"Employee" and "worker" are used interchangeably in this chapter and mean every person in the service of an employer under any appointment or contract of hire or apprenticeship, express or implied, oral or written, whether lawfully or unlawfully employed, and include, but not exclusively:
1. Aliens and minors.
2. All elected and appointed paid public officers.
3. Members of boards of directors of quasi-public or private corporations while rendering actual service for such corporations for pay.
4. Volunteer firefighters entitled to the benefits of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS pursuant to the provisions of NRS 616A.145.
5. Musicians providing music for hire, including members of local supporting bands and orchestras commonly known as house bands.
6. Volunteer health practitioners, as defined in NRS 415A.180, who are providing health or veterinary services pursuant to chapter 415A of NRS and are entitled to the benefits of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS pursuant to the provisions of NRS 415A.280.
[10:44:1947; 1943 NCL § 2800.10]—(NRS A 1965, 368; 1967, 1370; 1975, 621, 1021; 1979, 949; 1987, 600; 2005, 343; 2011, 949)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 617 - Occupational Diseases
NRS 617.015 - Rights and liabilities of employers and employees.
NRS 617.030 - "Casual" defined.
NRS 617.050 - "Compensation" defined.
NRS 617.060 - "Disablement" and "total disablement" defined.
NRS 617.065 - "Disease related to asbestos" defined.
NRS 617.070 - "Employee" and "worker" defined.
NRS 617.080 - "Employee": Persons excluded.
NRS 617.091 - "Employee": Lessees engaged in mining or operating a reduction plant.
NRS 617.100 - "Employee": Subcontractors and employees.
NRS 617.105 - "Employee": Real estate licensees.
NRS 617.110 - "Employer" defined.
NRS 617.120 - "Independent contractor" defined.
NRS 617.130 - "Medical benefits" defined.
NRS 617.135 - "Police officer" defined.
NRS 617.140 - "Silicosis" defined.
NRS 617.145 - "Sole proprietor" defined.
NRS 617.150 - "Subcontractors" defined.
NRS 617.160 - Division of Industrial Relations to administer chapter.
NRS 617.165 - Procedures for determination of contested cases.
NRS 617.1665 - Payment of premiums by employers insured by private carrier.
NRS 617.170 - No liability created for disability or death occurring before July 1, 1947.
NRS 617.175 - Independent enterprises.
NRS 617.190 - Devices modifying liability void.
NRS 617.200 - Employers to provide compensation; employer and insurer relieved from liability.
NRS 617.220 - Applicability to employers of excluded persons.
NRS 617.250 - Reporting of lessees engaged in mining or operating reduction plant.
NRS 617.342 - Notice of occupational disease: Requirements; availability of form; retention.
NRS 617.356 - Duty of insurer to accept or deny claim; written determination.
NRS 617.370 - Medical examination; refusal to submit; testimony of physician.
NRS 617.380 - Autopsy: Order by insurer; findings of physician.
NRS 617.385 - Limitation on receipt of modified motor vehicle as medical benefit.
NRS 617.390 - Compensation for both injury and disease.
NRS 617.392 - Compensation for combination of injuries, illnesses and disabilities.
NRS 617.395 - Compensation for mastectomy and reconstructive surgery.
NRS 617.400 - Compensation: Effect of false representation, willful misconduct and self-exposure.
NRS 617.405 - Judicial review of contested claims.
NRS 617.410 - Compensation paid by insurer.
NRS 617.430 - Eligibility; limitations.
NRS 617.445 - Determination of date of disablement.
NRS 617.450 - Specific occupational diseases; schedule.
NRS 617.459 - Determination of percentage of disability resulting from heart or lung diseases.
NRS 617.470 - Occupational diseases of respiratory tract resulting from exposure to dusts.
NRS 617.481 - Certain contagious diseases as occupational diseases.
NRS 617.487 - Hepatitis as occupational disease of certain other police officers.
NRS 617.510 - Penalties and remedies are cumulative; exception.