Employee to report accident and injury to employer; examination of employee.
1. Whenever any accident occurs to any employee, he shall forthwith report the accident and the injury resulting therefrom to his employer.
2. When an employer learns of an accident, whether or not it is reported, the employer may direct the employee to submit to, or the employee may request, an examination by a physician or chiropractor, in order to ascertain the character and extent of the injury and render medical attention which is required immediately. The employer may furnish the names, addresses and telephone numbers of one or more physicians or chiropractors, but may not require the employee to select any particular physician or chiropractor. Thereupon, the examining physician or chiropractor shall report forthwith to the employer and to the insurer the character and extent of the injury. The employer shall not require the employee to disclose or permit the disclosure of any other information concerning his physical condition.
3. Further medical attention, except as otherwise provided in NRS 616C.265, must be authorized by the insurer.
4. This section does not prohibit an employer from requiring the employee to submit to an examination by a physician or chiropractor specified by the employer at any convenient time after medical attention which is required immediately has been completed.
Last modified: February 25, 2006