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NRS 617.010 - Short title. - This chapter shall be known as the Nevada Occupational Diseases...
NRS 617.015 - Rights and liabilities of employers and employees. - Every employee and the dependent or dependents of such employee...
NRS 617.017 - Rights and remedies exclusive; provisions of chapter conclusive and obligatory; exclusive remedy extends to architects and engineers working for contractor; compensation bars recovery in other states. - 1. The rights and remedies provided in this chapter on...
NRS 617.020 - Definitions. - Unless a different meaning is clearly indicated by the context,...
NRS 617.030 - "Casual" defined. - "Casual" refers only to employments where the work contemplated is...
NRS 617.050 - "Compensation" defined. - "Compensation" means the money which is payable to an employee...
NRS 617.060 - "Disablement" and "total disablement" defined. - "Disablement" and "total disablement" are used interchangeably in this chapter...
NRS 617.065 - "Disease related to asbestos" defined. - "Disease related to asbestos" means any disease caused by the...
NRS 617.070 - "Employee" and "worker" defined. - "Employee" and "worker" are used interchangeably in this chapter and...
NRS 617.080 - "Employee": Persons excluded. - "Employee" excludes: 1. Any person whose employment is both casual...
NRS 617.091 - "Employee": Lessees engaged in mining or operating a reduction plant. - Except as provided in subsection 2 of NRS 617.250, a...
NRS 617.100 - "Employee": Subcontractors and employees. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 617.175, subcontractors, independent...
NRS 617.105 - "Employee": Real estate licensees. - Any real estate licensee doing business in this State and...
NRS 617.110 - "Employer" defined. - "Employer" means: 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4...
NRS 617.120 - "Independent contractor" defined. - "Independent contractor" means any person who renders service for a...
NRS 617.130 - "Medical benefits" defined. - 1. "Medical benefits" means medical, surgical, hospital or other treatments,...
NRS 617.135 - "Police officer" defined. - "Police officer" includes: 1. A sheriff, deputy sheriff, officer of...
NRS 617.140 - "Silicosis" defined. - "Silicosis" shall mean a disease of the lungs caused by...
NRS 617.145 - "Sole proprietor" defined. - "Sole proprietor" means a self-employed owner of an unincorporated business...
NRS 617.150 - "Subcontractors" defined. - "Subcontractors" shall include independent contractors. [15:44:1947; 1943 NCL § 2800.15]
NRS 617.160 - Division of Industrial Relations to administer chapter. - This chapter must be administered by the Division of Industrial...
NRS 617.165 - Procedures for determination of contested cases. - The Chief of the Hearings Division of the Department of...
NRS 617.1665 - Payment of premiums by employers insured by private carrier. - Every employer insured by a private carrier, to receive the...
NRS 617.1675 - Account for Pensions for Silicosis, Diseases Related to Asbestos and Other Disabilities: Creation; interest and income; administration. - 1. There is hereby created in the State General Fund...
NRS 617.168 - Account for Pensions for Silicosis, Diseases Related to Asbestos and Other Disabilities: Uses and purposes; reversion. - 1. The money in the Account for Pensions for Silicosis,...
NRS 617.170 - No liability created for disability or death occurring before July 1, 1947. - Nothing in this chapter shall create any liability on the...
NRS 617.175 - Independent enterprises. - 1. A person is not an employer for the purposes...
NRS 617.190 - Devices modifying liability void. - 1. Except as otherwise provided for in this chapter, no...
NRS 617.200 - Employers to provide compensation; employer and insurer relieved from liability. - 1. Every employer within the provisions of this chapter, and...
NRS 617.203 - Limitation of liability of principal contractor for occupational disease contracted by independent contractor or employee of independent contractor. - A principal contractor is not liable for the payment of...
NRS 617.205 - Self-insured employers to provide compensation; contributions not required; administration of claims; compliance with NRS 616B.300. - 1. An employer who is certified as a self-insured employer...
NRS 617.206 - Effect of certification as association of self-insured public or private employers; responsibilities of association. - 1. An association that is certified as an association of...
NRS 617.207 - Applicability to officers of quasi-public and private corporations and managers of limited-liability companies; rejection of coverage by certain officers and managers. - 1. If a quasi-public or private corporation or limited-liability company...
NRS 617.210 - Contractor with State or political subdivision: Submission of certificate of compliance; coverage pursuant to contract; sole proprietor who does not use employees. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, before any...
NRS 617.215 - Actions at law. - If any employer fails to provide and secure compensation under...
NRS 617.220 - Applicability to employers of excluded persons. - Employers whose employees are excluded by NRS 617.080 may elect...
NRS 617.225 - Election by sole proprietor; physical examination; payment of premiums; effect of failure to pay premiums; withdrawal of election. - 1. A sole proprietor may elect to be included within...
NRS 617.250 - Reporting of lessees engaged in mining or operating reduction plant. - 1. A lessee engaged in either mining or operating a...
NRS 617.342 - Notice of occupational disease: Requirements; availability of form; retention. - 1. An employee or, in the event of the employee’s...
NRS 617.344 - Claim for compensation: Requirements for diseased employee, dependent or representative to file claim; form. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an employee...
NRS 617.345 - Handling of claims by private carrier subject to provisions of chapter; employer and private carrier subject to regulations of Division. - The claims of employees and their dependents resulting from injuries...
NRS 617.346 - Recovery of compensation barred if notice of occupational disease or claim for compensation is not filed; exceptions. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an employee...
