Exposure of police officer or fireman to contagious disease: Reporting and testing requirements; eligibility for compensation.
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 617.485, if a police officer or a salaried or volunteer fireman is exposed to a contagious disease:
(a) Upon battery by an offender; or
(b) While performing the duties of a police officer or fireman,
Ę the employer of the police officer or fireman shall create and maintain a report concerning the exposure that includes, without limitation, the name of each police officer or fireman, as applicable, who was exposed to the contagious disease and the name of each person, if any, to whom the police officer or fireman was exposed.
2. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (d) of subsection 2 of NRS 616A.265, if the results of a physical examination administered pursuant to NRS 617.455 or 617.457 to a police officer or a salaried or volunteer fireman after the commencement of his employment reveal that the police officer or fireman tested positive for exposure to tuberculosis, the police officer or fireman is eligible, during his lifetime, to receive compensation pursuant to chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS for tuberculosis and any additional diseases or conditions that are associated with or result from tuberculosis.
3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 617.485, if the employment of a police officer or a salaried or volunteer fireman is terminated, voluntarily or involuntarily, the employer of the police officer or fireman shall:
(a) At the time of termination and at 3 months after the date of termination, provide to the police officer or fireman a purified protein derivative skin test to screen for exposure to tuberculosis, unless the police officer or fireman previously submitted to such a test and tested positive for exposure to tuberculosis. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (d) of subsection 2 of NRS 616A.265, if a skin test administered pursuant to this paragraph and provided to the employer reveals that the police officer or fireman tested positive for exposure to tuberculosis, the police officer or fireman is eligible, during his lifetime, to receive compensation pursuant to chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS for tuberculosis and any additional diseases or conditions that are associated with or result from tuberculosis.
(b) Within 30 days after the date of termination and at 6 and 12 months after the date of termination, provide to the police officer or fireman a blood test or other appropriate test to screen for other contagious diseases, including, without limitation, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and human immunodeficiency virus. If a blood test or other appropriate test administered pursuant to this paragraph and provided to the employer reveals that the police officer or fireman has any other contagious disease or the antibodies associated with a contagious disease, the police officer or fireman is eligible, during his lifetime, to receive compensation pursuant to chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS for such a disease and any additional diseases or conditions that are associated with or result from the contagious disease.
4. The former employer of a police officer or a salaried or volunteer fireman shall pay all the costs associated with providing skin and blood tests and other appropriate tests required pursuant to subsection 3.
5. As used in this section, the term “battery” includes, without limitation, the intentional propelling or placing, or the causing to be propelled or placed, of any human excrement or bodily fluid upon the person of an employee.
Last modified: February 25, 2006