Nevada Revised Statutes - Labor and Industrial Relations

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 606.010

Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words defined in NRS 606.020 to 606.060, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 606.020

�Business day� defined. �Business day� has the meaning ascribed to it in 42 U.S.C. � 653a(g)(3). ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 606.030

�Department� defined. �Department� means the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 606.040

�Division� defined. �Division� means the Employment Security Division of the Department. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 606.050

�Employee� defined. �Employee� has the meaning ascribed to it in 42 U.S.C. � 653a(a)(2)(A). ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 606.060

�Employer� defined. �Employer� has the meaning ascribed to it in 42 U.S.C. � 653a(a)(2)(B). ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 606.100

Establishment of directory; Welfare Division to provide information to National Directory of New Hires; Department to provide information to certain agencies.

1. The Division shall establish and maintain a ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 606.110

Department to provide information to Chief of Program for Enforcement of Child Support; Chief to compare information received from Department with information in state case registry.

1. The Department ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 606.120

Employer to provide Division with certain information concerning newly hired employees; Division to include in directory information received from employers; civil penalty for noncompliance.

1. Each employer shall, within ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 607.005

�Commission� defined. As used in this chapter, �commission� means a fee paid for transacting a piece of business or performing a service, but excluding bonuses and profit-sharing arrangements. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 607.010

Creation of office. The Office of Labor Commissioner is hereby created. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 607.020

Appointment of Labor Commissioner. The Labor Commissioner must be appointed by the Director of the Department of Business and Industry. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 607.030

Classification; other employment prohibited; exception.

1. The Labor Commissioner is in the unclassified service of the State.

2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 284.143, he shall devote ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 607.040

Location of office; hours office to be open.

1. The Labor Commissioner must be provided with properly furnished offices at the capital in Carson City, Nevada.

2. The ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 607.050

Deputy Labor Commissioner: Employment; powers of attorney; other employment prohibited; exception.

1. The Labor Commissioner shall employ a Deputy, who is in the unclassified service of the State.

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Nevada Revised Statutes Section 607.060

Employees. The Labor Commissioner may employ:

1. One Chief Assistant, who is in the unclassified service of the State.

2. Stenographic, clerical and statistical assistance. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 607.065

Retention of legal counsel; authority of counsel.

1. The Labor Commissioner may provide for contract services by legal counsel for assistance in administering the labor and industrial relations laws ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 607.080

Biennial reports. The Labor Commissioner shall collect and systematize and present in biennial reports to the Governor and the Legislature such statistical details relating to labor in the State as ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 607.090

Printing. All forms, blanks, envelopes, letterheads, circulars, bulletins and reports required to be printed by the Labor Commissioner must be printed by the State Printing Division of the Department of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 607.100

Compilation, printing and distribution of bulletins. With the approval of the State Board of Examiners, the Labor Commissioner is authorized to compile and issue such bulletins pertaining to labor and ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 607.110

Knowledge of labor laws. The Labor Commissioner shall inform himself of all laws of the State for the protection of life and limb in any of the industries of the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 607.120

Cooperation with other departments of labor. The Labor Commissioner shall cooperate with such bureaus or departments of labor of the Federal Government and other states as may be established. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 607.125

Federal gifts and grants.

1. The Labor Commissioner is authorized to accept, with the approval of the Governor, gifts and grants of money from the Federal Government which may ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 607.130

Obtaining information from state and county officers. Upon the written request of the Labor Commissioner, all state and county officers shall furnish all information in their power necessary to assist ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 607.140

Preparation of forms and blanks for information and statistics; penalty and administrative fine for refusal to furnish information required on forms.

1. The Labor Commissioner shall prepare forms and ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 607.150

Inspection of places of employment; penalty and administrative fine for refusal to allow entry to Labor Commissioner.

1. To carry out the provisions of NRS 607.160, the Labor Commissioner ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 607.160

Enforcement of labor laws; imposition and collection of administrative penalties; cumulative nature of penalties and remedies; claims for wages or commissions; prosecution of claims by Attorney General.

1. The ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 607.165

Notice to State Contractors� Board of repeated claims for wages against contractor; recommendation by Labor Commissioner concerning contractor�s bond or cash deposit.

1. The Labor Commissioner shall notify the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 607.170

Actions for collection of wages or commissions; subpoena power; compromise and settlement of claims; disposition of money collected for claims.

1. The Labor Commissioner may prosecute a claim for ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 607.175

Assignment and consolidation of claims for wages or commissions. The Labor Commissioner or other designated agent of employees may take assignments of wage or commission claims and bring a single ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 607.180

Reciprocal agreements for collection of claims for wages or commissions assigned to Labor Commissioner; maintenance of actions.

1. The Labor Commissioner is authorized to enter into reciprocal agreements with ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 607.185

Availability to public of terms and conditions of compromise or settlement of claim or dispute. If the Labor Commissioner enters into, effects or approves any compromise or settlement of a ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 607.190

Exemption for Labor Commissioner from payment of fees and costs in actions; payment of witness fees in certain actions; bond not required for attachment by Labor Commissioner.

1. In ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 607.205

Power of Labor Commissioner to conduct hearings and issue decisions. In aid of his enforcement responsibilities under the labor laws of the State of Nevada, the Labor Commissioner or a ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 607.207

Notice and conduct of hearing.

1. When an enforcement question is presented under any labor law of the State of Nevada, the determination of which is not exclusively vested ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 607.210

Power of Labor Commissioner to take testimony and issue subpoenas; witness fees; penalty for noncompliance with subpoena.

1. The Labor Commissioner or a person designated by him may take ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 607.215

Decision of Labor Commissioner or his designee after hearing: Issuance; enforceability; judicial review.

1. Within 30 days after the conclusion of the hearing provided for in NRS 607.207, the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 607.220

Complaint by Labor Commissioner; prosecution by Attorney General. Upon the complaint of the Labor Commissioner, the Attorney General shall prosecute all criminal violations of law that are reported to him ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.005

Legislative declaration. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the health and welfare of workers and the employment of persons in private enterprise in this State are of concern to ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.007

Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 608.010 to 608.0126, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.010

�Employee� defined. �Employee� includes both male and female persons in the service of an employer under any appointment or contract of hire or apprenticeship, express or implied, oral or written, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.011

�Employer� defined. �Employer� includes every person having control or custody of any employment, place of employment or any employee. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.0113

�Private employment� defined. �Private employment� means all employment other than employment under the direction, management, supervision and control of this State or any county, city or town therein, or any ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.0116

�Professional� defined. �Professional� means pertaining to an employee who is licensed or certified by the State of Nevada for and engaged in the practice of law or any of the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.012

�Wages� defined. �Wages� means:

1. The amount which an employer agrees to pay an employee for the time the employee has worked, computed in proportion to time; and

...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.0123

�Week of work� defined. �Week of work� means 7 consecutive periods of 24 hours which may begin on any day and at any hour of the day. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.0126

�Workday� defined. �Workday� means a period of 24 consecutive hours which begins when the employee begins work. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.013

Employer to post abstract of chapter. Every employer shall conspicuously post and keep so posted on the premises where any person is employed a printed abstract of this chapter to ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.015

Unlawful to induce employee to refrain from testifying. It is unlawful for any person by force, intimidation, threat of procuring dismissal from employment or in any other manner to induce ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.016

Payment for each hour of work; trial or break-in period not excepted. An employer shall pay to the employee wages for each hour the employee works. An employer shall not ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.0165

Basis for payment of employee who manufactures or uses explosives; penalty.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, wages or compensation paid to an employee whose duties include ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.017

Discrimination on basis of sex prohibited; exceptions.

1. It is unlawful for any employer to discriminate between employees, employed within the same establishment, on the basis of sex by ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.018

Compensation for overtime: Requirement; exceptions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, an employer shall pay one and one-half times an employee�s regular wage rate whenever an employee ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.019

Periods for meals and rest.

1. An employer shall not employ an employee for a continuous period of 8 hours without permitting the employee to have a meal period ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.020

Discharge of employee: Immediate payment. Whenever an employer discharges an employee, the wages and compensation earned and unpaid at the time of such discharge shall become due and payable immediately. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.030

Payment of employee who resigns or quits his employment. Whenever an employee resigns or quits his employment, the wages and compensation earned and unpaid at the time of his resignation ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.040

Penalty for failure to pay discharged or quitting employee.

1. If an employer fails to pay:

(a) Within 3 days after the wages or compensation of a discharged ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.050

Wages to be paid at termination of service: Penalty; employee�s lien.

1. Whenever an employer of labor shall discharge or lay off his or its employees without first paying ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.060

Semimonthly payments; exceptions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all wages or compensation of employees in private employment is due semimonthly. All such wages or compensation earned ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.070

Agreements between employers and employees for other than semimonthly payments. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to mean that, on any special occasion where it appears to be satisfactory ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.080

Paydays and time and place of payment: Posting notice of regular day, time and place; notice of change required; payment on irregular day.

1. Every employer shall establish and ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.090

Adjustment of wages for additional payments; notice by employer; payment.

1. Every employer, having granted or agreed to an adjustment of wages of an employee or employees wherein payments ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.100

Unlawful decrease in compensation by employer; unlawful requirement to rebate compensation; prerequisites to lawfully decreasing compensation.

1. It is unlawful for any employer to:

(a) Pay a lower ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.110

Withholding of portion of wages.

1. This chapter does not preclude the withholding from the wages or compensation of any employee of any dues, rates or assessments becoming due ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.115

Records of wages.

1. Every employer shall establish and maintain records of wages for the benefit of his employees, showing for each pay period the following information for each ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.120

Manner of payment of wages. The payment of wages or compensation must be made in lawful money of the United States or by a good and valuable negotiable check or ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.130

Payment of wages by negotiable instrument; rights of holder in due course in event of nonpayment; penalty.

1. A person engaged in any business or enterprise of any kind ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.140

Assessment of attorney�s fees in action for recovery of wages. Whenever a mechanic, artisan, miner, laborer, servant or employee shall have cause to bring suit for wages earned and due ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.150

Original contractor liable for indebtedness for labor incurred by subcontractor or contractor acting under, by or for original contractor; civil action to recover.

1. Every original contractor making or ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.155

Meals as part of wages or compensation; exception.

1. A part of wages or compensation may, if mutually agreed upon by an employee and employer in the contract of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.1555

Benefits for health care: Provision in same manner as policy of insurance. Any employer who provides benefits for health care to his employees shall provide the same benefits and pay ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.156

Benefits for health care: Expenses for treatment of abuse of alcohol and drugs.

1. If an employer provides health benefits for his employees, he shall provide benefits for the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.157

Benefits for health care: Coverage for mastectomy and reconstructive surgery.

1. If an employer provides health benefits for his employees which include coverage for the surgical procedure known as ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.1575

Benefits for health care: Services provided by certain nurses.

1. If an employer provides health benefits for his employees which include coverage for services which are within the authorized ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.1576

Benefits for health care: Prompt enrollment and restrictions on termination of enrollment of child; withholding of employee�s wages; remedies are cumulative. If an employer provides benefits for health care to ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.1577

Notices to employees: Acceptance of, change in or termination of benefits; change of insurer; nonpayment of premium.

1. An employer shall notify his employees of his intent to accept ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.158

Notice of failure to pay premiums for employee�s insurance; employer�s liability for deductions for premiums.

1. If an employer is the policyholder of a policy of group life or ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.1585

Notice to employee upon termination of his employment of his right to be issued insurance to replace group policy. If an employer is the policyholder of a policy of group ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.160

Taking or making deduction on account of tips or gratuities unlawful; employees may divide tips or gratuities among themselves.

1. It is unlawful for any person to:

(a) ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.165

Special uniforms, accessories and cleaning to be furnished without cost to employee. All uniforms or accessories distinctive as to style, color or material shall be furnished, without cost, to employees ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.170

Assignment of wages void against judgment creditors; prima facie evidence of fraud. Every assignment of wages, salary or earnings made within the State of Nevada by any person against whom ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.180

Enforcement of NRS 608.005 to 608.195, inclusive; prosecution. The Labor Commissioner or his representative shall cause the provisions of NRS 608.005 to 608.195, inclusive, to be enforced, and upon notice ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.190

Willful failure or refusal to pay wages due prohibited. A person shall not willfully refuse or neglect to pay the wages due and payable when demanded as provided in this ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.195

Criminal and administrative penalties.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 608.0165, any person who violates any provision of NRS 608.005 to 608.195, inclusive, or any regulation adopted pursuant ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.200

Underground mines and workings; criminal and administrative penalties.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the period of employment for all persons who are employed, occupied or engaged ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.250

Establishment by Labor Commissioner; exceptions; penalty.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Labor Commissioner shall, in accordance with federal law, establish by regulation the minimum wage ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.260

Action by employee to recover difference between minimum wage and amount paid; limitation of action. If any employer pays any employee a lesser amount than the minimum wage prescribed by ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.270

Duties of Labor Commissioner and district attorneys.

1. The Labor Commissioner shall:

(a) Administer and enforce the provisions of NRS 608.250; and

(b) Furnish the district attorney ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.280

Proceedings against district attorney to be instituted by Attorney General. When a complaint is made to the Attorney General by the Labor Commissioner or by an aggrieved person that any ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.290

Criminal and administrative penalties.

1. Any person who violates any provision of NRS 608.250 or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto is guilty of a misdemeanor.

2. In addition ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.300

Definitions. As used in NRS 608.300 to 608.330, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. �Artist� means an actor, musician, dancer or athlete.

2. �Production� means a stage ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.310

Producer-promoter-employer required to obtain permit; application; fee; exceptions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, a producer-promoter-employer intending to do business in this State must obtain a permit ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.320

Producer-promoter-employer required to post bond to secure payment of wages in certain circumstances; amount of bond; conditions of bond. A producer-promoter-employer required by NRS 608.310 to obtain a permit from ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 608.330

Criminal and administrative penalties.

1. Any person who violates any provision of NRS 608.300 to 608.330, inclusive, or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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Nevada Revised Statutes Section 609.185

�Motion picture� defined. For the purposes of this chapter, �motion picture� includes a film to be shown in a theater or on television, a film to be placed on a ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 609.190

Employing or permitting child under 16 years of age to work in certain occupations prohibited.

1. No child under the age of 16 years shall be employed, permitted or ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 609.200

Determination by Labor Commissioner that certain employment dangerous or injurious to children under 16 years of age. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 609.221, the Labor Commissioner may determine whether ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 609.210

Employing or exhibiting minor in certain injurious, immoral or dangerous activities: Criminal penalty. Every person who employs, or causes to be employed, exhibits or has in his custody for exhibition ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 609.221

Prohibition by Labor Commissioner of employment of children under age of 16 years in certain sales activities.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Labor Commissioner shall ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 609.230

Employing or permitting minor to work as messenger: Limitations. In incorporated cities and towns, no person under the age of 18 years shall be employed or permitted to work as ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 609.240

Maximum hours of employment of child under 16 years of age.

1. No child under the age of 16 years may be employed, permitted or suffered to work at ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 609.245

Employment of child under 14 years of age unlawful without written permission of district judge or his designee. Every person who employs and every parent, guardian or other person having ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 609.250

Employment of child under 14 years of age unlawful when school in session; exceptions. Except for employment as a performer in a motion picture, it is unlawful for any person ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 609.260

Superintendent of public instruction and attendance officer may demand proof of age of employed minor.

1. The superintendent of public instruction or other authorized inspector or school attendance officer ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 609.270

Criminal penalty. [Replaced in revision by NRS 609.650.] ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 609.281

Civil penalty; deposit of money collected in State General Fund. [Replaced in revision by NRS 609.652.] ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 609.400

Definitions. As used in NRS 609.400 to 609.570, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 609.410 to 609.470, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 609.410

�Contract� defined.

