS 616A.065 - "Average monthly wage" defined. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, "average monthly...

NRS 616A.070 - "Benefit penalty" defined. - "Benefit penalty" means an additional amount of money that is...

NRS 616A.075 - "Casual" defined. - "Casual" refers only to employments where the work contemplated is...

NRS 616A.077 - "Catastrophic injury" defined. - "Catastrophic injury" means an injury sustained from an accident and...

NRS 616A.080 - "Certified vocational rehabilitation counselor" defined. - "Certified vocational rehabilitation counselor" means a person who: 1. Has...

NRS 616A.085 - "Commissioner" defined. - "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Insurance. [6:168:1947; 1943 NCL §...

NRS 616A.090 - "Compensation" defined. - "Compensation" means the money which is payable to an employee...

NRS 616A.092 - "Consolidated insurance program" defined. - "Consolidated insurance program" means a program of insurance that provides,...

NRS 616A.093 - "Contractor-controlled insurance program" defined. - "Contractor-controlled insurance program" means a consolidated insurance program that is...

NRS 616A.095 - "Damages" defined. - "Damages" means the recovery allowed in an action at law...

NRS 616A.100 - "Division" defined. - "Division" means the Division of Industrial Relations of the Department...

NRS 616A.105 - "Employee" and "worker" defined. - "Employee" and "worker" are used interchangeably in chapters 616A to...

NRS 616A.110 - "Employee": Persons excluded. - "Employee" excludes: 1. Any person whose employment is both casual...

NRS 616A.115 - "Employee": Lessees engaged in mining or operating a reduction plant. - Except as provided in subsection 2 of NRS 616B.653, a...

NRS 616A.120 - "Employee": Participants in programs of job training administered by Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of Department of Health and Human Services. - Except as otherwise provided in NRS 616A.125, any person who...

NRS 616A.125 - "Employee": Participants in programs to obtain training for employment administered by Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of Department of Health and Human Services. - Any person who participates in a program to obtain training...

NRS 616A.130 - "Employee": Volunteer workers in program for public service. - Persons who perform volunteer work in any formal program which...

NRS 616A.135 - "Employee": Persons performing volunteer work for private organizations as part of public programs. - Persons who, under a written agreement between a public agency...

NRS 616A.140 - "Employee": Members of Nevada Wing of Civil Air Patrol. - A member of the Nevada Wing of the Civil Air...

NRS 616A.145 - "Employee": Volunteer firefighters. - Volunteer firefighters belonging to a regular organized and recognized fire...

NRS 616A.150 - "Employee": Paid firefighter performing voluntary off-duty services as firefighter. - A firefighter who is employed by a regular organized and...

NRS 616A.155 - "Employee": Persons rendering voluntary ambulance service. - A member of a nonprofit service organization or club, while...

NRS 616A.157 - "Employee": Volunteer members of search and rescue organization. - Volunteer members of a search and rescue organization that is...

NRS 616A.160 - "Employee": Volunteer peace officers and persons authorized to issue certain citations pursuant to NRS 484B.470. - Volunteer officers attached to the Nevada Highway Patrol, volunteers appointed...

NRS 616A.165 - "Employee": Trustees of school districts. - Trustees of school districts, while engaged in their designated duty...

NRS 616A.170 - "Employee": Junior traffic patrols. - Members of junior traffic patrols are defined as minors attending...

NRS 616A.175 - "Employee": Person vending or delivering newspaper or magazine. - Any person who is: 1. Engaged in vending, selling, offering...

NRS 616A.180 - "Employee": Members of county advisory boards to manage wildlife. - Members of the county advisory boards to manage wildlife who...

NRS 616A.185 - "Employee": Members of Nevada Legislature. - For the purposes of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of...

NRS 616A.190 - "Employee": Certain members of state, county and local departments, boards, commissions, agencies or bureaus; adjunct professors of Nevada System of Higher Education; members of Board of Regents. - Members of state, county and local departments, boards, commissions, agencies...

NRS 616A.195 - "Employee": Persons ordered by court to perform community service. - Any person: 1. Less than 18 years of age who...

