1. "Injury" or "personal injury" means a sudden and tangible happening of a traumatic nature, producing an immediate or prompt result which is established by medical evidence, including injuries to prosthetic devices. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, any injury sustained by an employee while engaging in an athletic or social event sponsored by his or her employer shall be deemed not to have arisen out of or in the course of employment unless the employee received remuneration for participation in the event.
2. For the purposes of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS:
(a) Coronary thrombosis, coronary occlusion, or any other ailment or disorder of the heart, and any death or disability ensuing therefrom, shall be deemed not to be an injury by accident sustained by an employee arising out of and in the course of his or her employment.
(b) The exposure of an employee to a contagious disease while providing medical services, including emergency medical care, in the course and scope of his or her employment shall be deemed to be an injury by accident sustained by the employee arising out of and in the course of his or her employment.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (d), the exposure to a contagious disease of a police officer or a salaried or volunteer firefighter who was exposed to the contagious disease:
(1) Upon battery by an offender; or
(2) While performing the duties of a police officer or firefighter,
shall be deemed to be an injury by accident sustained by the police officer or firefighter arising out of and in the course of his or her employment if the exposure is documented by the creation and maintenance of a report concerning the exposure pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 616C.052. As used in this paragraph, the term "battery" includes, without limitation, the intentional propelling or placing, or the causing to be propelled or placed, of any human excrement or bodily fluid upon the person of an employee.
(d) If a police officer or a salaried or volunteer firefighter tests positive for exposure to tuberculosis or another contagious disease under the circumstances described in subsection 2 or 3 of NRS 616C.052, he or she shall be deemed to have sustained an injury by accident arising out of and in the course of his or her employment, unless the insurer can prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the exposure was not related to the employment of the police officer or firefighter.
3. Any injury sustained by an employee of a school district while engaging in an athletic or social event shall be deemed to have arisen out of and in the course of his or her employment, whether or not the employee received remuneration for participation in the event, if:
(a) The event was sponsored by the school district, or the event was an extracurricular activity which was sponsored or organized by a student class, student group or student organization for an educational, recreational or charitable purpose and which was reasonably related to the employee’s job with the school district;
(b) The employee participated in the event at the request of or with the concurrence of supervisory personnel, whether the request or concurrence was oral or written; and
(c) The employee participated in the event to enable the event to take place or to ensure the safety and well-being of any students of the school district.
[19:168:1947; A 1951, 485]—(NRS A 1975, 619; 1981, 1196; 1991, 2400; 1993, 694; 1999, 2446; 2001, 1015, 1872; 2003, 104, 2793; 2005, 341, 2237)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration
NRS 616A.021 - Limitation of actions upon repeal or invalidity.
NRS 616A.022 - Applicability of Nevada Insurance Code.
NRS 616A.030 - "Accident" defined.
NRS 616A.035 - "Accident benefits" defined.
NRS 616A.040 - "Administrator" defined.
NRS 616A.045 - "Advisory organization" defined.
NRS 616A.047 - "Appeals Panel" defined.
NRS 616A.050 - "Association of self-insured private employers" defined.
NRS 616A.055 - "Association of self-insured public employers" defined.
NRS 616A.060 - "Association’s administrator" defined.
NRS 616A.065 - "Average monthly wage" defined.
NRS 616A.070 - "Benefit penalty" defined.
NRS 616A.075 - "Casual" defined.
NRS 616A.077 - "Catastrophic injury" defined.
NRS 616A.080 - "Certified vocational rehabilitation counselor" defined.
NRS 616A.085 - "Commissioner" defined.
NRS 616A.090 - "Compensation" defined.
NRS 616A.092 - "Consolidated insurance program" defined.
NRS 616A.093 - "Contractor-controlled insurance program" defined.
NRS 616A.095 - "Damages" defined.
NRS 616A.100 - "Division" defined.
NRS 616A.105 - "Employee" and "worker" defined.