1. �Contract� means a proposed contract pursuant to which:

(a) A minor agrees to render artistic or creative services, directly or through a third party.

...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 609.420

�Court� defined. �Court� means:

1. In a judicial district that has established a business court by court rule, the business court.

2. In a judicial district that has ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 609.430

�Interested party� defined. �Interested party� includes:

1. A person who is a party to a contract; and

2. The parent, custodian or guardian of a minor who is ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 609.440

�Minor� defined. �Minor� means a person who:

1. Is less than 18 years of age;

2. Has not been declared emancipated pursuant to NRS 129.080 to 129.140, inclusive; ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 609.450

�Net earnings� defined. �Net earnings� means the gross earnings received for services rendered by a minor during the term of a contract, less:

1. All sums required by law ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 609.460

�Petition� defined. �Petition� means a petition for approval of a contract filed pursuant to NRS 609.500. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 609.470

�Petitioner� defined. �Petitioner� means a person who files a petition for approval of a contract pursuant to NRS 609.500. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 609.500

Petition for approval of contract: Filing; contents; attachments; refiling.

1. An interested party may petition the court for approval of a contract by filing a written petition for approval ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 609.510

Petition for approval of contract: Hearing; scope of evidence.

1. Upon receipt of a petition, the court may schedule a hearing to determine whether the petition should be granted.

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 609.520

Petition for approval of contract: Grounds for granting or denying petition; issuance of order granting or denying petition; effect of order.

1. In determining whether to grant a petition, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 609.530

Appointment of special guardian if court grants petition; special guardian to hold certain net earnings of minor; expiration of special guardian�s role.

1. If the court issues an order ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 609.540

Certain amount of net earnings to be set aside for minor; modification of amount to be set aside; disposition, upon termination of contract, of amount set aside.

1. At ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 609.550

Limitation on minor�s ability to dispute validity of contract approved by court. If a contract that is otherwise valid is approved by the court by the granting of a petition, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 609.560

Finality of courts� rulings concerning contract. The determination of whether to grant or deny a petition or to grant or deny a motion to modify the amount or percentage of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 609.570

Limitation on effect of NRS 609.400 to 609.570, inclusive. The provisions of NRS 609.400 to 609.570, inclusive, do not:

1. Exempt any person from compliance with any other law ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 609.650

Criminal penalty. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 609.190 to 609.260, inclusive, any person who employs any child in violation of any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 609.652

Administrative penalty. In addition to any other remedy or penalty, if any person commits a violation described in NRS 609.650, the Labor Commissioner may impose against the person an administrative ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 610.010

Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. �Agreement� means a written and signed agreement of indenture as an apprentice.

2. �Apprentice� means a ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 610.020

Purposes. The purposes of this chapter are:

1. To open to people, without regard to race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, religion, disability or national origin, the opportunity to ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 610.030

Creation; members.

1. A State Apprenticeship Council composed of seven members is hereby created.

2. The Labor Commissioner shall appoint:

(a) Three members who are representatives from ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 610.040

Terms of office of members.

1. In making the initial appointments to the Council, the Labor Commissioner shall appoint:

(a) One member who is a representative from employer ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 610.050

Vacancies. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term of his predecessor shall be appointed for the remainder of the term. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 610.060

Officers.

1. The member who is a representative of the general public shall act as Chairman of the State Apprenticeship Council but shall not vote on matters before the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 610.070

Meetings. The State Apprenticeship Council shall meet at least once in each calendar quarter and may meet at other times at the call of a majority of its members. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 610.080

Compensation of members and employees.

1. Each member of the State Apprenticeship Council is entitled to receive a salary of not more than $80 per day, as fixed by ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 610.090

Duties. The State Apprenticeship Council shall:

1. Establish standards for programs and agreements that are not lower than those prescribed by this chapter.

2. Upon review and approval, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 610.095

Additional duties. The State Apprenticeship Council shall:

1. Register and approve or reject proposed programs and standards for apprenticeship.

2. After providing notice and a hearing and for ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 610.100

Report to Legislature and public. The State Apprenticeship Council shall make a report of its activities and findings, through the Labor Commissioner, as provided in NRS 607.080, to the Legislature ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 610.110

Labor Commissioner to be State Director of Apprenticeship. The Labor Commissioner or his duly appointed representative shall be ex officio State Director of Apprenticeship. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 610.120

Powers of State Director of Apprenticeship.

1. The State Director of Apprenticeship shall:

(a) Administer the provisions of this chapter with the advice and guidance of the State ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 610.140

Duties of local or state joint apprenticeship committees.

1. A local or state apprenticeship committee shall:

(a) In accordance with standards set up by the State Apprenticeship Council, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 610.144

Requirements for program to be eligible for registration and approval by State Apprenticeship Council. To be eligible for registration and approval by the State Apprenticeship Council, a proposed program must:

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 610.146

Representation of employees and apprentices in management of program with more than one employer. All programs operated with more than one employer or an association of employers must include provisions ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 610.150

Required contents of agreement. Every agreement entered into under this chapter must contain:

1. The names and signatures of the contracting parties and the signature of a parent or ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 610.160

Approval of agreement; signatures; training extending into majority.

1. No agreement under this chapter is effective until it is approved by the local joint apprenticeship committee and the State ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 610.170

Agreement signed by association of employers or organization of employees. For the purpose of providing greater diversity of training or continuity of employment, any agreement made under this chapter may, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 610.180

Violations of programs or agreements: Investigations; hearings; appeals; exhaustion of administrative remedies.

1. Upon the complaint of any interested person or upon its own initiative, the State Apprenticeship Council ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 610.185

Suspension of right to participate in program if discrimination practiced. The State Apprenticeship Council shall suspend for 1 year the right of any employer, association of employers or organization of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 610.190

Effect of chapter on collective bargaining agreement establishing higher standards. Nothing in this chapter or in any agreement, standard or program approved under this chapter invalidates any provision in any ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.010

Establishment and maintenance. The Administrator of the Employment Security Division of the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation shall establish and maintain free public employment offices as provided in chapter ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.020

Definitions. As used in NRS 611.020 to 611.320, inclusive:

1. �Babysitting� means employment to care for children during a short absence of the parents or guardian.

2. �Employment ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.023

Administration by Labor Commissioner; regulations. The Labor Commissioner shall administer the provisions of NRS 611.020 to 611.320, inclusive, and may adopt reasonable regulations to carry out the purposes of these ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.025

Hearings by Labor Commissioner; issuance and enforcement of subpoenas.

1. The Labor Commissioner or his designee may conduct hearings in the performance of his duties as set forth in ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.030

License: Procurement from Labor Commissioner; posting; penalty for doing business without license.

1. A person shall not open, keep, operate or maintain an employment agency in this state without ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.040

Application for license.

1. A written application for a license to conduct a private employment agency in this state must be made to the Labor Commissioner and must contain:

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.045

Investigation of applicant; issuance and renewal of license.

1. The Labor Commissioner may issue a license to an applicant for the conduct of an employment agency:

(a) After ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.050

Grounds for denial, suspension and revocation of license.

1. The Labor Commissioner, upon reasonable notice and opportunity for a licensed employment agency to be heard, may deny, suspend or ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.055

Employment agency to be permitted to continue business during pendency of review proceedings. Any employment agency shall be permitted to continue doing business as a licensed agency during the pendency ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.060

Fees for licenses and renewals. Every person licensed under the provisions of NRS 611.020 to 611.320, inclusive, to carry on the business of an employment agency must pay to the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.070

Bond: Amount; conditions; deposits in lieu of bond; increase of bond or deposit; Labor Commissioner�s Account for Bonds.

1. Before a license is issued, the applicant shall deposit with ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.080

Bond: Payable to people of State of Nevada; conditions. The bond shall be payable to the people of the State of Nevada and shall be conditioned that the person applying ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.090

Bond: Failure to file new bond after demand; revocation of license. If at any time the sureties or any of them shall become irresponsible, the licensee shall, upon receipt of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.100

Deposit of fees for licenses. The Labor Commissioner shall make an itemized account of all money received by him as fees for licenses under the provisions of NRS 611.020 to ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.110

Contents of license. Each license shall contain:

1. The name of the licensee.

2. A designation of the city, street and number of the premises at which the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.120

Persons and places protected. No license shall protect any other than the person to whom it is issued nor any places other than those designated in the license. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.130

Posting of license in employment agency. The license must be posted in a conspicuous place in the employment agency. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.135

Claims against licensees: Assignment to Labor Commissioner; disposition of amounts recovered.

1. The Labor Commissioner may accept assignments of claims arising under NRS 611.020 to 611.320, inclusive, against employment ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.140

Actions against licensees: Parties; limitation of action; assignment; jurisdiction.

1. All claims or suits brought in any court against any licensee may be brought in the name of the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.150

Actions against licensees: Service of summons. When a licensee has departed from the State with intent to defraud his creditors or with intent to avoid a summons in an action ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.160

Records: Maintenance and retention; contents; false entry prohibited.

1. Every licensee shall keep, for 2 years, a record of every applicant for employment who secures employment through the services ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.170

Records: Inspection by Labor Commissioner; furnishing copy.

1. The premises of a licensed employment agency and all the records kept by the licensee pursuant to NRS 611.020 to 611.320, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.175

Copy of contract to be given to applicant. At the time an employment agency contracts with an applicant for employment it shall supply the applicant with a copy of the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.180

Invoice to be given to applicant; contents. Every licensee shall give to every applicant for employment from whom a fee is required for securing employment an invoice on which is ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.200

Receipts: Issuance; retention of duplicate; required statement. All receipts for the payment of any fees by an applicant for employment must be prepared and numbered in original and duplicate. The ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.210

Approval of forms by Labor Commissioner. The Labor Commissioner shall approve the form of the receipts given, records kept and applications provided by a licensee and the form of the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.220

Limit on fee. No employment agency licensed pursuant to the terms of NRS 611.020 to 611.320, inclusive, may charge, accept or collect from any applicant for employment as a fee ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.225

Interest on account past due; charge for returned check. In addition to the regular fee for securing employment, an employment agency may charge an applicant for employment:

1. Interest ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.230

Posting of notice of limitation of fee. Every employment agency shall keep posted in a conspicuous place in its office or place of business a card or cards, furnished by ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.240

Authorization for referral required before acceptance of fee from applicant or referral of applicant. An employment agency shall not accept a fee from any applicant for employment with an employer ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.250

Refunding of fee paid by applicant.

1. If the applicant paying a fee fails to obtain employment, without fault refuses to accept employment, or is employed and the employment ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.260

Limitation on fee if applicant employed less than 30 days. If the applicant is employed and the employment lasts 7 or more days but less than 30 days, the fee ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.265

Prohibited practices. No employment agency may:

1. Impose fees of any kind for the registration of applicants for employment without the written permission of the Labor Commissioner.

2. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.270

Publication of false, fraudulent or misleading information; advertisements.

1. An employment agency shall not publish or cause to be published any false, fraudulent or misleading information, representation, notice or ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.280

Accepting application by child or placing child in employment in violation of chapter 609 of NRS. No employment agency shall accept any application for employment made by or in behalf ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.290

Statement of existence of labor dispute to be furnished applicant; retention of signed copy. An employment agency shall not knowingly send an applicant to any place where a strike, lockout ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.300

Division of fees with certain persons prohibited. An employment agency shall not divide fees with an employer, an agent or other employee of an employer or any other person to ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.310

Enforcement by Labor Commissioner; prosecution by district attorney. The Labor Commissioner shall enforce NRS 611.020 to 611.320, inclusive, and when informed of any violations thereof he shall report the fact ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 611.320

Criminal and administrative penalties.

1. Any person who violates any provision of NRS 611.020 to 611.320, inclusive, or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.010

Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Unemployment Compensation Law. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.015

Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the words and terms defined in NRS 612.016 to 612.200, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.016

�Administrator� defined. �Administrator� means the Administrator of the Division. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.017

�American employing unit� defined. �American employing unit� means:

1. A person who is a resident of the United States;

2. A partnership, if two-thirds or more of the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.025

�Base period� defined.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 612.344, �base period� means the first 4 of the last 5 completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the first day ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.030

�Benefit year� defined.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 612.344, with respect to any person, �benefit year� means the 52 consecutive weeks beginning with the first day of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.035

�Benefits� defined. �Benefits� means the money payments payable to an individual, as provided in this chapter, with respect to his unemployment. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.040

�Calendar quarter� defined. �Calendar quarter� means the period of 3 consecutive calendar months ending on March 31, June 30, September 30 or December 31, or the equivalent thereof as the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.045

�Contributions� defined. �Contributions� means the money payments to the Unemployment Compensation Fund required by this chapter, but does not include reimbursement payments in lieu of contributions as provided in NRS ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.049

�Division� defined. �Division� means the Employment Security Division of the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.055

�Employer� defined. �Employer� means:

1. Any employing unit which for any calendar quarter has paid or is liable to pay wages of $225 or more, and which employs during ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.057

�Employer�: Crew leaders who furnish persons to perform agricultural labor.

1. As used in this section, �crew leader� means any person who:

(a) Furnishes persons to perform agricultural ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.060

�Employing unit� defined.

1. �Employing unit� means any individual or type of organization, including any partnership, association, trust, estate, joint-stock company, insurance company, or corporation, whether domestic or foreign, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.065

�Employment� defined. Subject to the provisions of NRS 612.070 to 612.145, inclusive, �employment� means service, including service in interstate commerce, performed for wages or under any contract of hire, written ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.070

�Employment�: Services included. �Employment� includes:

1. A person�s entire service, performed within or both within and without this State if:

(a) The service is localized in this State;

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.075

�Employment�: Services performed entirely without state by resident; election; approval by Administrator. Services not covered under NRS 612.070 and performed entirely without this State, with respect to no part of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.080

�Employment�: Services deemed localized within state. Service shall be deemed to be localized within a state if:

1. The service is performed entirely within such state; or

2. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.085

�Employment�: Services deemed employment unless specific facts shown. Services performed by a person for wages shall be deemed to be employment subject to this chapter unless it is shown to ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.090

�Employment�: Certain agricultural labor included.

1. �Employment� includes agricultural labor if:

(a) The services are performed in the employ of a person who:

(1) Paid cash wages ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.095

�Employment�: Domestic service in private home excluded; exception. �Employment� does not include domestic service in a private home unless the amount paid in cash wages by an employer or employing ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.100

�Employment�: Service on foreign vessel or aircraft outside United States excluded. �Employment� shall not include service performed on or in connection with a foreign vessel or aircraft, if the employee ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.105

�Employment�: Service performed in employ of relative excluded. �Employment� does not include service performed by an individual in the employ of his son, daughter or spouse, and service performed by ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.110

�Employment�: Service for United States, another state or political subdivision excluded; exception.

1. �Employment� does not include service performed in the employ of any other state or its political ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.115

�Employment�: Service performed in employ of State or agency included; exceptions.

1. �Employment� includes service performed in the employ of this State, or of any political subdivision thereof, or ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.117

�Employment�: Service performed by patient in employ of hospital excluded. �Employment� shall not include service performed in the employ of a hospital if such service is performed by a patient ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.118

�Employment�: Service performed by student in program for work experience excluded. �Employment� does not include service performed by a person who is enrolled at a nonprofit or public educational institution, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.119

�Employment�: Service performed by student or his spouse under school program for financial assistance to student excluded. �Employment� does not include service performed in the employ of a school, college ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.120

�Employment�: Service performed in employ of corporation or foundation organized and operated for religious, charitable, educational or scientific purposes or for prevention of cruelty to children or animals excluded. �Employment� ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.121

�Employment�: Service performed in employ of charitable, religious or other nonprofit organization.

1. �Employment� includes service by a person in the employ of:

(a) Corporations; or

(b) ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.123

�Employment�: Service performed in employ of Indian tribe included; exceptions.