NRS 617.348 - Dependent of employee barred from filing claim for compensation if untimely or previously denied. - A dependent of an employee may not file a claim...
NRS 617.352 - Claim for compensation: Duty of treating physician or chiropractor to file or delegate duty to medical facility; electronic filing; form and contents; maintenance of forms; penalty. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Claim for compe... - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a treating...
NRS 617.354 - Report of industrial injury or occupational disease: Duty of employer to file; electronic filing; form and contents; penalty. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Report of industrial injury or occupational disease: Duty of employer t... - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 616B.727, within 6...
NRS 617.356 - Duty of insurer to accept or deny claim; written determination. - 1. An insurer shall accept or deny a claim for...
NRS 617.357 - Certain claims regarding cancer, lung or heart diseases, certain contagious diseases or hepatitis: Reports by insurers to Administrator; public reports by Administrator. - 1. Each insurer shall submit to the Administrator a written...
NRS 617.358 - Compensation prohibited unless preponderance of evidence establishes that disease arose out of and in course of employment; rebuttable presumption if notice of disease is filed after termination of employment; exceptions. - 1. An employee or the dependents of the employee are...
NRS 617.362 - Payment of compensation by insurer prohibited before required; recovery of overpayment by insurer. - 1. An insurer shall not provide compensation to or for...
NRS 617.364 - Newly developed injury or disease: Inclusion in original claim for compensation; limitation. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Newly developed injury or disease: Inclusion in original claim for compensation; limitation. [Effective... - If, after a claim for compensation is filed pursuant to...
NRS 617.366 - Employment-related aggravation of preexisting condition which is not employment related; aggravation of employment-related occupational disease by incident which is not employment related. - 1. The resulting condition of an employee who: (a) Has...
NRS 617.370 - Medical examination; refusal to submit; testimony of physician. - 1. Any employee who is entitled to receive compensation under...
NRS 617.380 - Autopsy: Order by insurer; findings of physician. - 1. On the filing of a claim for compensation for...
NRS 617.385 - Limitation on receipt of modified motor vehicle as medical benefit. - 1. An employee is entitled to receive as a medical...
NRS 617.390 - Compensation for both injury and disease. - 1. Compensation may be awarded for both injury and disease....
NRS 617.392 - Compensation for combination of injuries, illnesses and disabilities. - A person described in this chapter may be determined to...
NRS 617.395 - Compensation for mastectomy and reconstructive surgery. - 1. If compensation is paid to an employee under this...
NRS 617.400 - Compensation: Effect of false representation, willful misconduct and self-exposure. - 1. No compensation may be awarded on account of disability...
NRS 617.401 - Compensation from Uninsured Employers’ Claim Account: Administration and payment of claims; eligibility of employee; liability of employer; powers and duties of Division; appeals; collection. - 1. The Division shall designate one: (a) Third-party administrator who...
NRS 617.4015 - Application for entry of summary judgment: Conditions; notice to employer; filing requirements; entry of judgment; service of judgment; recordation of judgment; lien upon property of employer; extension of lien. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if an...
NRS 617.402 - Misrepresentation or concealment of fact to obtain benefits: Insurer entitled to reimbursement or deduction from benefits; appeal of determination; alternative remedies. - 1. If an insurer determines that an employee has knowingly...
NRS 617.405 - Judicial review of contested claims. - 1. No judicial proceedings may be instituted for benefits for...
NRS 617.410 - Compensation paid by insurer. - Compensation for disability sustained on account of occupational disease by...
NRS 617.420 - Minimum duration of incapacity for temporary total disability; payment of medical benefits; exception. - 1. No compensation may be paid under this chapter for...
NRS 617.430 - Eligibility; limitations. - 1. Every employee who is disabled or dies because of...
NRS 617.440 - Requirements for occupational disease to be deemed to arise out of and in course of employment; applicability. - 1. An occupational disease defined in this chapter shall be...
NRS 617.445 - Determination of date of disablement. - In all cases under this chapter, the date of disablement...
NRS 617.450 - Specific occupational diseases; schedule. - Except as otherwise provided in NRS 617.366, the following diseases,...
NRS 617.453 - Cancer as occupational disease of firefighters and other persons employed in occupations related to fire. - 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, cancer, resulting...
NRS 617.454 - Physical examinations: Required tests; restrictions on use and dissemination of results of physical examination. - 1. Any physical examination administered pursuant to NRS 617.455 or...
NRS 617.455 - Lung diseases as occupational diseases of firefighters, police officers and arson investigators. - 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, diseases of...
NRS 617.457 - Heart diseases as occupational diseases of firefighters, arson investigators and police officers. - 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, diseases of...
NRS 617.459 - Determination of percentage of disability resulting from heart or lung diseases. - 1. The percentage of disability resulting from an occupational disease...
NRS 617.460 - Silicosis and diseases related to asbestos as occupational diseases; compensation and claims. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 617.366, silicosis and...
NRS 617.470 - Occupational diseases of respiratory tract resulting from exposure to dusts. - All conditions, restrictions, limitations and other provisions of NRS 617.460...
NRS 617.481 - Certain contagious diseases as occupational diseases. - 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter and except...
NRS 617.485 - Hepatitis as occupational disease of police officers, firefighters and emergency medical attendants. - 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter and except...
NRS 617.487 - Hepatitis as occupational disease of certain other police officers. - 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter and except...
NRS 617.500 - Applicability. - Every employee and the dependent or dependents of such employee,...
NRS 617.510 - Penalties and remedies are cumulative; exception. - Except as otherwise provided in NRS 617.017, no penalty or...