NRS 616A.205 - "Employee": Volunteer workers at facilities for inpatients of Division of Public and Behavioral Health of Department of Health and Human Services. - Volunteer workers at a facility for inpatients of the Division...

NRS 616A.207 - "Employee": Volunteer health practitioners. - A volunteer health practitioner, as defined in NRS 415A.180, who...

NRS 616A.210 - "Employee": Subcontractors and employees. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 616B.603, subcontractors, independent...

NRS 616A.215 - "Employee": Apprentices and trainees. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, any person...

NRS 616A.220 - "Employee": Real estate licensees. - 1. Each person licensed pursuant to chapter 645 of NRS...

NRS 616A.225 - "Employee": Persons participating in federally approved training programs. - 1. Any person who participates in a training program approved...

NRS 616A.230 - "Employer" defined. - "Employer" means: 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4...

NRS 616A.240 - "Foot" defined. - "Foot" shall be considered as that portion below the junction...

NRS 616A.245 - "Hand" defined. - "Hand" shall be considered as that portion below the junction...

NRS 616A.250 - "Incarcerated" defined. - "Incarcerated" means confined in: 1. Any local detention facility, county...

NRS 616A.255 - "Independent contractor" defined. - "Independent contractor" means any person who renders service for a...

NRS 616A.257 - "Independent review organization" defined. - "Independent review organization" means an organization which has been issued...

NRS 616A.260 - "Industrial insurance" defined. - "Industrial insurance" means insurance which provides the compensation required by...

NRS 616A.265 - "Injury" and "personal injury" defined. - 1. "Injury" or "personal injury" means a sudden and tangible...

NRS 616A.270 - "Insurer" defined. - "Insurer" includes: 1. A self-insured employer; 2. An association of...

NRS 616A.273 - "Medical facility" defined. - "Medical facility" means a hospital, clinic or other facility that...

NRS 616A.280 - "Organization for managed care" defined. - "Organization for managed care" means any person who: 1. Provides...

NRS 616A.282 - "Owner-controlled insurance program" defined. - "Owner-controlled insurance program" means a consolidated insurance program that is...

NRS 616A.283 - "Police officer" defined. - "Police officer" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS...

NRS 616A.284 - "Policy year" defined. - "Policy year" means the 12-month period during which a policy...

NRS 616A.285 - "Principal contractor" defined. - "Principal contractor" means a person who: 1. Coordinates all the...

NRS 616A.290 - "Private carrier" defined. - "Private carrier" means any insurer or the legal representative of...

NRS 616A.295 - "Private employer" defined. - "Private employer" means any person, other than a public employer,...

NRS 616A.300 - "Public employer" defined. - "Public employer" means the State and a county, city, school...

NRS 616A.305 - "Self-insured employer" defined. - "Self-insured employer" means any employer who possesses a certification from...

NRS 616A.310 - "Sole proprietor" defined. - "Sole proprietor" means a self-employed owner of an unincorporated business...

NRS 616A.315 - "Solicitor" defined. - "Solicitor" means a person who: 1. Forms or proposes to...

NRS 616A.317 - "State Industrial Insurance System" defined. - "State Industrial Insurance System" means that entity established by section...

NRS 616A.320 - "Subcontractors" defined. - "Subcontractors" shall include independent contractors. [21:168:1947; 1943 NCL § 2680.21]—(Substituted...

NRS 616A.330 - "Tangible net worth" defined. - "Tangible net worth" means the value of all the assets,...

NRS 616A.335 - "Third-party administrator" defined. - "Third-party administrator" means a person who is hired by an...

NRS 616A.340 - "Total disability" defined. - "Total disability" means incapacity resulting from an accident arising out...

NRS 616A.345 - "Trade association" defined. - "Trade association" means an association of firms concerned with: 1....

NRS 616A.350 - "Trade, business, profession or occupation of his or her employer" defined. - "Trade, business, profession or occupation of his or her employer"...

NRS 616A.355 - "Utilization review" defined. - "Utilization review" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS...

NRS 616A.360 - "Vocational rehabilitation services" defined. - "Vocational rehabilitation services" means any goods or services necessary to...

NRS 616A.400 - Duties of Administrator: Regulations. - The Administrator shall: 1. Prescribe by regulation the time within...