1. �Employment� includes service performed in the employ of an Indian tribe, or of any political subdivision thereof, or ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.125

�Employment�: Service performed in employment covered by federal system for compensation of unemployed persons excluded; reciprocal agreements by Administrator.

1. �Employment� does not include service performed after June 30, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.130

�Employment�: Service by minor in delivery of newspapers excluded. �Employment� shall not include service by an individual under the age of 18 years in the delivery or distribution of newspapers ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.133

�Employment�: Service by licensed real estate salesman or broker excluded. �Employment� shall not include services performed by a licensed real estate salesman or licensed real estate broker who is employed ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.135

�Employment�: Service by lessees engaged in mining excluded. �Employment� shall not include service performed by lessees engaged in mining under lease agreements unless the individual lease agreement or the practice ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.140

�Employment�: Domestic service in employ of college fraternity or sorority excluded; exception. �Employment� does not include domestic service performed in the employ of a local chapter of a college fraternity ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.142

�Employment�: Services as agent-driver, commission-driver or solicitor of orders included; exceptions.

1. �Employment� means any service performed:

(a) As an agent-driver or commission-driver engaged in distributing meat products, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.144

�Employment�: Services performed by person selling or soliciting the sale of products in certain circumstances excluded.

1. �Employment� does not include services performed by a person who:

(a) ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.145

�Employment�: Service performed during half or more of pay period determined by nature of entire service. If the services performed during one-half or more of any pay period by an ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.155

�Employment office� defined. �Employment office� means a free public employment office or branch thereof, operated by this State or maintained as a part of a state-controlled system of public employment ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.165

�Fund� defined. �Fund� means the Unemployment Compensation Fund established by this chapter, to which all contributions, or payments in lieu of contributions, are required to be deposited and from which ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.167

�Hospital� defined. �Hospital� means an institution which has been licensed, certified or approved by the Health Division of the Department of Human Resources. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.168

�Indian tribe� defined. �Indian tribe� has the meaning ascribed to it in 26 U.S.C. � 3306(u), as amended. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.169

�Institution of higher education� defined. �Institution of higher education� means an educational institution which:

1. Admits as regular students only persons having a certificate of graduation from a high ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.170

�Insured worker� defined. An �insured worker� is one who has been paid wages within his base period, from employers, in an amount sufficient to qualify for benefits. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.175

�Signature� defined.

1. �Signature� means the signature of the State Treasurer and the countersignature of the Administrator or his duly authorized agent for that purpose.

2. Particularly, but ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.180

�State� defined. �State� includes, in addition to the states of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.185

�Unemployed� defined; regulations by Administrator; exceptions.

1. A person shall be deemed �unemployed� in any week during which he performs no services and with respect to which no remuneration ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.190

�Wages� defined.

1. �Wages� means:

(a) All remuneration paid for personal services, including commissions and bonuses and the cash value of all remuneration payable in any medium other ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.195

�Week� defined. �Week� means such period of 7 consecutive calendar days as the Administrator may by regulations prescribe. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.200

�Weekly benefit amount� defined. An individual�s �weekly benefit amount� means the amount of benefit he would be entitled to receive for 1 week of total unemployment. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.210

Unemployment Compensation Service and State Employment Service created within Employment Security Division of Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation. The functions exercised by the Nevada Unemployment Compensation Division and the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.215

Administrator: Appointment; classification; administrative authority; other employment prohibited; exception.

1. The Division is administered by a full-time salaried Administrator, who is appointed by the Director of the Department of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.220

General powers and duties of Administrator. The Administrator:

1. Shall administer this chapter.

2. Has power and authority to adopt, amend or rescind such rules and regulations, to ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.225

Official seal of Administrator; judicial notice. The Administrator shall have an official seal which must be judicially noticed. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.227

Lease-purchase agreements for purchase of office buildings and land; assurances by State of Nevada.

1. The Administrator, subject to the provisions of this section, may enter into lease-purchase agreements ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.230

Personnel of Division: Selection; classification; compensation; duties; stipends for educational leave.

1. For the purpose of insuring the impartial selection of personnel on the basis of merit, the Administrator ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.235

Biennial report of Administrator.

1. Not later than December 1, 1956, and December 1 of every second year thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to the Governor a report covering ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.240

Regulations for internal management. Regulations for the internal management of the Division which do not affect private rights or procedures available to the public may be adopted, amended or rescinded ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.245

Administrative determinations: Whether employing unit constitutes employer; whether service constitutes employment; appeal.

1. The Administrator may, upon his own motion or upon application of an employing unit, and after ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.250

Administrative determinations: Establishment of rates of contribution based upon experience; appeal.

1. The Administrator, upon his own motion or upon application of an employer made within 15 days after ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.255

Administrator to print and distribute law, rules, regulations, reports and other material. The Administrator shall cause to be printed for distribution to the public the text of this chapter, his ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.260

Records and reports of employing units: Inspection; destruction.

1. Each employing unit shall keep true and accurate work records, containing such information as the Administrator may prescribe. Such records ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.265

Disclosure of information by Division; duty of private carriers of industrial insurance to provide certain information to Administrator; penalty for improper disclosure of certain information.

1. Except as otherwise ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.270

Depositions; subpoenas; payment of witnesses.

1. In the discharge of the duties imposed by this chapter, the Administrator, the Chairman of an Appeal Tribunal created by this chapter, the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.275

Order to appear and testify; penalty for failure to obey court order or subpoena of Administrator or Board of Review.

1. In case of contumacy by a person, or ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.280

Protection against self-incrimination.

1. No person may be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, papers, correspondence, memoranda and other records before the Administrator, the Board of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.285

Cooperation with Department of Labor. In the administration of this chapter the Administrator shall:

1. Cooperate to the fullest extent consistent with the provisions of this chapter with the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.290

Advance to Unemployment Compensation Fund; application.

1. The Administrator is authorized and directed to apply for an advance to the Unemployment Compensation Fund and to accept such advance in ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.295

Reciprocal arrangements with state and federal agencies. The Administrator is authorized to enter into reciprocal arrangements with the appropriate and duly authorized agencies of other states, or the Federal Government, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.300

Reimbursements in accordance with reciprocal arrangements.

1. Reimbursements paid from the Unemployment Compensation Fund pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 612.295 shall be deemed to be benefits for the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.305

Employment Security Council: Creation; membership; compensation of members; meetings; Secretary; Board of Review.

1. The Nevada Employment Security Council, consisting of nine members appointed by the Governor, is hereby ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.310

Employment Security Council: Duties.

1. The Employment Security Council shall act as an advisory council to the Administrator to:

(a) Reduce and prevent unemployment.

(b) Encourage and ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.330

State Employment Service: Acceptance of Wagner-Peyser Act; establishment and maintenance of free public employment offices.

1. The Administrator shall establish and maintain free public employment offices in such number ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.335

Payment.

1. Twenty-four months after the date when contributions first accrue under this chapter, benefits become payable from the Fund, except that wages earned for services performed in the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.340

Amount of weekly benefit.

1. A person�s weekly benefit amount is an amount equal to one twenty-fifth of his total wages for employment by employers during the quarter of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.344

Election of base period following period of temporary disability or rehabilitation; establishment of new benefit year.

1. A person who has received:

(a) Benefits for a temporary total ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.350

Weekly benefit for unemployment.

1. Each eligible person who is unemployed in any week must be paid for that week a benefit in an amount equal to his weekly ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.355

Duration of benefits.

1. Any otherwise eligible person is entitled during any benefit year to a total amount of benefits equal to whichever is the lesser of:

(a) ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.357

Deduction and withholding of federal individual income tax. Upon the request of a person entitled to receive benefits pursuant to this chapter, the Administrator shall deduct and withhold federal individual ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.360

Benefits due deceased or incompetent person. Benefits due a deceased or legally declared incompetent person may be paid to such person or persons as appear to the Administrator to be ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.365

Overpayments and recovery.

1. Any person who is overpaid any amount as benefits under this chapter is liable for the amount overpaid unless:

(a) The overpayment was not ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.371

Reimbursement of benefits paid if back pay awarded for same period.

1. Any person who has been awarded back pay because he was unlawfully discharged is liable for the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.375

General conditions; reductions in benefits.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of NRS 612.3774, an unemployed person is eligible to receive benefits with respect to any week ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.376

Person employed by private employer while incarcerated not eligible for certain benefits. A person who:

1. During his last or next to last employment, performed services in the employ ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.377

Definitions. As used in NRS 612.377 to 612.3786, inclusive, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

1. �Extended benefit period� means a period which begins with the third week after ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.3772

Other provisions of chapter applicable to extended benefits. Except when the result would be inconsistent with the other provisions of NRS 612.377 to 612.3786, inclusive, as provided in the regulations ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.3774

Conditions of eligibility: Findings by Administrator. A person is eligible to receive extended benefits for any week of unemployment in his eligibility period only if the Administrator finds that with ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.3776

Amount of weekly extended benefit. The weekly extended benefit amount payable to a person for a week of total unemployment in his eligibility period is:

1. The basic weekly ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.3778

Benefit amount for partial period. The weekly benefit amount of extended compensation paid for a week of less than total unemployment shall be based on the extended weekly benefit amount ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.378

Maximum amount of extended benefit payable during year.

1. The total extended benefit amount payable to any eligible person for his applicable benefit year is the lesser of the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.3782

Amended determination of entitlement based on increase of regular compensation. If an individual who has received extended compensation for a week or weeks of unemployment is determined to be entitled ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.3784

Notice of commencement or termination of extended benefit period.

1. Whenever an extended benefit period is to become effective in this State (or in all states) as a result ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.3786

Extended benefit payments not chargeable against experience rating of base-period employer. Extended benefits paid to an individual shall not be charged against the experience rating records of his base-period employers. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.380

Leaving last or next to last employment without good cause or to seek other employment.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person is ineligible for benefits ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.383

Discharge for crimes in connection with employment. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, an individual who has been discharged for commission of assault, arson in any degree, sabotage, grand ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.385

Discharge for misconduct. A person is ineligible for benefits for the week in which he has filed a claim for benefits, if he was discharged from his last or next ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.390

Failure to apply for available or suitable work or to accept suitable work when offered.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 612.392, a person must be disqualified for ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.392

Failure to accept suitable work or engage in effort to obtain work: Effect on extended benefits. [Each provision of this section expires by limitation on date it is no longer ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.395

Unemployment as result of labor dispute.

1. A person is disqualified for benefits for any week with respect to which the Administrator finds that his total or partial unemployment ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.400

Receipt of benefits under another unemployment compensation law.

1. An individual shall be disqualified for benefits for any week with respect to which or to a part of which ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.405

Extended benefits payable under Interstate Benefit Payment Plan.

1. Except as provided in subsection 2, a person is not eligible for extended benefits for any week in which:

...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.420

Receipt of wages in lieu of notice; severance pay. A person is disqualified for benefits for any week with respect to which he receives either wages in lieu of notice ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.425

Paid vacation. A claimant shall be disqualified for benefits for any week with respect to which the claimant is on paid vacation. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.430

Receipt of pay for vacation on termination of employment. A claimant shall be disqualified for benefits for any week following termination of work, which could have been compensated by vacation ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.432

Vacation or recess for holiday.

1. Benefits based on service in an instructional, research or principal administrative capacity in any educational institution or based on other service in any ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.434

Period between academic years or terms; paid sabbatical leave.

1. Benefits based on service in an instructional, research or principal administrative capacity for any educational institution must be denied ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.436

Sports or athletic events. Benefits are not payable to any person on the basis of any services, substantially all of which consist of participating in sports or athletic events or ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.445

Repayment of benefits received as result of false statement or failure to disclose material fact; disqualification. When the Administrator finds that any person has made a false statement or representation, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.448

Alien status.

1. In addition to any restrictions imposed pursuant to NRS 422.065 benefits are not payable on the basis of services performed by an alien unless, at the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.450

Procedure. Claims for benefits shall be made in the manner prescribed by or authorized by NRS 612.455 to 612.530, inclusive, and in no other way. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.455

Regulations of Administrator; employer to provide unemployed person with statements and materials.

1. Claims for benefits must be made in accordance with such regulations as the Administrator may prescribe, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.457

Withholding of benefits for obligation for support of child.

1. Any person filing a claim for benefits shall, at the time he files his claim, indicate whether he owes ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.460

Unemployed person may request determination of status; written determination by Administrator; notice to employers during base period.

1. An unemployed person may file a request for a determination of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.465

Effective period of initial determination; payment of benefits.

1. An initial determination that an individual is an insured worker shall remain in effect throughout the benefit year for which ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.470

Notice to insured worker.

1. The Administrator shall also promptly determine whether an insured worker is ineligible or disqualified with respect to any week occurring within the benefit year.

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.475

Notice to employers of new or additional claim; employer�s duties and rights upon receipt of notice.

1. The last employing unit of any unemployed claimant and the next to ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.480

Redeterminations.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3:

(a) The Administrator or a representative authorized to act in his behalf may at any time within 1 year ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.485

Finality of determination or redetermination.

1. Any determination or redetermination is final 10 days after the date of notification or mailing of the notice of determination or redetermination unless ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.490

Appeal Tribunals: Appointment by Board of Review; composition; compensation; alternates; facilities.

1. To hear and decide appealed claims, the Board of Review shall appoint one or more impartial Appeal ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.495

Appeal to Appeal Tribunal: Initiation of appeal from determination or redetermination; intervention of employing unit; withdrawal of appeal.

1. Any person entitled to a notice of determination or redetermination ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.500

Hearing on appeal: Procedure; evidence; record; witnesses; trial de novo in certain circumstances.

1. A reasonable opportunity for a fair hearing on appeals must be promptly afforded all parties.

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.505

Consolidated appeals. When the same or substantially similar evidence is material to the matter in issue with respect to more than one individual, the same time and place for considering ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.510

Notice of decision of Appeal Tribunal; time for further appeal.

1. After a hearing an Appeal Tribunal shall make its findings promptly and on the basis thereof affirm, modify ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.515

Appeal to Board of Review.

1. An appeal to the Board of Review by any party must be allowed as a matter of right if the Appeal Tribunal�s decision ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.520

Removal or transfer of appeals from one Appeal Tribunal to another Appeal Tribunal.

1. The Board of Review, for cause, may remove or transfer to another Appeal Tribunal any ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.525

Appeal to courts: Time for appeal; exhaustion of administrative remedies; appeal by Administrator.

1. Any decision of the Board of Review in the absence of an appeal therefrom as ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.530

Judicial review of decision of Board of Review: Commencement of action in district court; parties; service of petition; summary hearings; appeals to Supreme Court.

1. Within 10 days after ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.533

Introduction of certain evidence concerning claims for benefits prohibited in separate or subsequent proceeding. Any finding of fact or law, judgment, determination, conclusion or final order made by the Administrator ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.535

Payment; registration of employer with Division.

1. Contributions with respect to wages for employment accrue and become payable by each employer for each calendar quarter in which he is ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.540

Rate. The standard rate of contributions is 2.95 percent of wages paid by each employer during the calendar year with respect to employment. Each employer who becomes subject to the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.545

Base.

1. For the purposes of NRS 612.535, 612.540 and 612.606, wages do not include that part of the wages paid for employment to a person by an employer ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.550

Rates for employers.

1. As used in this section:

(a) �Average actual duration� means the number of weeks obtained by dividing the number of weeks of benefits paid ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.551

Charging of benefits to account of employer; grounds for removal of charges on account of employer; appeal of certain determinations of Administrator; effect of certain determinations on claimant.

1. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.553

Nonprofit organizations, political subdivisions and Indian tribes: Payment of contributions or reimbursement in lieu of contributions.

1. For the purposes of this section:

(a) �Indian tribe� includes any ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.555

Employing unit becoming employer within calendar quarter subject to chapter from beginning of quarter; exception. Any employing unit which becomes an employer subject to this chapter within any calendar quarter ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.560

When employing unit ceases to be employer.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 612.565 to 612.580, inclusive, an employing unit ceases to be an employer subject to this ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.565

Employing unit not subject to chapter may elect to become employer subject to chapter; conditions. An employing unit, not otherwise subject to this chapter, which files with the Administrator its ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.570

Employing unit may elect that services not covered by chapter shall be deemed to constitute employment; conditions.

1. Any employing unit for which services that do not constitute employment, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.580

Termination of employer�s election by Administrator. The Administrator may terminate the approval of the election of coverage made by any employing unit pursuant to NRS 612.565 and 612.570 at any ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.585

Establishment and control.

1. There is hereby established as a special fund, separate and apart from all public money or funds of this State, an Unemployment Compensation Fund, which ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.590

Accounts; deposits; refunds.

1. The State Treasurer shall:

(a) Be the treasurer and custodian of the Fund.

(b) Administer the Fund in accordance with the directions of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.595

Withdrawals.

1. Money may be requisitioned from this State�s account in the Unemployment Trust Fund solely for the payment of benefits and refunds in accordance with regulations prescribed by ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.600

Management of money upon discontinuance of Unemployment Trust Fund.

1. The provisions of NRS 612.585, 612.590 and 612.595, to the extent that they relate to the Unemployment Trust Fund, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.605

Creation; receipt and use of money.

1. There is hereby created the Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund as a special revenue fund.

2. All money which is deposited or ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.606

Additional contributions by employer required for support of program for employment and training of unemployed persons and persons employed in this State; exceptions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.607

Deposit, transfer and expenditure of payments for program for employment and training of unemployed persons and persons employed in this State.

1. All payments collected pursuant to NRS 612.606 ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.608

Accrual and submission of payments for program for employment and training of unemployed persons and persons employed in this State; disregard of fractions.

1. Payments required pursuant to NRS ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.609

Disbursement of delinquent payments by employers. Collection of money from an employer delinquent in making contributions or payments pursuant to the provisions of this chapter must first be applied to ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.610

Reimbursement.

1. If any money received after June 30, 1941, from the Department of Labor under Title III of the Social Security Act, or any unencumbered balances in the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.615

Creation; source and use of money.

1. There is hereby created the Employment Security Fund as a special revenue fund.

2. All interest and forfeits collected under NRS ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.617

Requisition and use of money credited to Nevada account.

1. Money credited to the account of this State in the Unemployment Trust Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.618

Payment with dishonored check; fee.

1. If a check is tendered on or before the due date in payment of contributions but is afterward dishonored by the financial institution ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.620

Interest on unpaid contributions.

1. When any contribution as provided in this chapter remains unpaid on the date on which it becomes due, as prescribed by the Administrator, it ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.625

Civil action: Notice; attachment. If, after due notice thereof, any employer defaults in any payment of contributions, interest or forfeit imposed under this chapter, the Administrator, or his authorized representative, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.630

Summary judgment: Filing certificate; where to be filed; contents; entry of judgment.

1. In addition to or independently of the remedy by civil action provided in NRS 612.625, the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.635

Judgments: Recording of abstract or copy; liens; priorities; execution.

1. An abstract of a judgment entered pursuant to NRS 612.630 or a copy thereof may be recorded with the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.640

Appeals to Supreme Court. Appeals may be taken to the Supreme Court from the judgment of the district court in the same manner and with the same effect as in ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.645

Unemployment Compensation Service authorized to act on behalf of State; filing fees, costs or bonds not required of State.

1. In all proceedings under NRS 612.625 to 612.640, inclusive, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.650

Priorities under legal dissolutions or distributions.

1. In the event of any distribution of any employer�s assets either voluntarily or pursuant to any order of any court under the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.655

Refunds and adjustments.

1. Where a payment of contributions, forfeit or interest has been erroneously collected, an employer may, not later than 3 years after the date on which ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.660

Arbitrary assessments upon failure of employer to file report or upon filing of incorrect or insufficient report. If an employer neglects or refuses to make and file any report of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.665

Notice of arbitrary assessment: Contents; finality of assessment.

1. Upon the levy of any assessment as provided in NRS 612.660, the Administrator shall forthwith give written notice thereof by ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.670

Readjustment or modification of assessment.

1. At any time within 15 days after the mailing of the notice of assessment, the employer affected thereby may file a verified petition ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.675

Jeopardized collections: Assessment; stay of collection of assessment.

1. Whenever the Administrator finds that the collection of any contribution computed under the provisions of law will be jeopardized by ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.680

Liens: Creation; notice; foreclosure; release; compromise and satisfaction.

1. Contributions, penalties and interest due and unpaid from any employer constitute a lien upon all of the assets of the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.685

Creditors and debtors of employer: Notice of delinquency of payment owed by employer; power of State to satisfy debt owed to it.

1. As used in this section, �person� ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.686

Creditors and debtors of employer: Duties; certain transfers of property prohibited; demand to transmit certain property to Administrator.

1. If a person is notified of a delinquency pursuant to ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.687

Liability of contractor to assure payment of amounts due from subcontractors.

1. Every contractor, as defined in NRS 624.020, who contracts with a subcontractor who is an employer under ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.690

Liability of assignee, receiver, trustee and others selling property of employing unit: Notice to Division.

1. Every assignee, receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidator, Administrator, executor, sheriff, constable or any ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.695

Liability of employer and purchaser upon sale of assets and quitting business.

1. Any employer who, outside the usual course of his business, sells substantially all or any one ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.700

Waiver of rights void.

1. Any agreement by a person to waive, release or commute his rights to benefits or any other rights under this chapter is void, except ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.705

Limitation of fees; unlawful solicitation; attorney�s fees.

1. No person claiming benefits may be charged fees of any kind in any proceeding under this chapter by the Board of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.710

Assignment of benefits void; exemption from execution and attachment. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 31A.150:

1. Any assignment, pledge or encumbrance of any right to benefits which are ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.715

False statement or failure to disclose material fact to obtain or increase benefit. Whoever makes a false statement or representation knowing it to be false, or knowingly fails to disclose ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.717

False statement or failure to disclose material fact concerning termination of employment. If the Administrator finds that any employer or any employee, officer or agent of any employer has willfully ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.720

Conspiracy to obtain or increase benefit; series of false statements to obtain or increase benefit. Whenever two or more persons shall conspire to obtain or increase any benefit or other ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.725

False statement or failure to disclose material fact to obtain or increase benefit under federal law or law of another state. Any person residing in this State who claims benefits ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.730

False statement or failure to disclose material facts by employer to prevent or reduce payment of benefits; willful failure or refusal to pay contributions or make reports; conspiracy.

1. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.735

Violations of chapter, rules, regulations and orders. Any person who shall willfully violate any provision of this chapter or any order, rule or regulation thereunder, the violation of which is ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.740

Forfeits and interest.

1. Any employing unit or any officer or agent of any employing unit or any other person who fails to submit such reports as are prescribed ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.745

Representation in court.

1. In any civil action to enforce the provisions of this chapter the Administrator, the Board of Review and the State may be represented by:

...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.750

Reciprocal arrangements by Administrator.

1. The Administrator is authorized to make such investigations, secure and transmit such information, make available such services and facilities, and exercise such of the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.752

Division authorized to participate in Job Training Partnership Act. In order to continue to participate in programs under the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. �� 1501 et seq.), as ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.755

Power of Legislature to amend or repeal chapter reserved.

1. The Legislature reserves the right to amend or repeal all or any part of this chapter at any time. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.760

Conditions under which chapter becomes inoperative; refund of unobligated money. If the tax imposed by Title IX of the Social Security Act or any amendments thereto, or any other federal ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.010

Influencing, persuading or engaging worker to change from one place to another by false representations; penalty; damages.

1. It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, company, corporation, society, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.020

Fraudulent representations by employment agent or broker: Penalty. Every employment agent or broker who, with intent to influence the action of any person thereby, shall misstate or misrepresent verbally or ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.030

False representations or pretenses concerning employer�s ability to pay wages: Penalty. Any person, persons, partnership, association, company or corporation, or his or its officers, directors or agents, who or which ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.040

Rule or regulation preventing political activity unlawful. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation doing business or employing labor in the State of Nevada to make any ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.050

Penalty; duty of Attorney General.

1. Any person, firm or corporation convicted of violating the provisions of NRS 613.040 to 613.070, inclusive, shall be punished by a fine of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.060

Responsibility for acts of manager, officers and agents. In all prosecutions under NRS 613.040 to 613.070, inclusive, the person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of NRS 613.040 to 613.070, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.070

Recovery of damages by employee. Nothing contained in NRS 613.040 to 613.060, inclusive, shall be construed to prevent the injured employee from recovering damages from his employer for injury suffered ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.075

Inspection by person who is subject of records; provision of copies upon request; cost of copies; person permitted to submit written explanation in response to information in records and to ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.080

Involuntary servitude prohibited; wages; penalty.

1. The immigration to this state of all slaves and other people bound by contract to involuntary servitude for a term of years is ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.090

Obtaining employment by false or forged letter of recommendation or union card: Penalty. Every person who obtains employment by color or aid of any false or forged letter, certificate of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.100

Endangering life or property by breaking employment contract: Penalty. Every person who shall willfully and maliciously, either alone or in combination with others, break a contract of service or employment, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.110

Grafting by employee: Penalty. Every agent, employee or servant of any person or corporation who shall ask or receive, directly or indirectly, any compensation, gratuity or reward, or any promise ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.120

Unlawful to demand or receive fee or commission as condition to giving or continuing employment to workman; penalty.

1. It shall be unlawful for any manager, superintendent, officer, agent, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.125

Effect of employer�s failure to make agreed payments to health or welfare fund; penalty.

1. Whenever an employer has agreed with any employee to make payments to a health ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.130

Unlawful agreements concerning membership in labor organizations as condition of obtaining or continuing employment; penalty.

1. As used in this section, �labor organization� means any organization of any kind, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.140

Employer compelling or inducing employee to trade at particular store or board at particular boardinghouse: Penalty. Any person or persons, employer, company, corporation or association, or the managing agent of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.150

Transportation company compelling purchase of uniform from particular person or employer as condition of continuing employment unlawful; penalty.

1. It shall be unlawful for any transportation company doing business ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.160

Spotters: Right of employee to be confronted with accuser; penalty.

1. It is unlawful for any person, firm, association or corporation, or agent, superintendent or manager thereof, employing any ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.170

Time checks: Discounts and deductions unlawful.

1. Whenever any person or persons, firm, corporation or association, whether acting as principal or agent, contractor or subcontractor, shall hire or employ ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.180

Hospital fees: Unlawful collection from employee.

1. For the purpose of this section:

(a) �Distance and facilities for the comfort and conveyance of any patient� shall be construed ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.190

Corrupt influencing of employee unlawful. Every person who shall give, offer or promise, directly or indirectly, any compensation, gratuity or reward to any agent, employee or servant of any person ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.200

Prevention of employment of person who has been discharged or who terminates employment unlawful; criminal and administrative penalties; exception.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.210

Blacklists unlawful; recommendations and statements to be provided employee by employer.

1. As used in this section, �employee� means every person who has entered upon service or employment of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.220

Assembling and cooperation of employees to secure increases in wages unrestricted. No part of this chapter shall be construed to restrict or prohibit the orderly and peaceable assembling or cooperation ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.225

Labor Commissioner to adopt regulations to establish certain procedures required by 42 U.S.C. � 607(f). The Labor Commissioner shall adopt regulations to establish the procedures required pursuant to 42 U.S.C. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.230

�Labor organization� defined. As used in NRS 613.230 to 613.300, inclusive, the term �labor organization� means any organization of any kind, or any agency or employee representation committee or plan, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.250

Agreements prohibiting employment because of nonmembership in labor organization prohibited. No person shall be denied the opportunity to obtain or retain employment because of nonmembership in a labor organization, nor ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.260

Certain contracts declared illegal and void. Any act or any provision in any agreement which is in violation of NRS 613.230 to 613.300, inclusive, shall be illegal and void. Any ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.270

Compelling person to join labor organization or to strike against his will or to leave his employment prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any employee, labor organization, or officer, agent ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.280

Conspiracy. Any combination or conspiracy by two or more persons to cause the discharge of any person or to cause him to be denied employment because he is not a ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.290

Liability for damages. Any person who violates any provision of NRS 613.230 to 613.300, inclusive, or who enters into any agreement containing a provision declared illegal by NRS 613.230 to ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.300

Injunctive relief. Any person injured or threatened with injury by an act declared illegal by NRS 613.230 to 613.300, inclusive, shall, notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.320

Applicability.

1. The provisions of NRS 613.310 to 613.435, inclusive, do not apply to:

(a) Any employer with respect to employment outside this state.

(b) Any ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.325

Authority of Nevada Equal Rights Commission to adopt regulations relating to federal statutes. The Nevada Equal Rights Commission may adopt regulations, consistent with the provisions of 42 U.S.C. �� 12101 ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.330

Unlawful employment practices: Discrimination on basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability or national origin; interference with aid or appliance for disability; refusal to permit service animal ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.333

Unlawful employment practices: Discrimination for lawful use of any product outside premises of employer which does not adversely affect job performance or safety of other employees.

1. It is ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.335

Unlawful employment practices: Refusal to grant leave to pregnant employees. If an employer grants leave with pay, leave without pay, or leave without loss of seniority to his employees for ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.340

Unlawful employment practices: Discrimination for opposing unlawful practice or assisting investigation; printing or publication of material indicating prohibited discrimination.

1. It is an unlawful employment practice for an employer ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.345

Unlawful employment practices: Requiring or encouraging current or prospective employees and members of labor organizations to submit to genetic test; denying or altering employment or membership in labor organization based ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.350

Lawful employment practices.

1. It is not an unlawful employment practice for an employer to hire and employ employees, for an employment agency to classify or refer for employment ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.360

Actions permitted against member of Communist Party or related organization. As used in NRS 613.310 to 613.435, inclusive, the phrase �unlawful employment practice� does not include any action or measure ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.370

National security. Notwithstanding any other provision of NRS 613.310 to 613.435, inclusive, it is not an unlawful employment practice for an employer to fail or refuse to hire and employ ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.380

Consideration of seniority, quantity or quality of production and other tests of ability permitted. Notwithstanding any other provision of NRS 613.310 to 613.435, inclusive, it is not an unlawful employment ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.390

Inapplicability to employment by certain businesses on or near Indian reservation. Nothing contained in NRS 613.310 to 613.435, inclusive, applies to any business or enterprise on or near an Indian ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.400

Preferential treatment of certain persons on account of imbalance in existing number or percentage of those persons employed not required. Nothing contained in NRS 613.310 to 613.435, inclusive, requires any ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.405

Complaints concerning unlawful employment practices filed with Nevada Equal Rights Commission. Any person injured by an unlawful employment practice within the scope of NRS 613.310 to 613.435, inclusive, may file ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.420

Application to district court for order to restore rights after unfavorable decision by Nevada Equal Rights Commission. If the Nevada Equal Rights Commission does not conclude that an unfair employment ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.430

Limitation on actions. No action authorized by NRS 613.420 may be brought more than 180 days after the date of the act complained of. When a complaint is filed with ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.435

Expedited appeal for certain actions.

1. The Supreme Court shall, with regard to an appeal from a final judgment in an action for age discrimination in employment brought pursuant ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.440

Definitions. As used in NRS 613.440 to 613.510, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. �Employer� includes any person acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.450

Provisions inapplicable to State and its political subdivisions. The provisions of NRS 613.440 to 613.510, inclusive, do not apply to this state or any political subdivision of this state. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.460

Adoption of regulations; notice of statutory provisions.

1. The Labor Commissioner:

(a) May adopt any regulations necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of NRS 613.440 to ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.470

Waiver of rights and procedures void; exception. Unless stipulated in a written settlement agreement signed by all parties to a pending action or complaint filed pursuant to NRS 613.440 to ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.480

Unlawful acts of employer. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 613.510, it is unlawful for any employer in this state to:

1. Directly or indirectly, require, request, suggest or ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.490

Liability of employer to employee; attorney�s fees and costs.

1. An employer who violates the provisions of NRS 613.440 to 613.510, inclusive, is liable to the employee or prospective ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.500

Administrative penalties; penalties are cumulative; injunctive relief.

1. If any person violates any provision of NRS 613.440 to 613.510, inclusive, or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto, the Labor Commissioner ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 613.510

Exemptions from provisions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the following are exempt from the provisions of NRS 613.440 to 613.500, inclusive:

(a) Any employer who ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 614.010

Governor to attempt amicable settlement of labor dispute on request of either party; appointment of commission; arbitration.

1. Whenever a controversy concerning wages, hours of labor, or conditions of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 614.020

Board of arbitration: Selection; majority may make valid award.

1. Whenever a controversy shall arise between an employer and his employees which cannot be settled by mediation and conciliation ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 614.030

Written submission of controversy to board of arbitration: Contents and stipulations. The submission shall:

1. Be in writing.

2. Be signed by the employer and by the labor ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 614.040

Award: Operation; judgment; exceptions; appeal to Supreme Court.

1. The award being filed in the clerk�s office of the district court, as provided in NRS 614.030, it shall go ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 614.050

Powers of arbitrators: Oaths; subpoenas. For the purposes of NRS 614.010 to 614.080, inclusive, the arbitrators therein provided for, or either of them:

1. Shall have power to administer ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 614.060

Agreement of arbitration to be acknowledged; copies filed with county recorder and Governor; duties of Secretary of State and Governor.

1. Every agreement of arbitration under NRS 614.010 to ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 614.070

Compensation of arbitrators. The agreement of arbitration shall provide for the compensation of arbitrators and their traveling and other necessary expenses. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 614.080

Unlawful acts during pendency of arbitration and within 3 months after award; liability for damages.

1. During the pendency of arbitration under NRS 614.010 to 614.080, inclusive, it shall ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 614.090

Declaration of public policy. In the interpretation and application of this section and NRS 614.100 and 614.110, the public policy of this state is declared as follows:

1. Negotiations ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 614.100

Denial of right of representation of adversary parties in labor dispute unlawful. It shall be unlawful for any employer, or any association or combination of employers of labor, in this ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 614.110

Penalty. Any person, firm, association, combination of persons, organization or corporation, or any officer, agent, servant, employee or attorney thereof, violating the provisions of NRS 614.090 and 614.100 shall be ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 614.120

Circulation of notice of strike: Conditions and signatures; copy to be furnished Labor Commissioner.

1. It is unlawful for any person, firm or association to issue, cause to be ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 614.130

Penalty. Any person violating the provisions of NRS 614.120 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 614.140

Bribery of labor representative unlawful. Every person who shall give, offer or promise, directly or indirectly, any compensation, gratuity or reward to any duly constituted representative of a labor organization, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 614.150

Penalty for labor representative asking for or receiving bribe. Every person who, being the duly constituted representative of a labor organization, shall ask for or receive, directly or indirectly, any ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 614.160

Picketing: Unlawful acts; acceptable acts; local variance; penalty.

1. During the pendency of a strike, work stoppage or other dispute, it is unlawful for any person:

(a) To ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 614.170

Draft of proposed changes to contract must be submitted in writing before members vote on contract. The draft of the proposed changes to a contract reached through collective bargaining between ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 614.180

Election to require local administration of plan providing health, welfare, pension or other similar benefits to members of labor organizations.

1. The Legislature hereby declares that:

(a) Employees ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 615.010

Statement of purposes; construction.

1. The purposes of this chapter are to:

(a) Rehabilitate handicapped individuals so that they may prepare for and engage in gainful occupations;

...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 615.020

Definitions. As used in this chapter the words and terms defined in NRS 615.023 to 615.140, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meanings ascribed to them in those ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 615.023

�Administrator� defined. �Administrator� means the Administrator of the Rehabilitation Division of the Department. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 615.031

�Bureau� defined. �Bureau� means the Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation in the Division. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 615.035

�Chief� defined. �Chief� means the Chief of the Bureau. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 615.040

�Construct� defined. �Construct� includes construction of new buildings, acquisition of existing buildings and expansion, remodeling, alteration and renovation of existing buildings, and initial equipment of such new, newly acquired, expanded, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 615.050

�Department� defined. �Department� means the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 615.060

�Director� defined. �Director� means the Director of the Department. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 615.065

�Division� defined. �Division� means the Rehabilitation Division of the Department. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 615.080

�Establishment of a rehabilitation facility� defined. �Establishment of a rehabilitation facility� means:

1. The expansion, remodeling or alteration of existing buildings necessary to adapt or to increase the effectiveness ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 615.090

�Establishment of a workshop� defined. �Establishment of a workshop� means:

1. The expansion, remodeling or alteration of existing buildings necessary to adapt such buildings to workshop purposes or to ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 615.100

�Gainful occupation� defined. �Gainful occupation� includes:

1. Employment in the competitive labor market;

2. Practice of a profession;

3. Self-employment;

4. Homemaking;

5. Farm or ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 615.110

�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 ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 615.120

�Physical or mental disability� defined. �Physical or mental disability� means a physical or mental condition which materially limits, contributes to limiting or, if not corrected, will probably result in limiting ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 615.130

�Substantial handicap to employment� defined. �Substantial handicap to employment� means that a physical or mental disability (in the light of attendant medical, psychological, vocational, cultural, social or environmental factors) impedes ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 615.140

�Vocational rehabilitation services� defined. �Vocational rehabilitation services� means any goods and services necessary to render a handicapped individual fit to engage in a gainful occupation, or to determine his rehabilitation ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 615.150

Administration of chapter. The Department, through the Director, shall administer the provisions of this chapter as the sole agency of the State of Nevada for such purpose. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 615.160

Chief: Qualifications; appointment. The Chief shall be appointed on the basis of his education, training, experience and demonstrated abilities and of his interest in vocational rehabilitation and related programs. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 615.170

Provision of vocational rehabilitation services. Vocational rehabilitation services shall be provided directly or through public or private resources to any handicapped individual, including any handicapped individual who is eligible under ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 615.173

Program to enable physically disabled persons to live in unsupervised setting: Establishment; regulation. Repealed. (See chapter 429, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2640.) ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 615.176

Program to enable physically disabled persons to live in unsupervised setting: Required elements of essential personal care. Repealed. (See chapter 429, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 2640.) ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 615.180

Powers and duties of Chief; delegation.

1. The Chief shall:

(a) Subject to the approval of the Director, adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 615.190

Duties of Bureau. The Bureau shall:

1. Take action necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this chapter; and

2. Cooperate with other departments, agencies and ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 615.200

Powers of Bureau. The Bureau may:

1. Enter into reciprocal agreements with other states, which, for this purpose, may include the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 615.210

Acceptance of congressional act and federal grants.

1. The State of Nevada accepts the provisions and benefits of the Act of Congress entitled �An act to provide for the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 615.220

Determination of disability.

1. To facilitate the making of disability determinations in this state, the Department through the Division, on behalf of the State of Nevada, may enter into ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 615.230

Cooperation with Federal Government.

1. The Department through the Bureau may make agreements, arrangements or plans to:

(a) Cooperate with the Federal Government in carrying out the purposes ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 615.240

Compliance with requirements to receive federal money; state appropriations.

1. The Bureau is authorized to comply with such requirements as may be necessary to obtain federal funds in the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 615.250

Receipt and disbursement of money; deposit of money earned by rehabilitation facilities in Account for Rehabilitation Facilities; credit of interest and income.

1. The State Treasurer is designated as ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 615.255

Rehabilitation Division Revolving Account: Creation; administration; deposits; claims; purchases.

1. There is hereby created the Rehabilitation Division Revolving Account in an amount not to exceed $90,000. The money in ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 615.260

Rehabilitation Gift Account: Investment; use of money.

1. All gifts of money which the Bureau is authorized to accept must be deposited in the State Treasury for credit to ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 615.270

Maintenance not assignable or subject to attachment, execution or other legal process. The right of a handicapped individual to maintenance under this chapter shall not be transferable or assignable at ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 615.280

Hearings; judicial review.

1. Any person applying for or receiving vocational rehabilitation who is aggrieved by any action or inaction of the Bureau or the Administrator with respect to ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 615.290

Misuse of lists or records. It is unlawful, except for purposes directly connected with the administration of the vocational rehabilitation program or any other arrangements, agreements or plans pursuant to ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 615.300

Limitation on political activity.

1. No officer or employee engaged in the administration of the vocational rehabilitation program shall use his official authority to influence or permit the use ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.005

Short title. Chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS shall be known as the Nevada Industrial Insurance Act. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.010

Legislative declarations: Statutory construction; repudiation of common law; basis of provisions; balanced interpretation required. The Legislature hereby determines and declares that:

1. The provisions of chapters 616A to 617, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.015

Prior acts of State Industrial Insurance System continued in effect; disposition of claims and causes of action existing on December 31, 1999.

1. All premiums, contributions, penalties, money, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.020

Rights and remedies exclusive; terms and conditions for payment of compensation conclusive, compulsory and obligatory; application of exclusive remedies to certain employers.

1. The rights and remedies provided in ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.021

Limitation of actions upon repeal or invalidity.

1. If the provisions of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS relative to compensation for injuries to or death of employees ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.022

Applicability of Nevada Insurance Code. If there is a conflict between the provisions of chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS and the provisions of title 57 of NRS, the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.025

Definitions. As used in chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 616A.030 to 616A.360, inclusive, have the meanings ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.030

�Accident� defined. �Accident� means an unexpected or unforeseen event happening suddenly and violently, with or without human fault, and producing at the time objective symptoms of an injury. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.035

�Accident benefits� defined.

1. �Accident benefits� means medical, surgical, hospital or other treatments, nursing, medicine, medical and surgical supplies, crutches and apparatuses, including prosthetic devices.

2. The term ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.040

�Administrator� defined. �Administrator� means the Administrator of the Division. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.045

�Advisory organization� defined. �Advisory organization� means the organization designated and licensed by the Commissioner to file the classifications of risks for private carriers pursuant to chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.047

�Appeals Panel� defined. �Appeals Panel� means the Appeals Panel for Industrial Insurance that hears grievances of employers, other than self-insured employers, pursuant to the provisions of NRS 616B.760 to 616B.790, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.050

�Association of self-insured private employers� defined. �Association of self-insured private employers� means a nonprofit, unincorporated association composed of five or more private employers that has been issued a certificate by ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.055

�Association of self-insured public employers� defined. �Association of self-insured public employers� means a nonprofit, unincorporated association composed of five or more public employers that has been issued a certificate by ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.060

�Association�s administrator� defined. �Association�s administrator� means a person who is employed by or has contracted with the board of trustees of an association of self-insured public or private employers to ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.065

�Average monthly wage� defined.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, �average monthly wage� means the lesser of:

(a) The monthly wage actually received or deemed to ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.070

�Benefit penalty� defined. �Benefit penalty� means an additional amount of money that is payable to a claimant if the Administrator has determined that a violation of any of the provisions ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.075

�Casual� defined. �Casual� refers only to employments where the work contemplated is to be completed in 20 working days or parts thereof in a calendar quarter, without regard to the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.080

�Certified vocational rehabilitation counselor� defined. �Certified vocational rehabilitation counselor� means a person who:

1. Has a master�s degree in rehabilitation counseling; or

2. Has been certified as a ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.085

�Commissioner� defined. �Commissioner� means the Commissioner of Insurance. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.090

�Compensation� defined. �Compensation� means the money which is payable to an employee or to his dependents as provided for in chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS, and includes benefits ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.092

�Consolidated insurance program� defined. �Consolidated insurance program� means a program of insurance that provides, for a specified period:

1. Industrial insurance coverage;

2. A comprehensive program of safety; ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.093

�Contractor-controlled insurance program� defined. �Contractor-controlled insurance program� means a consolidated insurance program that is established and administered by the principal contractor of the construction project. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.095

�Damages� defined. �Damages� means the recovery allowed in an action at law as contrasted with compensation. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.100

�Division� defined. �Division� means the Division of Industrial Relations of the Department of Business and Industry. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.105

�Employee� and �workman� defined. �Employee� and �workman� are used interchangeably in chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS and mean every person in the service of an employer under any ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.110

�Employee�: Persons excluded. �Employee� excludes:

1. Any person whose employment is both casual and not in the course of the trade, business, profession or occupation of his employer.

...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.115

�Employee�: Lessees engaged in mining or operating a reduction plant. Except as provided in subsection 2 of NRS 616B.653, a lessee engaged in either mining or operating a reduction plant ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.120

�Employee�: Participants in programs of job training administered by Welfare Division of Department of Human Resources. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 616A.125, any person who participates in a program ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.125

�Employee�: Participants in programs to obtain training for employment administered by Welfare Division of Department of Human Resources. Any person who participates in a program to obtain training for employment ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.127

�Employee�: Teachers and pupils participating in program to offer pupils skills to make transition from school to careers. Expired by limitation. (See chapter 105, Statutes of Nevada 1999, at page ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.130

�Employee�: Volunteer workers in program for public service. Persons who perform volunteer work in any formal program which is being conducted:

1. Within a state or local public organization;

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.135

�Employee�: Persons performing volunteer work for private organizations as part of public programs. Persons who, under a written agreement between a public agency and a private organization, perform volunteer work ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.140

�Employee�: Members of Nevada Wing of Civil Air Patrol. A member of the Nevada Wing of the Civil Air Patrol who participates:

1. In a mission; or

2. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.145

�Employee�: Volunteer firemen. Volunteer firemen belonging to a regular organized and recognized fire department, while engaged in their duties in any voluntary community service which they may undertake, and while ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.150

�Employee�: Paid firemen performing voluntary off-duty services as firemen. A fireman who is employed by a regular organized and recognized fire department, while engaged off duty in the voluntary performance ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.155

�Employee�: Persons rendering voluntary ambulance service. A member of a nonprofit service organization or club, while engaged in rendering volunteer ambulance service in any county, city or town, shall be ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.160

�Employee�: Volunteer peace officers and persons authorized to issue certain citations pursuant to NRS 484.4085. Volunteer officers attached to the Nevada Highway Patrol, volunteers appointed pursuant to NRS 484.4085 who ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.165

�Employee�: Trustees of school districts. Trustees of school districts, while engaged in their designated duty as trustees, shall be deemed, for the purpose of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.170

�Employee�: Junior traffic patrols. Members of junior traffic patrols are defined as minors attending school and selected or designated by school officials or by school and city or town officials ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.175

�Employee�: Person vending or delivering newspaper or magazine. Any person who is:

1. Engaged in vending, selling, offering for sale or delivering directly to the public any newspaper, magazine ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.180

�Employee�: Members of county advisory boards to manage wildlife. Members of the county advisory boards to manage wildlife who serve without compensation pursuant to the provisions of NRS 501.285, while ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.185

�Employee�: Members of Nevada Legislature. For the purposes of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS:

1. A member of the Nevada Legislature shall be deemed to be an ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.190

�Employee�: Certain members of state, county and local departments, boards, commissions, agencies or bureaus; adjunct professors and regents of University and Community College System of Nevada. Members of state, county ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.195

�Employee�: Persons ordered by court to perform community service. Any person:

1. Less than 18 years of age who is subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court and ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.200

�Employee�: Trainees in facility operated by Rehabilitation Division of Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation. Trainees in a rehabilitation facility operated by the Rehabilitation Division of the Department of Employment, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.205

�Employee�: Volunteer workers at facilities for inpatients of Division of Mental Health and Developmental Services of Department of Human Resources. Volunteer workers at a facility for inpatients of the Division ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.210

�Employee�: Subcontractors and employees.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 616B.603, subcontractors, independent contractors and the employees of either shall be deemed to be employees of the principal ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.215

�Employee�: Apprentices and trainees.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, any person who is an apprentice or trainee shall be deemed for the purposes of chapters 616A ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.220

�Employee�: Real estate licensees.

1. Each person licensed pursuant to chapter 645 of NRS as a real estate broker, broker-salesman or salesman who does business in this state and ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.225

�Employee�: Persons participating in federally approved training programs.

1. Any person who participates in a training program approved pursuant to 29 U.S.C. �� 1501 to 1781, inclusive, is entitled ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.230

�Employer� defined. �Employer� means:

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4 of NRS 616B.627, the State, and each county, city, school district, and all public and quasi-public corporations ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.235

�External review organization� defined. �External review organization� means an organization which has been issued a certificate pursuant to NRS 616A.469 that authorizes the organization to conduct external reviews for the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.240

�Foot� defined. �Foot� shall be considered as that portion below the junction of the middle and lower thirds of the leg. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.245

�Hand� defined. �Hand� shall be considered as that portion below the junction of the middle and lower thirds of the forearm. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.250

�Incarcerated� defined. �Incarcerated� means confined in:

1. Any local detention facility, county jail, state prison, reformatory or other correctional facility as a result of a conviction or a plea ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.255

�Independent contractor� defined. �Independent contractor� means any person who renders service for a specified recompense for a specified result, under the control of his principal as to the result of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.260

�Industrial insurance� defined. �Industrial insurance� means insurance which provides the compensation required by chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS and employer�s liability insurance incidental to and provided in connection ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.265

�Injury� and �personal injury� defined.

1. �Injury� or �personal injury� means a sudden and tangible happening of a traumatic nature, producing an immediate or prompt result which is established ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.270

�Insurer� defined. �Insurer� includes:

1. A self-insured employer;

2. An association of self-insured public employers;

3. An association of self-insured private employers; and

4. A private ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.273

�Medical facility� defined. �Medical facility� means a hospital, clinic or other facility that provides treatment to an employee who:

1. Is injured by an accident; or

2. Contracts ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.280

�Organization for managed care� defined. �Organization for managed care� means any person who:

1. Provides or arranges for the provision of medical and health care services;

2. Establishes ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.282

�Owner-controlled insurance program� defined. �Owner-controlled insurance program� means a consolidated insurance program that is established and administered by the owner of the construction project. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.283

�Police officer� defined. �Police officer� has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 617.135. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.284

�Policy year� defined. �Policy year� means the 12-month period during which a policy of industrial insurance is effective. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.285

�Principal contractor� defined. �Principal contractor� means a person who:

1. Coordinates all the work on an entire project;

2. Contracts to complete an entire project;

3. Contracts ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.290

�Private carrier� defined. �Private carrier� means any insurer or the legal representative of an insurer authorized to provide industrial insurance pursuant to chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS. The ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.295

�Private employer� defined. �Private employer� means any person, other than a public employer, who has in service any person under a contract of hire who is not excluded from the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.300

�Public employer� defined. �Public employer� means the State and a county, city, school district and public or quasi-public corporation within this state. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.305

�Self-insured employer� defined. �Self-insured employer� means any employer who possesses a certification from the Commissioner of Insurance that he has the capability to assume the responsibility for the payment of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.310

�Sole proprietor� defined. �Sole proprietor� means a self-employed owner of an unincorporated business and includes working partners and members of working associations. Coverage remains in effect only if the sole ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.315

�Solicitor� defined. �Solicitor� means a person who:

1. Forms or proposes to form; or

2. Proposes to secure funds for forming or financing or recruiting members for,

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.317

�State Industrial Insurance System� defined. �State Industrial Insurance System� means that entity established by section 79 of chapter 642, Statutes of Nevada 1981, at page 1449. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.320

�Subcontractors� defined. �Subcontractors� shall include independent contractors. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.330

�Tangible net worth� defined. �Tangible net worth� means all of the assets of an association of self-insured private employers or of a member of such an association except:

1. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.335

�Third-party administrator� defined. �Third-party administrator� means a person who is hired by an insurer to provide administrative services for the insurer and manage claims. The term does not include an ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.340

�Total disability� defined. �Total disability� means incapacity resulting from an accident arising out of and in the course of employment which prevents the covered workman from engaging, for remuneration or ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.345

�Trade association� defined. �Trade association� means an association of firms concerned with:

1. A single product or service;

2. A number of closely related products or services; or

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.350

�Trade, business, profession or occupation of his employer� defined. �Trade, business, profession or occupation of his employer� includes all services tending toward the preservation, maintenance or operation of the business, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.355

�Utilization review� defined. �Utilization review� has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 683A.376. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.360

�Vocational rehabilitation services� defined. �Vocational rehabilitation services� has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 615.140. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.400

Duties of Administrator: Regulations. The Administrator shall:

1. Prescribe by regulation the time within which adjudications and awards must be made.

2. Regulate forms of notices, claims and ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.402

Duties of Administrator: Program concerning rights and responsibilities of employers and employees.

1. The Administrator shall make available a program, using a videotape cassette or other means of presentation, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.405

Powers of Administrator: Adoption of regulations concerning affidavit required of businesses by local governments to affirm compliance with chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS. The Administrator may adopt regulations ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.410

Administrator to prosecute and defend actions; extraordinary writs; verifications; undertakings.

1. The Administrator may prosecute, defend and maintain actions in the name of the Administrator for the enforcement of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.415

Printing. Except in cases of emergency, all necessary printing, including forms, blanks, envelopes, letterheads, circulars, pamphlets, bulletins and reports required to be printed by the Administrator must be done by ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.417

Filing or delivering documentation by electronic transmission; regulations by Administrator.

1. Except as otherwise provided in chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS, a form, notice, claim, bill or ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.420

Agreements or compacts with other states; insurance coverage against double liability of employers.

1. The Administrator may enter into agreements or compacts with appropriate agencies, bureaus, boards or commissions ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.425

Fund for Workers� Compensation and Safety.

1. There is hereby established in the State Treasury the Fund for Workers� Compensation and Safety as an enterprise fund. All money received ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.430

Uninsured Employers� Claim Account.

1. There is hereby established in the State Treasury the Uninsured Employers� Claim Account in the Fund for Workers� Compensation and Safety, which may be ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.435

Office created; appointment; term; qualifications; duties limited.

1. The Office of the Nevada Attorney for Injured Workers is hereby created within the Department of Business and Industry. The Governor ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.440

Employment of Deputy and staff; qualifications of Deputy.

1. The Nevada Attorney for Injured Workers may employ:

(a) A Deputy Nevada Attorney for Injured Workers who is in ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.445

Offices; budget.

1. The Nevada Attorney for Injured Workers shall establish an office in Carson City or Reno, Nevada, and an office in Las Vegas, Nevada.

2. The ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.450

Request for appointment; consideration of and action upon request; representation upon appointment.

1. Any claimant may request the appointment of the Nevada Attorney for Injured Workers to represent him. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.455

Powers and duties.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the Nevada Attorney for Injured Workers shall, when appointed by an appeals officer or the Administrator, represent without ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.460

Employment of private counsel by claimant; reimbursement of Division; report to Governor.

1. The provisions of NRS 616A.435 to 616A.460, inclusive, do not prevent any claimant from engaging private ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.465

Responsibilities of Division, Commissioner of Insurance, Department of Administration and Nevada Attorney for Injured Workers.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Division shall:

(a) Regulate ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.467

Power of Commissioner and Administrator to delegate authority to collect fines and deposit in Fund for Workers� Compensation and Safety; claims for attorney�s fees and costs of investigation if authority ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.469

Certificate to operate as external review organization: Authority of Commissioner to issue certificate; application; fee; prerequisites to issuance; ineligible parties.

1. The Commissioner may issue certificates authorizing qualified external ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.470

Self-insured employers and private carriers to compensate Nevada Attorney for Injured Workers or Hearings Division of Department of Administration for services provided.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.475

Self-insured employers, associations of self-insured employers and private carriers to furnish information to Administrator; insured employer to keep sufficient supply of blank forms.

1. Every self-insured employer, association of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.480

Required execution of blank forms by employer; penalty for noncompliance.

1. Every employer receiving from the insurer or Administrator any blank form with directions to fill it out shall:

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.485

Employer�s records open to inspection.

1. The books, records and payroll of an employer who is self-insured, a member of an association of self-insured public or private employers or ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.490

Employer to post notice identifying his industrial insurer; contents of notice. Every employer shall post a notice upon his premises in a conspicuous place identifying his industrial insurer. The notice ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616A.495

Employer to make available evidence of his coverage; penalty for noncompliance.

1. Each employer shall ensure that a copy of his:

(a) Policy of industrial insurance, including the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.003

Periodic audit of insurers; required standard auditing procedures; information to be shared by Division of Insurance; report to Legislature.

1. The Administrator shall cause to be conducted at least ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.005

Insurers to cooperate with Commissioner; duty of private carriers to provide certain information to Commissioner. Each insurer shall cooperate with the Commissioner in the performance of his duties pursuant to ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.006

Insurer required to provide information necessary for enforcement of statutes, regulations or standards; Administrator required to make written request for information.

1. An insurer shall provide to the Administrator ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.009

Reports required to be made by insurers.

1. All insurers shall report to the Administrator, annually or at intervals which the Administrator requires, all accidental injuries, occupational diseases, dispositions ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.012

Confidentiality and disclosure of information; penalty for disclosure or use of information; privileged communications.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and in NRS 616B.015, 616B.021 and 616C.205, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.015

Confidentiality of certain records and files of Division of Insurance concerning self-insured employers and associations of self-insured public or private employers; exceptions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.018

Index of claims: Establishment; contents; format; use; fee; administrative fine for failure by insurer to provide information.

1. The Administrator shall establish a method of indexing claims for compensation ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.021

Files of claims: Accessibility; maintenance; inspection; reproduction.

1. An insurer shall provide access to the files of claims in its offices.

2. The physical records in a file ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.024

Destruction of records.

1. Upon written approval of the Administrator, the insurer may destroy accumulated and noncurrent detail records such as payroll reports, checks, claims, and other records of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.027

Insurer to provide office in State and statewide toll-free telephone service; private carrier to provide adequate services and information to control losses and prevent accidents and occupational diseases.

1. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.028

Modified program of industrial insurance for offenders in prison industry or work program.

1. Any offender confined at the state prison, while engaged in work in a prison industry ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.029

Modified program of industrial insurance for offenders engaged in work program directed by Administrator of county or city jail or other local detention facility.

1. Any offender confined in ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.030

Policy of insurance: Required provisions in policies of private carriers; regulations of Commissioner concerning basic policy used by private carriers.

1. Every policy of insurance issued by a private ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.031

Policy of insurance: Coverage of all employees of employer; coverage of employees under consolidated insurance program.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an insurer shall not issue ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.032

Policy of insurance: Coverage for domestic worker as part of homeowner�s policy of insurance.

1. A private carrier may provide industrial insurance, as a part of a homeowner�s policy ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.033

Default of employer does not relieve insurer from liability; effect of statements contained in application for policy; notification of employer of cancellation of policy; defense based on act or omission ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.036

Conditions for providing industrial insurance for organization or association of employers; approval of group or organization; adoption of regulations.

1. A private carrier may provide industrial insurance for an ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.038

Prohibition against charging fee for inclusion on panel of providers of health care; penalty.

1. If an insurer establishes a panel of providers of health care for the purpose ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.040

Creation; source; investments.

1. There is hereby established in the State Treasury the State Insurance Fund. The Commissioner shall administer the Fund.

2. The money in the Fund ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.042

Money to provide compensation held in trust; conditions when trust money to be deposited in Fund.

1. The chief executive officer of any successor organization to the State Industrial ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.044

Authority of successor organization to take credit for reinsurance.

1. Any successor organization to the State Industrial Insurance System may take as credit as an asset or as a ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.046

Disposition of money in Fund on repeal of statutes relating to workers� compensation. If chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS shall hereafter be repealed, all moneys which are in ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.215

Appeal by principal contractor from denial of final certificate of coverage for project; appeal by employer from determination regarding vocational rehabilitation of injured employee.

1. Except as otherwise provided ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.222

Determination of total amount paid to employees for services performed during policy year. To determine the total amount paid to employees for services performed, the maximum amount paid to any ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.224

Periodic report of payroll and reported tips; periodic payment of premiums; effect of failure to submit information or premiums; collection of premiums by insurer.

1. Every private or public ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.227

Submission and retention of reports concerning tips received by employees; payment of premiums for tips; calculation of compensation; notification of employees to report tips.

1. Except as otherwise provided ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.228

Budgeting for premiums and payment of premiums by public employers. Every state office, department, board, commission, bureau, agency or institution, operating by authority of law, and each county, city, school ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.300

Qualification as self-insured employer: Establishment of financial ability to pay; deposit of security; evidence of excess insurance; account for self-insured employers.

1. An employer may qualify as a self-insured ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.303

Standard for insolvency. For the purposes of NRS 616B.306, 616B.309 and 616B.318, an employer is insolvent if his assets are less than his liabilities. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.306

Commissioner may sell securities or institute proceedings on surety bonds of self-insured employer to pay claims.

1. If a self-insured employer becomes insolvent, institutes any voluntary proceeding under the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.309

Assessment of self-insured employers to provide for claims against insolvent employers; Account for Insolvent Self-Insured Employers.

1. The Commissioner may assess all self-insured employers to provide for claims against ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.312

Certificate of qualification as self-insured employer: Issuance by Commissioner; contents; effective date; period certificate is in effect.

1. Upon determining that an employer is qualified as a self-insured employer, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.315

Notification of change in ownership or control of self-insured employer; automatic termination of certification unless extension granted. A self-insured employer shall notify the Commissioner not less than 60 days before ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.318

Grounds for withdrawal of certification of self-insured employer; exception; administrative fine.

1. The Commissioner shall impose an administrative fine, not to exceed $1,000 for each violation, and:

(a) ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.321

Imposition of fine if self-insured employer fails to pay compensation as ordered. The Commissioner shall impose an administrative fine, not to exceed $5,000, if an employer whose certification as a ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.324

Self-insured employer liable for violation by his agent. A person who is employed by or contracts with a self-insured employer to administer the plan of self-insurance is an agent of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.327

Withdrawal of certification of self-insured employer: Informal meeting; notice of withdrawal; hearing; effective date of withdrawal.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 616D.120, before any action may be ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.330

Self-insured employer may appeal decision of Commissioner. Any self-insured employer who is aggrieved by a decision of the Commissioner of Insurance may appeal in the manner set forth in NRS ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.333

Disposition of security after termination of status as self-insured employer.

1. If for any reason the status of an employer as a self-insured employer is terminated, the security deposited ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.336

Self-insured employers to furnish annual financial statements to Commissioner; Commissioner may examine records and interview employees.

1. Each self-insured employer shall furnish audited financial statements, certified by an auditor ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.350

Qualification as association of self-insured public or private employers; application for certification; fee; confidentiality of financial information submitted for certification.

1. A group of five or more employers may ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.353

Indemnity agreement; policy of excess insurance; assessment; bond or similar security; minimum combined tangible net worth; bond required of association�s administrator or third-party administrator; Account for Associations of Self-Insured Public ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.356

Certificate of authority required before surety or bonding company may furnish bond or other security for association. A surety or bonding company shall not furnish a bond or any other ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.359

Certificate of qualification as an association of self-insured employers: Time for consideration of application; issuance by Commissioner; contents; effective date; period certificate is in effect; cancellation by association.

1. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.362

Effect of certification; responsibility of association to provide compensation and administer claims.

1. An association certified as an association of self-insured public or private employers directly assumes the responsibility ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.365

Board of trustees: Members; duties; prohibited acts.

1. An association of self-insured public or private employers must be operated by a board of trustees consisting of at least five ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.368

Board of trustees: Fiscal responsibilities; establishment of accounts; review of accounts by Commissioner.

1. The board of trustees of an association of self-insured public or private employers is responsible ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.371

Association�s administrator prohibited from financial interest in third-party administrator; third-party administrator prohibited from financial interest in association�s administrator; contractual requirement.

1. An association�s administrator employed by an association of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.374

Solicitor�s permit: Advertising or offering for sale membership in proposed association of self-insured public or private employers without permit prohibited; application for permit; fee; penalty; exceptions.

1. Except as ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.377

Solicitor�s permit: Commissioner to conduct investigation after filing of application for permit; required issuance of permit; Commissioner to give notice to applicant if application denied; fee nonrefundable.

1. After ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.380

Solicitor�s permit: Power of Commissioner to suspend or revoke permit; hearing required.

1. The Commissioner may suspend or revoke a solicitor�s permit if he reasonably believes that:

(a) ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.383

Advertisements or written materials to join association of self-insured public or private employers; solicitor to provide to Commissioner upon request copy of document relating to solicitation.

1. Any advertising ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.386

Membership in association: Application; eligibility; authority of association to determine eligibility; termination by member; cancellation by association; information to be provided to Commissioner of Insurance; provision of compensation after membership ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.392

Notification of Commissioner required if change in information submitted for certification.

1. An association of self-insured public or private employers shall notify the Commissioner of any change in the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.395

Examination of books, records, accounts and assets of association by Commissioner; payment of related expenses.

1. The Commissioner may examine the books, records, accounts and assets of an association ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.398

Commissioner is resident agent of association for receipt of initial legal process. An association of self-insured public or private employers shall be deemed to have appointed the Commissioner as its ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.401

Merger of associations.

1. An association of self-insured public employers may merge with another association of self-insured public employers if:

(a) The resulting association assumes in full all ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.404

Statement of financial condition: Filing dates; contents; form; additional reports.

1. An association of self-insured public or private employers shall file with the Commissioner an audited statement of financial ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.407

Calculation of annual assessment paid by each member of association.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the annual assessment required to be paid by each member of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.410

Annual audits; objection to assignment of standard industrial classification.

1. The Commissioner shall cause to be conducted at least annually an audit of each association of self-insured public or ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.413

Payment of dividends to members of association.

1. If the assets of an association of self-insured public or private employers exceed the amount necessary for the association to:

...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.416

Plan for payment of annual assessments by members of association.

1. Each association of self-insured public or private employers shall adopt a plan for the payment of annual assessments ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.419

Required reserves. Each association of self-insured public or private employers shall maintain:

1. Actuarially appropriate loss reserves. Such reserves must include reserves for:

(a) Actual claims and the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.422

Insufficient assets to pay compensation due and maintain reserves.

1. If the assets of an association of self-insured public or private employers are insufficient to make certain the prompt ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.425

Order by Commissioner to cease and desist; penalty for violation of order.

1. The Commissioner may issue an order requiring an association of self-insured public or private employers or ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.428

Administrative fines for violations; authority of Commissioner to withdraw certification; effect of withdrawal.

1. The Commissioner may impose an administrative fine for each violation of any provision of NRS ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.431

Withdrawal of certificate of association: Informal meeting; notice of withdrawal; hearing; effective date of withdrawal.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 616D.120, before any action may be taken ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.434

Retention by Commissioner of security deposit in event of termination of association.

1. If for any reason the status of an association of self-insured public or private employers as ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.437

Judicial review of Commissioner�s decision. Any association of self-insured public or private employers that is aggrieved by a decision of the Commissioner may petition for judicial review in the manner ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.440

Insolvency; termination of liability on surety bond; effect of termination of surety bond.

1. For the purposes of NRS 616B.350 to 616B.446, inclusive, an association of self-insured public or ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.443

Assessment of all associations to provide for claims against insolvent association; Account for Insolvent Associations of Self-Insured Public or Private Employers created.

1. The Commissioner may assess all associations ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.446

Regulations. The Commissioner may adopt such regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 616B.350 to 616B.446, inclusive. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.460

Election by employer to purchase industrial insurance from private carrier; cancellation of policy by employer to purchase insurance from another insurer.

1. An employer may elect to purchase industrial ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.461

Notification of Administrator regarding issuance, renewal, cancellation or reinstatement of policy; investigation of information reported by private carrier.

1. An employer who cancels a policy of industrial insurance issued ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.463

Authorization and security required before industrial insurance may be provided by private carrier; private carrier subject to insurance code.

1. Before a private carrier may provide industrial insurance pursuant ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.466

Responsibility of private carrier after withdrawal of authorization to provide industrial insurance. If a private carrier withdraws from providing industrial insurance in this state or its authorization to do so ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.472

Suspension of authorization of private carrier to provide industrial insurance: Grounds; hearing.

1. The Commissioner shall suspend the authorization of a private carrier to provide industrial insurance for 1 ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.475

Requirements for handling claims; 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 ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.500

Administration of plan of insurance authorized; conditions.

1. An insurer may enter into a contract to have his plan of insurance administered by a third-party administrator.

2. An ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.503

Certification by Commissioner required; duties of third-party administrator.

1. A person shall not act as a third-party administrator for an insurer without a certificate issued by the Commissioner pursuant ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.506

Imposition of administrative fine for violations; withdrawal of certification. The Commissioner shall impose an administrative fine, not to exceed $1,000 for each violation, and may withdraw the certification of any ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.509

Regulations. The Commissioner may adopt any regulations that are necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 616B.500, 616B.503 and 616B.506. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.527

Authority of self-insured employers, associations of self-insured employers and private carriers; compliance with certain provisions.

1. A self-insured employer, an association of self-insured public or private employers or a ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.5273

Adequacy of medical and health care services, choice of providers of health care and cost controls; regulations.

1. A self-insured employer, an association of self-insured public or private employers ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.528

Restriction of or interference with communication between provider of health care and injured employee prohibited. An organization for managed care shall not restrict or interfere with any communication between a ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.5285

Contracts with providers of health care; prohibited acts. An organization for managed care shall not terminate a contract with, demote, refuse to contract with or refuse to compensate a provider ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.529

Inducements to deny, reduce or delay medically necessary services prohibited.

1. An organization for managed care shall not offer or pay any type of material inducement, bonus or other ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.545

�Board� defined. As used in NRS 616B.545 to 616B.560, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, �Board� means the Board for the Administration of the Subsequent Injury Account for Self-Insured Employers ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.548

Board for Administration of Subsequent Injury Account for Self-Insured Employers: Creation; membership; officers; vacancies; members serve without compensation; legal counsel.

1. There is hereby created the Board for the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.551

Board for Administration of Subsequent Injury Account for Self-Insured Employers: Meetings; regulations; quorum; administration of Account.

1. The members of the Board may meet throughout each year at the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.554

Creation and administration of Subsequent Injury Account for Self-Insured Employers; assessment rates, payments and penalties.

1. There is hereby created in the Fund for Workers� Compensation and Safety in ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.557

Payment of cost of additional compensation resulting from subsequent injury of employee of self-insured employer. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 616B.560:

1. If an employee of a self-insured ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.560

Reimbursement of self-insured employer for cost of additional compensation resulting from subsequent injury.

1. A self-insured employer who pays compensation due to an employee who has a permanent physical ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.563

�Board� defined. As used in NRS 616B.563 to 616B.581, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, �Board� means the Board for the Administration of the Subsequent Injury Account for Associations of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.569

Board for Administration of Subsequent Injury Account for Associations of Self-Insured Public or Private Employers: Creation; membership; officers; vacancies; members serve without compensation; legal counsel.

1. There is hereby ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.572

Board for Administration of Subsequent Injury Account for Associations of Self-Insured Public Or Private Employers: Meetings; regulations; quorum; administration of Account.

1. The members of the Board may meet ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.575

Creation and administration of Subsequent Injury Account for Associations of Self-Insured Public or Private Employers; assessment rates, payments and penalties.

1. There is hereby created in the Fund for ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.578

Payment of cost of additional compensation resulting from subsequent injury of employee of member of association of self-insured public or private employers. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 616B.581:

...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.581

Reimbursement of Association of Self-Insured Public or Private Employers for cost of additional compensation resulting from subsequent injury.

1. An association of self-insured public or private employers that pays ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.584

Creation and administration of Subsequent Injury Account for Private Carriers; assessment rates, payments and penalties.

1. There is hereby created in the Fund for Workers� Compensation and Safety in ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.587

Payment of cost of additional compensation resulting from subsequent injury of employee of employer insured by private carrier. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 616B.590:

1. If an employee ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.590

Reimbursement of private carrier for cost of additional compensation resulting from subsequent injury.

1. A private carrier who pays compensation due to an employee who has a permanent physical ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.600

Exemption of employer and employee temporarily within State; exception; effect of employee working in another state where coverage required.

1. Except as limited in subsection 3, any employee who ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.603

Independent enterprises.

1. A person is not an employer for the purposes of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS if:

(a) He enters into a contract with ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.606

Real estate brokers and salesmen not employers under certain circumstances. Any person licensed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 645 of NRS who engages an independent contractor to maintain or ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.609

Devices modifying liability void; exception.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2:

(a) A contract of employment, insurance, relief benefit, indemnity, or any other device, does not ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.612

Employers to provide compensation; effect of participation in consolidated insurance program; relief from certain liability.

1. Every employer within the provisions of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or 617 ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.615

Self-insured employers to provide compensation; relief from premiums and liability; administration of claims.

1. An employer who is certified as a self-insured employer directly assumes the responsibility for providing ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.618

Applicability to State, political subdivisions and their contractors. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4 of NRS 616B.627, when the State or a county, city, school district, metropolitan police department, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.621

Applicability to trainees of Rehabilitation Division of Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

1. In case of injury, coverage by industrial insurance must be provided for trainees while enrolled ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.624

Applicability to officers of quasi-public, private and nonprofit corporations and managers of limited-liability companies; rejection of coverage by certain officers and managers.

1. If a quasi-public or private corporation ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.627

Contractor with State or political subdivision: Submission of certificate of compliance; coverage pursuant to contract; sole proprietor who does not use employees.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.630

Notification of State Contractors� Board and Administrator if contractor no longer provides industrial insurance.

1. An insurer of a contractor shall notify the State Contractors� Board within 10 days ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.633

Applicability to all employers who employ at least one employee. Where an employer has in his service any employee under a contract of hire, except as otherwise expressly provided in ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.636

Actions at law by employees.

1. If any employer within the provisions of NRS 616B.633 fails to provide and secure compensation under chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.639

Limitation of liability of principal contractor for industrial injury to independent contractor or employee of independent contractor.

1. A principal contractor is not liable for the payment of compensation ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.642

Limitation on liability of owner of property who is not acting as principal contractor. An owner of property who is not acting as a principal contractor may not be held ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.645

Determination of obligation of principal contractor or owner of property: Preliminary statement of coverage; issuance or denial of final certificate of coverage.

1. To determine his obligation to pay ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.650

Election by employer; effect of failure to provide industrial insurance.

1. Where the employer, as provided in chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS, has given notice of an ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.653

Reporting of agreements with lessees engaged in mining or operating reduction plant; exception.

1. A lessee engaged in either mining or operating a reduction plant whose employer is within ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.656

Election by employer of excluded persons.

1. An employer in this state having in his employment any employee excluded from the benefits of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.659

Election by sole proprietor; physical examination; payment of premiums; effect of failure to pay premiums; withdrawal of election.

1. A sole proprietor may elect to be included within the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.662

Rejection of coverage by employer; relief from payment of premiums. An employer having come under chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS who thereafter elects to reject ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.670

Definitions. As used in NRS 616B.670 to 616B.697, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. �Applicant� means a person seeking a certificate of registration pursuant to NRS 616B.670 to ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.673

Certificate of registration required; expiration; penalty.

1. A person shall not operate an employee leasing company in this state unless he has complied with the provisions of NRS 616B.670 ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.676

Written application for issuance or renewal of certificate of registration must be on approved form. An applicant for the issuance or renewal of a certificate of registration must submit to ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.679

Contents of application; Administrator to be notified of certain changes in information about applicant; power of Administrator to revoke certificate of registration.

1. Each application must include:

(a) ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.682

Employee leasing companies to maintain office or similar site in State for retaining, reviewing and auditing payroll records and written agreements. Each employee leasing company operating in this state shall ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.685

Separate payroll records required upon operation of employee leasing company and temporary employment service; separate policy of workers� compensation insurance required for employee leasing company. If a person operates an ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.688

Written agreement regarding employment relationship with leased employees. The employment relationship with workers provided by an employee leasing company to a client company must be established by written agreement between ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.691

Responsibilities of employee leasing company; limitations; joint and several liability of client company.

1. For the purposes of chapters 612 and 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS, an employee ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.694

Regulations. The Administrator may adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of NRS 616B.670 to 616B.697, inclusive. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.697

Action for damages for statutory violation. An action for damages caused by the failure of an employee leasing company to comply with the provisions of NRS 616B.670 to 616B.697, inclusive, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.710

Establishment and administration of program: Prerequisites; mandatory participation; payments to contractors or subcontractors; Commissioner to establish threshold cost for project eligible for program.

1. A private company, public entity ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.712

Industrial insurance for program; contract to provide insurance to be filed and reviewed by Commissioner.

1. A private carrier who is authorized to transact industrial insurance in this state ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.717

Coverage of more than one construction project authorized. A consolidated insurance program may cover more than one construction project. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.720

Contents of contract to provide insurance for program. A contract for the provision of industrial insurance that is authorized pursuant to NRS 616B.712 must include, without limitation:

1. Provisions ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.722

Liability of insurer for payment of compensation. A private carrier who contracts to provide industrial insurance coverage for a consolidated insurance program pursuant to NRS 616B.712 is liable to pay ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.725

Safety requirements: Contents of safety program; qualifications and duties of safety coordinators; duties of owner or principal contractor.

1. A consolidated insurance program that a private company, public entity ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.727

Administration of claims: Duties of administrator of claims; duties of owner or principal contractor.

1. A consolidated insurance program that a private company, public entity or utility is authorized ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.730

Coverage of employees who do not work at site of construction project; separate policy required for certain employees who do not work at site of construction project; reimbursement for cost ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.732

Determination of loss experience: Employees covered by program deemed employees of owner or principal contractor. If an owner or principal contractor establishes and administers a consolidated insurance program pursuant to ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.735

Notification and explanation to bidders required if program may be established for construction project. With respect to a construction project for which the owner intends to establish and administer an ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.737

Regulations. The Commissioner may adopt such regulations as the Commissioner determines are necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 616B.710 to 616B.737, inclusive, to the extent that the authority ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.760

Creation; membership; terms; vacancies.

1. The Appeals Panel for Industrial Insurance is hereby created. The Appeals Panel consists of seven members who are appointed by the Governor, in consultation ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.762

Annual first meeting: Date; election of Chairman.

1. At its first meeting of each year, the Appeals Panel shall elect a Chairman from among its members.

2. The ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.765

Duties and powers of Chairman.

1. The Chairman of the Appeals Panel shall:

(a) Schedule the time and place of the meetings and hearings of the Appeals Panel;

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.767

Meetings; quorum.

1. The Appeals Panel shall meet at the times and places specified by a call of the Chairman.

2. Four members of the Appeals Panel constitute ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.770

Compensation of members.

1. Each member of the Appeals Panel is entitled to receive, for his attendance at the meetings of the Appeals Panel, the per diem allowance and ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.772

Filing of grievance; parties to hearing; authority to appeal decision on hearing.

