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 temporary total disability which does not incapacitate the employee for at least 5 cumulative days within a 20-day period from earning full wages, but if the incapacity extends for 5 or more days within a 20-day period, the compensation must then be computed from the […]
NRS 617.430 – Eligibility; limitations.
1. Every employee who is disabled or dies because of an occupational disease, as defined in this chapter, arising out of and in the course of employment in the State of Nevada, or the dependents, as that term is defined in chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS, of an employee whose death is caused […]
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 […]
NRS 617.445 – Determination of date of disablement.
In all cases under this chapter, the date of disablement is such date as the insurer determines on hearing of the employee’s claim. [Part 27:44:1947; 1943 NCL § 2800.27]—(NRS A 1971, 1131; 1981, 1503; 1991, 363)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 617.340)
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 […]
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 in either temporary or permanent disability, or death, is an occupational disease and compensable as such under the provisions of this chapter if: (a) The cancer develops or manifests itself out of and in the course of the employment of a person who, for 5 […]