NRS 616A.110 - "Employee": Persons excluded.
NRS 616A.115 - "Employee": Lessees engaged in mining or operating a reduction plant.
NRS 616A.130 - "Employee": Volunteer workers in program for public service.
NRS 616A.140 - "Employee": Members of Nevada Wing of Civil Air Patrol.
NRS 616A.145 - "Employee": Volunteer firefighters.
NRS 616A.150 - "Employee": Paid firefighter performing voluntary off-duty services as firefighter.
NRS 616A.155 - "Employee": Persons rendering voluntary ambulance service.
NRS 616A.157 - "Employee": Volunteer members of search and rescue organization.
NRS 616A.165 - "Employee": Trustees of school districts.
NRS 616A.170 - "Employee": Junior traffic patrols.
NRS 616A.175 - "Employee": Person vending or delivering newspaper or magazine.
NRS 616A.180 - "Employee": Members of county advisory boards to manage wildlife.
NRS 616A.185 - "Employee": Members of Nevada Legislature.
NRS 616A.195 - "Employee": Persons ordered by court to perform community service.
NRS 616A.207 - "Employee": Volunteer health practitioners.
NRS 616A.210 - "Employee": Subcontractors and employees.
NRS 616A.215 - "Employee": Apprentices and trainees.
NRS 616A.220 - "Employee": Real estate licensees.
NRS 616A.225 - "Employee": Persons participating in federally approved training programs.
NRS 616A.230 - "Employer" defined.
NRS 616A.240 - "Foot" defined.
NRS 616A.245 - "Hand" defined.
NRS 616A.250 - "Incarcerated" defined.
NRS 616A.255 - "Independent contractor" defined.
NRS 616A.257 - "Independent review organization" defined.
NRS 616A.260 - "Industrial insurance" defined.
NRS 616A.265 - "Injury" and "personal injury" defined.
NRS 616A.270 - "Insurer" defined.
NRS 616A.273 - "Medical facility" defined.
NRS 616A.280 - "Organization for managed care" defined.
NRS 616A.282 - "Owner-controlled insurance program" defined.
NRS 616A.283 - "Police officer" defined.
NRS 616A.284 - "Policy year" defined.
NRS 616A.285 - "Principal contractor" defined.
NRS 616A.290 - "Private carrier" defined.
NRS 616A.295 - "Private employer" defined.
NRS 616A.300 - "Public employer" defined.
NRS 616A.305 - "Self-insured employer" defined.
NRS 616A.310 - "Sole proprietor" defined.
NRS 616A.315 - "Solicitor" defined.
NRS 616A.317 - "State Industrial Insurance System" defined.
NRS 616A.320 - "Subcontractors" defined.
NRS 616A.330 - "Tangible net worth" defined.
NRS 616A.335 - "Third-party administrator" defined.
NRS 616A.340 - "Total disability" defined.
NRS 616A.345 - "Trade association" defined.
NRS 616A.350 - "Trade, business, profession or occupation of his or her employer" defined.
NRS 616A.355 - "Utilization review" defined.
NRS 616A.360 - "Vocational rehabilitation services" defined.
NRS 616A.400 - Duties of Administrator: Regulations.
NRS 616A.425 - Fund for Workers’ Compensation and Safety.
NRS 616A.430 - Uninsured Employers’ Claim Account.
NRS 616A.435 - Office created; appointment; term; qualifications; duties limited.
NRS 616A.440 - Employment of Deputy and staff; qualifications of Deputy.
NRS 616A.445 - Offices; budget.
NRS 616A.455 - Powers and duties.
NRS 616A.480 - Required execution of blank forms by employer; penalty for noncompliance.
NRS 616A.485 - Employer’s records open to inspection.
NRS 616A.490 - Employer to post notice identifying industrial insurer; contents of notice.
NRS 616A.495 - Employer to make available evidence of coverage; penalty for noncompliance.