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 […]
NRS 617.400 – Compensation: Effect of false representation, willful misconduct and self-exposure.
1. No compensation may be awarded on account of disability or death from a disease suffered by an employee who, at the time of entering into the employment from which the disease is claimed to have resulted, knowingly and falsely represented himself or herself as not having previously suffered from the disease. 2. No compensation […]
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.
1. The Division shall designate one: (a) Third-party administrator who has a valid certificate issued by the Commissioner pursuant to NRS 683A.085; or (b) Insurer, other than a self-insured employer or association of self-insured public or private employers, to administer claims against the Uninsured Employers’ Claim Account. The designation must be made pursuant to reasonable […]
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 January 1, 2022.]
If, after a claim for compensation is filed pursuant to NRS 617.344: 1. The employee seeks treatment from a physician or chiropractor for a newly developed injury or disease; and 2. The employee’s medical records for the occupational disease reported do not include a reference to the injury or disease for which treatment is being […]
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.
1. The resulting condition of an employee who: (a) Has a preexisting condition from a cause or origin that did not arise out of and in the course of the employee’s current or past employment; and (b) Subsequently contracts an occupational disease which aggravates, precipitates or accelerates the preexisting condition, shall be deemed to be […]
NRS 617.370 – Medical examination; refusal to submit; testimony of physician.
1. Any employee who is entitled to receive compensation under this chapter shall, if: (a) Requested by the insurer; or (b) Ordered by an appeals officer, or a hearing officer, submit to a medical examination at a time and from time to time at a place reasonably convenient for the employee, and as may be […]
NRS 617.380 – Autopsy: Order by insurer; findings of physician.
1. On the filing of a claim for compensation for death from an occupational disease where in the opinion of the insurer it is necessary to ascertain accurately and scientifically the cause of death, an autopsy may be ordered by the insurer. The autopsy must be made by a person designated by the insurer. 2. […]
NRS 617.385 – Limitation on receipt of modified motor vehicle as medical benefit.
1. An employee is entitled to receive as a medical benefit a motor vehicle that is modified to allow the employee to operate the vehicle safely if: (a) As a result of an occupational disease arising out of and in the course of his or her employment, the employee is quadriplegic, paraplegic or has had […]
NRS 617.390 – Compensation for both injury and disease.
1. Compensation may be awarded for both injury and disease. 2. If an employee claims to be suffering from both an occupational disease and an injury, the insurer shall determine whether the disease or the injury or both, are related to the disability and shall order payment of compensation from the proper funds. 3. Compensation […]
NRS 617.392 – Compensation for combination of injuries, illnesses and disabilities.
A person described in this chapter may be determined to be totally disabled and eligible to receive compensation for disability as a result of a combination of injuries, illnesses and disabilities arising out of and in the course of his or her employment. (Added to NRS by 1981, 850)