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 617.457 must include: (a) A thorough test of the functioning of the hearing of the employee; and (b) A purified protein derivative skin test to screen for exposure to tuberculosis. 2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 8 of NRS 617.457, the tests required by […]
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 the lungs, resulting in either temporary or permanent disability or death, are occupational diseases and compensable as such under the provisions of this chapter if caused by exposure to heat, smoke, fumes, tear gas or any other noxious gases, arising out of and in the […]
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 the heart of a person who, for 2 years or more, has been employed in a full-time continuous, uninterrupted and salaried occupation as a firefighter, arson investigator or police officer in this State before the date of disablement are conclusively presumed to have arisen out […]
NRS 617.459 – Determination of percentage of disability resulting from heart or lung diseases.
1. The percentage of disability resulting from an occupational disease of the heart or lungs must be determined jointly by the claimant’s attending physician and the examining physician designated by the insurer, in accordance with the American Medical Association’s Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment as adopted and supplemented by the Division pursuant to […]
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 diseases related to asbestos are occupational diseases and are compensable as such when contracted by an employee and when arising out of and in the course of the employment. 2. Claims for compensation on account of silicosis or a disease related to asbestos are forever […]
NRS 617.470 – Occupational diseases of respiratory tract resulting from exposure to dusts.
All conditions, restrictions, limitations and other provisions of NRS 617.460 with reference to the payment of compensation or benefits on account of silicosis or a disease related to asbestos are applicable to the payment of compensation or benefits on account of any other occupational disease of the respiratory tract resulting from injurious exposure to dusts. […]
NRS 617.481 – Certain contagious diseases as occupational diseases.
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter and except as otherwise provided in this section, if a person employed in this State contracts a contagious disease during the course and scope of his or her employment that results in a temporary or permanent disability or death, the disease is an occupational disease and compensable […]
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 as otherwise provided in this section, if an employee has hepatitis, the disease is conclusively presumed to have arisen out of and in the course of his or her employment if the employee has been continuously employed for 5 years or more as a police […]
NRS 617.487 – Hepatitis as occupational disease of certain other police officers.
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter and except as otherwise provided in this section, if an employee has hepatitis, the disease is conclusively presumed to have arisen out of and in the course of his or her employment if the employee has been continuously employed for 5 years or more as a police […]
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 deemed to arise out of and in the course of the employment if: (a) There is a direct causal connection between the conditions under which the work is performed and the occupational disease; (b) It can be seen to have followed as a natural incident […]