NRS 616A.401 - Duties of Administrator: Adoption of regulations concerning determination of categories of injuries to be deemed catastrophic injuries. - The Administrator shall adopt regulations for the determination of categories...

NRS 616A.402 - Duties of Administrator: Program concerning rights and responsibilities of employers and employees. - 1. The Administrator shall make available a program, using a...

NRS 616A.403 - Duties of Administrator: Preparation of annual report of enforcement of Nevada Industrial Insurance Act and Nevada Occupational Diseases Act. - 1. The Administrator shall prepare an annual report concerning the...

NRS 616A.404 - Duties of Administrator: Provision of information for Office for Consumer Health Assistance. - The Administrator shall include on any notice or form that...

NRS 616A.405 - Powers of Administrator: Adoption of regulations concerning affidavit required of businesses by local governments to affirm compliance with chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS. - The Administrator may adopt regulations relating to NRS 244.33505 and...

NRS 616A.410 - Administrator to prosecute and defend actions; extraordinary writs; verifications; undertakings. - 1. The Administrator may prosecute, defend and maintain actions in...

NRS 616A.417 - Filing or delivering documentation by electronic transmission; regulations by Administrator. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in chapters 616A to 617,...

NRS 616A.420 - Agreements or compacts with other states; insurance coverage against double liability of employers. - 1. The Administrator may enter into agreements or compacts with...

NRS 616A.425 - Fund for Workers’ Compensation and Safety. - 1. There is hereby established in the State Treasury the...

NRS 616A.430 - Uninsured Employers’ Claim Account. - 1. There is hereby established in the State Treasury the...

NRS 616A.435 - Office created; appointment; term; qualifications; duties limited. - 1. The Office of the Nevada Attorney for Injured Workers...

NRS 616A.440 - Employment of Deputy and staff; qualifications of Deputy. - 1. The Nevada Attorney for Injured Workers may employ: (a)...

NRS 616A.445 - Offices; budget. - 1. The Nevada Attorney for Injured Workers shall establish an...

NRS 616A.450 - Request for appointment; consideration of and action upon request; representation upon appointment. - 1. Any claimant may request the appointment of the Nevada...

NRS 616A.455 - Powers and duties. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the Nevada...

NRS 616A.460 - Employment of private counsel by claimant; reimbursement of Division; report to Governor. - 1. The provisions of NRS 616A.435 to 616A.460, inclusive, do...

NRS 616A.465 - Responsibilities of Division, Commissioner of Insurance, Department of Administration and Nevada Attorney for Injured Workers. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Division...

NRS 616A.466 - Recognition of certain provisions of collective bargaining agreements. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Recognition of certain provisions of collective bargaining agreements. [Effective January 1, 2022.] - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, notwithstanding any...

NRS 616A.467 - Power of Commissioner and Administrator to delegate authority to collect fines and deposit in Fund for Workers’ Compensation and Safety; claims for attorney’s fees and costs of investigation if authority to collect fines not delegated. - 1. The Commissioner or the Administrator may delegate to a...

NRS 616A.469 - Certificate to operate as independent review organization: Authority of Commissioner to issue certificate; application; fee; prerequisites to issuance; ineligible parties. - 1. The Commissioner may issue certificates authorizing qualified independent review...

NRS 616A.470 - Self-insured employers and private carriers to compensate Nevada Attorney for Injured Workers or Hearings Division of Department of Administration for services provided. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, each self-insured...

NRS 616A.475 - Self-insured employers, associations of self-insured employers and private carriers to furnish information to Administrator; insured employer to keep sufficient supply of blank forms. - 1. Every self-insured employer, association of self-insured public or private...

NRS 616A.480 - Required execution of blank forms by employer; penalty for noncompliance. - 1. Every employer receiving from the insurer or Administrator any...

NRS 616A.485 - Employer’s records open to inspection. - 1. The books, records and payroll of an employer who...

NRS 616A.490 - Employer to post notice identifying industrial insurer; contents of notice. - Every employer shall post a notice upon his or her...

NRS 616A.495 - Employer to make available evidence of coverage; penalty for noncompliance. - 1. Each employer shall ensure that a copy of the...

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Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration

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Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration