The Administrator shall: 1. Prescribe by regulation the time within which adjudications and awards must be made. 2. Regulate forms of notices, claims and other blank forms deemed proper and advisable. 3. Prescribe by regulation the methods by which an insurer may approve or reject claims, and may determine the amount and nature of benefits […]
The Administrator shall adopt regulations for the determination of categories of injury, other than those described in NRS 616A.077, to be deemed catastrophic injuries. (Added to NRS by 2009, 2778)
1. The Administrator shall make available a program, using a videotape cassette or other means of presentation, concerning the rights and responsibilities of employers and employees pursuant to chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS. The Administrator shall provide written notification concerning the availability of the program to each chamber of commerce in Nevada and […]
1. The Administrator shall prepare an annual report concerning the enforcement of the provisions of chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS through the imposition of fines and benefit penalties against insurers, organizations for managed care, health care providers, third-party administrators and employers. 2. The annual report must include, without limitation: (a) The total number […]
The Administrator shall include on any notice or form that is provided to injured employees and is on the Internet website of the Division, contact information for the Office for Consumer Health Assistance of the Department of Health and Human Services created pursuant to NRS 232.458. (Added to NRS by 2005, 1074)
The Administrator may adopt regulations relating to NRS 244.33505 and 268.0955, including regulations specifying the form of the affidavit required by those sections. (Added to NRS by 1991, 2390)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.2205)
1. The Administrator may prosecute, defend and maintain actions in the name of the Administrator for the enforcement of the provisions of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or 617 of NRS and is entitled to all extraordinary writs provided by the Constitution of the State of Nevada, the statutes of this State and the Nevada […]
1. Except as otherwise provided in chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS, a form, notice, claim, bill or other document required to be filed, mailed or delivered pursuant to the provisions of those chapters, or any regulations adopted pursuant thereto, may, in the alternative, be filed or delivered by electronic transmission. 2. For the […]
1. The Administrator may enter into agreements or compacts with appropriate agencies, bureaus, boards or commissions of other states concerning matters of mutual interest, extraterritorial problems in the administration of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS, and to eliminate duplicate claims or benefits. 2. The insurer may provide liability insurance coverage […]
1. There is hereby established in the State Treasury the Fund for Workers’ Compensation and Safety as an enterprise fund. All money received from assessments levied on insurers and employers by the Administrator pursuant to NRS 232.680 must be deposited in this Fund. 2. All assessments, penalties, bonds, securities and all other properties received, collected […]
1. There is hereby established in the State Treasury the Uninsured Employers’ Claim Account in the Fund for Workers’ Compensation and Safety, which may be used only for the purpose of making payments in accordance with the provisions of NRS 616C.220 and 617.401 and subsection 2 of NRS 616C.473. The Administrator shall administer the Account […]
