NRS 617.203 – Limitation of liability of principal contractor for occupational disease contracted by independent contractor or employee of independent contractor.
A principal contractor is not liable for the payment of compensation for any occupational disease contracted by any independent contractor or any employee of an independent contractor if: 1. The contract between the principal contractor and the independent contractor is in writing and the contract provides that the independent contractor agrees to maintain coverage for […]
NRS 617.205 – Self-insured employers to provide compensation; contributions not required; administration of claims; compliance with NRS 616B.300.
1. An employer who is certified as a self-insured employer directly assumes the responsibility for providing compensation due his or her employees and their beneficiaries under this chapter. 2. A self-insured employer is not required to pay the contributions required of other employers by NRS 617.1665. 3. The claims of employees and their beneficiaries resulting […]
NRS 617.206 – Effect of certification as association of self-insured public or private employers; responsibilities of association.
1. An association that is certified as an association of self-insured public or private employers directly assumes the responsibility for providing compensation due the employees of the members of the association and their beneficiaries under this chapter. 2. An association is not required to pay the contributions required of employers by NRS 617.1665. 3. The […]
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.
1. If a quasi-public or private corporation or limited-liability company is required to be insured pursuant to this chapter, an officer of the corporation or a manager of the company who: (a) Receives pay for service performed shall be deemed for the purposes of this chapter to receive a minimum pay of $6,000 per policy […]
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.
1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, before any person, firm or corporation commences work under any contract with the State or any political subdivision thereof, or a metropolitan police department, the contractor shall furnish to the state agency, political subdivision or metropolitan police department having charge of the letting of the contract a […]
NRS 617.215 – Actions at law.
If any employer fails to provide and secure compensation under this chapter, any employee contracting an occupational disease as provided in this chapter, or, in case of death, the dependents of the employee, may bring an action at law against the employer for damages as if this chapter did not apply. [22:44:1947; A 1949, 365; […]
NRS 617.170 – No liability created for disability or death occurring before July 1, 1947.
Nothing in this chapter shall create any liability on the part of any employer where disability or death occurred prior to July 1, 1947. [40:44:1947; 1943 NCL § 2800.40]
NRS 617.175 – Independent enterprises.
1. A person is not an employer for the purposes of this chapter if: (a) The person enters into a contract with another person or business which is an independent enterprise; and (b) The person is not in the same trade, business, profession or occupation as the independent enterprise. 2. As used in this section, […]
NRS 617.190 – Devices modifying liability void.
1. Except as otherwise provided for in this chapter, no contract of employment, insurance, relief benefit, indemnity, or any other device, shall modify, change or waive any liability created by this chapter. 2. A contract of employment, insurance, relief benefit, indemnity, or other device having for its purpose the waiver or modification of the terms […]
NRS 617.200 – Employers to provide compensation; employer and insurer relieved from liability.
1. Every employer within the provisions of this chapter, and those employers who accept the terms of this chapter and are governed by its provisions, shall provide and secure compensation according to the terms, conditions and provisions of this chapter for all occupational diseases contracted by an employee arising out of and in the course […]