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 617.344 – Claim for compensation: Requirements for diseased employee, dependent or representative to file claim; form.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an employee who has incurred an occupational disease, or a person acting on behalf of the employee, shall file a claim for compensation with the insurer within 90 days after the employee has knowledge of the disability and its relationship to his or her employment. 2. In […]
NRS 617.345 – Handling of claims by private carrier subject to provisions of chapter; employer and private carrier subject to regulations of Division.
The claims of employees and their dependents resulting from injuries while in the employment of employers insured by a private carrier must be handled in the manner provided in this chapter, and the employer and the private carrier are subject to the regulations of the Division with respect thereto. (Added to NRS by 1995, 2034)
NRS 617.346 – Recovery of compensation barred if notice of occupational disease or claim for compensation is not filed; exceptions.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an employee or, in the event of the death of the employee, the dependent of the employee, is barred from recovering compensation pursuant to the provisions of this chapter if he or she fails to file a notice of an occupational disease pursuant to NRS 617.342 or […]
NRS 617.348 – Dependent of employee barred from filing claim for compensation if untimely or previously denied.
A dependent of an employee may not file a claim for compensation for an occupational disease pursuant to the provisions of this chapter if: 1. The time for filing the claim has expired pursuant to NRS 617.346; or 2. The employee or another dependent filed a claim for compensation for that occupational disease, the claim […]
NRS 617.352 – Claim for compensation: Duty of treating physician or chiropractor to file or delegate duty to medical facility; electronic filing; form and contents; maintenance of forms; penalty. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Claim for compensation: Duty of treating physician or chiropractic physician to file or delegate duty to medical facility; electronic filing; form and contents; maintenance of forms; penalty. [Effective January 1, 2022.]
1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a treating physician or chiropractor shall, within 3 working days after first providing treatment to an employee who has incurred an occupational disease, complete and file a claim for compensation with the employer of the employee and the employer’s insurer. If the employer is a self-insured employer, […]
NRS 617.354 – Report of industrial injury or occupational disease: Duty of employer to file; electronic filing; form and contents; penalty. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Report of industrial injury or occupational disease: Duty of employer to file; electronic filing; form and contents; penalty. [Effective January 1, 2022.]
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 616B.727, within 6 working days after the receipt of a claim for compensation from a physician or chiropractor, or a medical facility if the duty to file the claim for compensation has been delegated to the medical facility pursuant to NRS 617.352, an employer shall complete and file […]
NRS 617.356 – Duty of insurer to accept or deny claim; written determination.
1. An insurer shall accept or deny a claim for compensation under this chapter and notify the claimant or the person acting on behalf of the claimant pursuant to NRS 617.344 that the claim has been accepted or denied within 30 working days after the forms for filing the claim for compensation are received pursuant […]
NRS 617.357 – Certain claims regarding cancer, lung or heart diseases, certain contagious diseases or hepatitis: Reports by insurers to Administrator; public reports by Administrator.
1. Each insurer shall submit to the Administrator a written report concerning each claim for compensation in which the claimant is a firefighter, police officer, arson investigator or emergency medical attendant that is filed with the insurer pursuant to NRS 617.453, 617.455, 617.457, 617.481, 617.485 or 617.487. The written report must be submitted to the […]
NRS 617.358 – Compensation prohibited unless preponderance of evidence establishes that disease arose out of and in course of employment; rebuttable presumption if notice of disease is filed after termination of employment; exceptions.
1. An employee or the dependents of the employee are not entitled to receive compensation pursuant to the provisions of this chapter unless the employee or the dependents of the employee establish by a preponderance of the evidence that the employee’s occupational disease arose out of and in the course of his or her employment. […]