Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 617 - Occupational Diseases
NRS 617.450 - Specific occupational diseases; schedule.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 617.366, the following diseases, as well as other occupational diseases defined in NRS 617.440, are considered occupational diseases and are compensable as such when contracted by an employee and when arising out of and in the course of the employment in any process described in this section.
SCHEDULE
Description of Disease or Injury
Description of Process
Anthrax..........................................................
Handling of livestock wool, hair, bristles, hides and skins.
Arsenic poisoning........................................
Any process involving the production or use of arsenic or its preparations or compounds.
Brass or zinc poisoning...............................
Any process involving the manufacture, founding or refining of brass or the melting or smelting of zinc.
Carbon monoxide poisoning......................
Any process involving the evolution of or resulting in the escape of carbon monoxide.
Chrome ulceration of skin or nasal passages.........................................................
Any process involving the production or use of or direct contact with chromic acid or bichromates of ammonium, potassium or sodium or their preparations.
Compressed air illness.................................
Any work process carried on in compressed air.
Epithelioma cancer or ulceration of the skin or of the corneal surface of the eye due to carbon, pitch, tar or tarry compounds production...............................
Handling or industrial use of carbon, pitch or tarry compounds.
Glanders.........................................................
Care of any equine animal suffering from glanders; handling carcass of such animal.
Infection or inflammation of the skin on contact surfaces due to oils, cutting compounds or lubricants, dusts, liquids, fumes, gases or vapors................................
Any process involving the production, handling or use of oils, cutting compounds or lubricants, or involving contact with dust, liquids, fumes, gases or vapors.
Lead poisoning.............................................
Any process involving the production or use of lead or its preparations or compounds.
Manganese dioxide poisoning...................
Any process involving the grinding or milling of manganese dioxide or the escape of manganese dioxide dust.
Mercury poisoning.......................................
Any process involving the production or use of mercury or its preparations or compounds.
Phosphorus poisoning.................................
Any process involving the production or use of phosphorus, or its preparations or compounds.
Poisoning by carbon bisulfide....................
Any process involving the production or use of carbon bisulfide or its preparations or compounds.
Poisoning by chlorine..................................
Any process involving the production or use of chlorine or its preparations or compounds.
Poisoning by flour, burned grease, bakery and kitchen fumes and other food products.........................................................
Any process involving the production of or the use of flours for baking purposes, greases used in cooking, and other products used in cafes and bakeries, causing or tending to cause what is commonly called baker’s disease, baker’s asthma or baker’s tuberculosis.
Poisoning by gasoline, benzine, naphtha or other volatile petroleum products........
Any process involving the production or use of gasoline, benzine, naphtha or other volatile petroleum products.
Poisoning by wood alcohol........................
Any process involving the production or use of wood alcohol or its preparations.
Potassium cyanide poisoning.....................
Any process involving the production or use of or direct contact with potassium cyanide.
Radium poisoning or disability due to radioactive properties or substances, or to roentgen rays (X-rays), or to exposure to ionizing radiation.........................................
Any process involving the use of or direct contact with radium or a radioactive substance, or the use of or direct exposure to roentgen rays (X-rays) or ionizing radiation.
Sulfur dioxide poisoning.............................
Any process in which sulfur dioxide gas is evolved by the expansion of liquid sulfur dioxide.
Tenosynovitis and prepatellar bursitis......
Primary tenosynovitis characterized by a passive effusion or crepitus into the tendon sheath of the flexor or extensor muscles of the hand, due to frequently repetitive motions or vibrations, or prepatellar bursitis due to continued pressure.
[Part 26:44:1947; A 1949, 365; 1953, 297]—(NRS A 1961, 590; 1993, 768)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 617 - Occupational Diseases

NRS 617.010 - Short title.

NRS 617.015 - Rights and liabilities of employers and employees.

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.

NRS 617.020 - Definitions.

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 617.1675 - Account for Pensions for Silicosis, Diseases Related to Asbestos and Other Disabilities: Creation; interest and income; administration.

NRS 617.168 - Account for Pensions for Silicosis, Diseases Related to Asbestos and Other Disabilities: Uses and purposes; reversion.

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 617.203 - Limitation of liability of principal contractor for occupational disease contracted by independent contractor or employee of independent contractor.

NRS 617.205 - Self-insured employers to provide compensation; contributions not required; administration of claims; compliance with NRS 616B.300.

NRS 617.206 - Effect of certification as association of self-insured public or private employers; responsibilities of association.

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.

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.

NRS 617.215 - Actions at law.

NRS 617.220 - Applicability to employers of excluded persons.

NRS 617.225 - Election by sole proprietor; physical examination; payment of premiums; effect of failure to pay premiums; withdrawal of election.

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 617.344 - Claim for compensation: Requirements for diseased employee, dependent or representative to file claim; form.

NRS 617.345 - Handling of claims by private carrier subject to provisions of chapter; employer and private carrier subject to regulations of Division.

NRS 617.346 - Recovery of compensation barred if notice of occupational disease or claim for compensation is not filed; exceptions.

NRS 617.348 - Dependent of employee barred from filing claim for compensation if untimely or previously denied.

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...

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...

NRS 617.356 - Duty of insurer to accept or deny claim; written determination.

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.

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.

NRS 617.362 - Payment of compensation by insurer prohibited before required; recovery of overpayment by insurer.

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...

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.

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 617.401 - Compensation from Uninsured Employers’ Claim Account: Administration and payment of claims; eligibility of employee; liability of employer; powers and duties of Division; appeals; collection.

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.

NRS 617.402 - Misrepresentation or concealment of fact to obtain benefits: Insurer entitled to reimbursement or deduction from benefits; appeal of determination; alternative remedies.

NRS 617.405 - Judicial review of contested claims.

NRS 617.410 - Compensation paid by insurer.

NRS 617.420 - Minimum duration of incapacity for temporary total disability; payment of medical benefits; exception.

NRS 617.430 - Eligibility; limitations.

NRS 617.440 - Requirements for occupational disease to be deemed to arise out of and in course of employment; applicability.

NRS 617.445 - Determination of date of disablement.

NRS 617.450 - Specific occupational diseases; schedule.

NRS 617.453 - Cancer as occupational disease of firefighters and other persons employed in occupations related to fire.

NRS 617.454 - Physical examinations: Required tests; restrictions on use and dissemination of results of physical examination.

NRS 617.455 - Lung diseases as occupational diseases of firefighters, police officers and arson investigators.

NRS 617.457 - Heart diseases as occupational diseases of firefighters, arson investigators and police officers.

NRS 617.459 - Determination of percentage of disability resulting from heart or lung diseases.

NRS 617.460 - Silicosis and diseases related to asbestos as occupational diseases; compensation and claims.

NRS 617.470 - Occupational diseases of respiratory tract resulting from exposure to dusts.

NRS 617.481 - Certain contagious diseases as occupational diseases.

NRS 617.485 - Hepatitis as occupational disease of police officers, firefighters and emergency medical attendants.

NRS 617.487 - Hepatitis as occupational disease of certain other police officers.

NRS 617.500 - Applicability.

NRS 617.510 - Penalties and remedies are cumulative; exception.