Nevada Revised Statutes Section 615.110 - Labor and Industrial Relations

“Handicapped individual” defined. “Handicapped individual” means:

1. Any individual who has a physical or mental disability which constitutes a substantial handicap to employment but which is of such a nature that vocational rehabilitation services may reasonably be expected to render him fit to engage in a gainful occupation, including a gainful occupation which is more consistent with his capacities and abilities.

2. Any individual who has a physical or mental disability which constitutes a substantial handicap to employment for whom vocational rehabilitation services are necessary for the purposes of the determination of rehabilitation potential.

Last modified: February 25, 2006