1. An employer, other than a self-insured employer, who determines that circumstances specific to his case require ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.775

Jurisdiction.

1. The Appeals Panel shall hear a grievance of an employer filed pursuant to NRS 616B.772.

2. The Appeals Panel shall not hear:

(a) Complaints concerning ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.777

Timing: Notification of hearing; issuance of decision.

1. Within 30 days after receipt of a written grievance from an employer pursuant to NRS 616B.772 and not less than 10 ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.780

Hearings open to public; exception. A hearing held pursuant to NRS 616B.775 must be open to the public, unless the Appeals Panel will be considering proprietary information of the employer ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.782

Conflict of interest: Appointment of substitute member; waiver; determination.

1. If a member of the Appeals Panel determines that he has a personal interest or a conflict of interest, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.785

Issuance and delivery of decision; notification of right to appeal.

1. Within 30 days after each hearing, the Chairman or a member of the Appeals Panel designated by the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.787

Appeal of decision to Commissioner.

1. A party to the hearing who wishes to appeal a decision of the Appeals Panel must do so pursuant to the provisions of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.790

Regulations. The Commissioner may adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of NRS 616B.760 to 616B.790, inclusive. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.850

Insurer may establish plan to review small employers; objectives of plan. An insurer may establish a plan to review small employers who are insured by the insurer to encourage such ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.005

Forms for reporting injuries: Insurer to distribute revised forms to employers periodically; Administrator to make revised forms available to physicians and chiropractors. On or before September 1 of each year:

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.010

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 ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.015

Notice of injury or death: Requirements; availability of form; retention.

1. An employee or, in the event of the employee�s death, one of his dependents, shall provide written notice ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.020

Claim for compensation: Requirements for injured employee, his dependent or his representative to file claim; form.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an injured employee, or a ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.025

Recovery of compensation barred if notice of injury or claim for compensation is not filed; exceptions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an employee or, in the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.030

Dependent of injured employee barred from filing claim for compensation if untimely or previously denied. A dependent of an injured employee may not file a claim for compensation for an ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.035

Application for death benefit. Where death results from injury, the parties entitled to compensation under chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS, or someone in their behalf, must make application ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.040

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.

1. Except as ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.045

Report of industrial injury or occupational disease: Duty of employer to file; electronic filing; form and contents; penalty.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 616B.727, within 6 working ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.050

Information required to be provided by insurer to claimant.

1. An insurer shall provide to each claimant:

(a) Upon written request, one copy of any medical information concerning ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.052

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 ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.055

Use of fee schedules which unfairly discriminate among physicians and chiropractors prohibited; payment for services rendered by physician or chiropractor after removal from panel prohibited.

1. The insurer may ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.065

Insurer to commence payment of claim or deny claim within certain time after insurer notified of industrial accident; notification of claimant and Administrator of denial of claim; penalty for unreasonable ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.070

Persons who are conclusively presumed to be totally dependent on injured or deceased employee; exception.

1. A person is conclusively presumed to be totally dependent upon an injured or ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.075

Effect of employee�s refusal to submit to physical examination after accident. If an employee is properly directed to submit to a physical examination and the employee refuses to permit the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.085

Duties of employer when employee injured: First aid; reimbursement.

1. Every employer within the provisions of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS shall, immediately upon the occurrence of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.090

Selection of physician or chiropractor: Powers and duties of Administrator; selection and alternate selection from established panel or pursuant to contract; responsibility for charges.

1. The Administrator shall establish ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.095

Duty of physician or chiropractor to advise injured employee of rights. The physician or chiropractor shall inform the injured employee of his rights under chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.100

Additional determination of percentage of disability permitted if cost paid by injured employee; authority of injured employee to seek reimbursement of cost; results of determination may be offered at hearing ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.105

Requirements for designation of chiropractor to rate permanent partial disabilities. The Administrator shall not designate a chiropractor to rate permanent partial disabilities unless the chiropractor has completed an advanced program ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.110

American Medical Association�s Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment: Duty of Division to adopt Guides by regulation; determination of appropriate version of Guides to apply.

1. For the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.115

Prescription of generic drugs required; exceptions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a physician or advanced practitioner of nursing shall prescribe for an injured employee a generic ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.120

Employee may elect treatment through prayer in lieu of medical treatment. Any provision of this chapter or chapter 616A, 616B, 616D or 617 of NRS must not prevent an employee ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.125

Insurer may contract with suppliers for provision of services and goods to injured employees. An insurer may contract with suppliers to provide services and goods to injured employees. Such contracts ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.130

Insurer�s payment to physician or chiropractor attending injured employee conditioned upon receipt of itemized statement and certificate. The insurer shall not authorize the payment of any money to a physician ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.135

Charges for related treatment and unrelated services; liability of insurer; acceptance from injured employee of certain payments in protest; penalty.

1. A provider of health care who accepts a ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.136

Action by insurer on bill from provider of health care; payment of interest; request for additional information; compliance with requirements.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, an ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.137

Denial of payment for unrelated services: Requirements for notification; liability of injured employee; appeal.

1. If an insurer, organization for managed care or employer who provides accident benefits for ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.138

Erroneous denial of authorization or responsibility for payment for services provided to injured employee: Order for payment of provider of health care; reimbursement of injured employee. If:

1. An ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.140

Medical examination of claimant; effect of refusal to submit to examination; communications not privileged.

1. Any employee who is entitled to receive compensation under chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.150

Compensation prohibited unless preponderance of evidence establishes that injury arose out of and in course of employment; rebuttable presumption if notice of injury is filed after termination of employment.

...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.155

Payment of compensation by insurer prohibited before required; recovery of overpayment by insurer.

1. An insurer shall not provide compensation to or for an employee or his dependents before ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.157

Request for prior authorization: Time to respond; effect of failure to respond in timely manner.

1. An insurer, organization for managed care or third-party administrator shall respond to a ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.160

Newly developed injury or disease: Inclusion in original claim for compensation; limitation. If, after a claim for compensation is filed pursuant to NRS 616C.020:

1. The injured employee seeks ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.165

Determination of responsibility of insurer for undisputed claim for compensation; reimbursement of insurer initially providing compensation to injured employee. If responsibility for an undisputed claim for compensation by an injured ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.170

Resolution of disputes between insurers if benefits are claimed against more than one insurer; adoption of regulations by Administrator; appeal of decision of Administrator; payment of benefits until determination of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.175

Employment-related aggravation of preexisting condition which is not employment related; aggravation of employment-related injury by incident which is not employment related.

1. The resulting condition of an employee who:

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.177

Medical records concerning preexisting condition: Authority of insurer to request records; injured employee required to release records under certain circumstances.

1. An insurer may inquire about and request medical ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.180

Injury or disease caused by stress.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, an injury or disease sustained by an employee that is caused by stress is compensable ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.185

Compensation for mastectomy and reconstructive surgery.

1. If compensation is paid to an employee under chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS for the surgical procedure known as a ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.190

Compensation of employee injured out of State.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4 of NRS 616B.600, if an employee who has been hired or is regularly employed ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.195

Acceptance of compensation or benefits by employee injured out of State constitutes release of employer and waiver of remedy at common law or statutory remedy provided in another state.

...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.200

Commencement of action in another state to recover damages or compensation by employee injured out of State constitutes irrevocable waiver of compensation due under Nevada law; satisfaction of foreign judgment ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.205

Compensation not assignable; exempt from attachment, garnishment and execution; accrued compensation payable to dependents. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 31A.150 and 31A.330, compensation payable or paid ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.210

Compensation of nonresident alien dependents; notification of dependent required.

1. The insurer shall notify a dependent of a deceased employee who is residing outside of the United States by ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.215

Actions and proceedings to recover damages in tort or from proceeds of vehicle insurance: Reduction of compensation by amount of recovery; rights of injured employee or his dependents and of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.220

Compensation from uninsured employers� claim account: Administration and payment of claims; eligibility of employee; liability of employer; powers and duties of Division; appeals; penalty.

1. The Division shall designate ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.225

Misrepresentation or concealment of fact to obtain benefits: Insurer entitled to reimbursement or deduction from benefits; appeal of determination; alternative remedies.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.230

Grounds for denial, reduction or suspension of compensation; evidence of and examination for use of alcohol or controlled substance.

1. Compensation is not payable pursuant to the provisions of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.235

Closure of claim by insurer: Procedure; notice; special procedure if medical benefits less than $300.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2, 3 and 4:

(a) When ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.245

Injured employee entitled to accident benefits; limitation on receipt of modified motor vehicle as accident benefit; regulations establishing maximum benefit.

1. Every injured employee within the provisions of chapters ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.250

Establishment, revision and compliance with standards of care for provision of accident benefits.

1. The Division shall, after consulting with and considering the advice of persons representative of organized ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.255

Premium for accident benefits paid by employer; accident benefits provided by private carrier; separate account for accident benefits.

1. Each private carrier shall collect a premium upon the total ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.260

Fees and charges for accident benefits: Restrictions; establishment and revision of schedule; powers and duties of Administrator; penalty for refusal to provide information; regulations.

1. All fees and charges ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.265

Election by employer to provide accident benefits; reporting requirements; payment of assessments.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 616C.280, every employer operating under chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.270

Employers to notify Administrator when injured employee receives medical services.

1. Every employer who has elected to provide accident benefits for his injured employees shall prepare and submit a ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.275

Change of physicians, chiropractors or other requirements; cost of change borne by insurer; cause of action of injured employee assigned to private carrier.

1. If the Administrator finds that ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.280

Withdrawal of approval for employer to provide accident benefits: Grounds supporting withdrawal. The Administrator may withdraw his approval of an employer�s providing accident benefits for his employees and require the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.285

Withdrawal of approval for employer to provide accident benefits: Request for hearing; notice of decision.

1. If an employer requests a hearing concerning the withdrawal of approval pursuant to ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.295

Duties of Chief of Hearings Division of Department of Administration. The Chief of the Hearings Division of the Department of Administration shall:

1. Prescribe by regulation the qualifications and ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.300

Hearing officers: Appointment; salary; disqualification from particular case.

1. The Director of the Department of Administration shall appoint one or more hearing officers to conduct hearings in contested cases ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.305

Procedure for appeal of final determination of organization for managed care which has contracted with insurer.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, any person who is aggrieved ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.310

Procedures to be adopted by Chief of Hearings Division; representation of insurer or employer.

1. The Chief of the Hearings Division of the Department of Administration:

(a) May ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.315

Request for hearing; forms for request to be provided by insurer; prerequisites to scheduling of hearing; expeditious and informal hearing required; direct submission to appeals officer.

1. Any person ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.320

Resolution of disputed decision of self-insured employer or employer who is member of association of self-insured public or private employers or insured by private carrier. If an employee of a ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.325

Representation of employee and employer before hearings officer or appeals officer or in negotiations with insurer; licensure of employer�s representative; employer liable for representative�s violations; compensation of employer�s representative must ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.330

Date, time and place for hearing; evaluation of injured employee; powers and duties of hearing officer; issuance of decision; procedure for obtaining stay of decision.

1. The hearing officer ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.335

Award of interest. If a contested claim for compensation is decided in favor of the claimant, he is entitled to an award of interest at the rate of 9 percent ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.340

Appointment, term, qualifications and salary of appeals officers and special appeals officers; conflicts of interest; finality of decision by appeals officer.

1. The Governor shall appoint one or more ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.345

Notice of appeal to appeals officer; prerequisites to scheduling of hearing on appeal; effect of appeal on enforcement of decision of hearing officer; setting of date, time and place for ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.350

Testimony of physician or chiropractor before appeals officer; privileged communications.

1. Any physician or chiropractor who attends an employee within the provisions of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.355

Use of affidavits or declarations as evidence at hearing; notice to opposing party; waiver of right to cross-examine affiant or declarant; effect of waiver. At any time 10 or more ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.360

Record of hearing before appeals officer; rules of evidence; evaluation of injured employee; submission to external review organization; powers and duties of appeals officer; transcripts; issuance of decision.

1. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.363

External review: Duties of external review organization; contents and submission of decision by organization; costs; regulations.

1. Not later than 5 business days after the date that an external ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.365

Reimbursement of employee�s expenses incurred and wages lost as result of hearing requested by employer or insurer; regulations.

1. If an employer or insurer requests a hearing before a ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.370

Judicial review.

1. No judicial proceedings may be instituted for compensation for an injury or death under chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS unless:

(a) A claim ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.375

Stay of decision of appeals officer. If an insurer, employer or claimant, or the representative of an insurer, employer or claimant, appeals the decision of an appeals officer, that decision ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.380

Payment pending appeal when decision not stayed; effect of final resolution of claim.

1. If a hearing officer, appeals officer or district court renders a decision on a claim ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.385

Costs and attorney�s fees for frivolous petitions for judicial review. If a party petitions the district court for judicial review of a final decision of an appeals officer, the Administrator ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.390

Reopening claim: Procedure; limitations; applicability.

1. If an application to reopen a claim to increase or rearrange compensation is made in writing more than 1 year after the date ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.400

Minimum duration of incapacity.

1. Temporary compensation benefits must not be paid under chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS for an injury which does not incapacitate the employee ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.405

Limitations on benefits received by employee. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4 of NRS 616C.440, an employee who is receiving compensation for:

1. A permanent total disability is ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.408

Restrictive endorsements on checks issued by insurers.

1. An insurer shall not issue a check pursuant to the provisions of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.410

Prohibition of settlements paid in lump sum; exceptions. Except as otherwise provided by NRS 616C.380, 616C.495, 616C.505, 616C.580 and 616C.595, the insurer shall not make or allow any lump-sum settlements. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.412

Purchase of annuity by insurer to ensure payment of claim; adoption of regulations by Commissioner.

1. An insurer may purchase an annuity to ensure the payment of a claim ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.415

Written explanation of alternative settlements to be given to employee or dependents.

1. Every injured employee, widow, widower or dependent, within the provisions of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.420

Method of determining average monthly wage. The Administrator shall provide by regulation for a method of determining average monthly wage. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.425

Date of determination of amount of compensation and benefits. Except as otherwise provided by a specific statute:

1. The amount of compensation and benefits and the person or persons ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.430

Reduction of compensation by amount of federal disability insurance benefits received by employee.

1. If an employee who is entitled to compensation under chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.435

Injuries deemed total and permanent.

1. In cases of the following specified injuries, in the absence of proof to the contrary, the disability caused thereby shall be deemed total ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.440

Amount and duration of compensation; limitations; effect of previous award of compensation.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 616C.175, every employee in the employ of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.445

Recipient of compensation to report annual earnings; payments suspended if report not made. Each former employee receiving benefits for a permanent total disability shall report annually on the anniversary date ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.450

Compensation to injured employee or dependents of injured employee for permanent total disability or death benefit if injury or occupational disease occurred before July 1, 1980.

1. An injured ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.455

Increase in benefits for permanent total disability incurred before April 9, 1971.

1. Any claimant or dependent of a claimant who resides in this state and receives compensation for ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.460

Additional increase in benefits for permanent total disability incurred before July 1, 1973. Any claimant or dependent of a claimant who resides in this state and who receives compensation pursuant ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.465

Increase in benefits for permanent total disability incurred on or after April 9, 1971, or for claimant or dependent not entitled to benefits for disability from federal social security system.

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.470

Increase in benefits for permanent total disability if claimant is entitled to benefits for disability from federal social security system.

1. Any claimant who is not entitled to an ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.473

Annual increase in benefits for permanent total disability incurred on or after January 1, 2004.

1. If a claimant or a dependent of a claimant is entitled to receive ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.475

Amount and duration of compensation; limitations; requirements for certification of disability; offer of light-duty employment.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, NRS 616C.175 and 616C.390, every employee ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.480

Reduction of benefits for previous injury causing permanent partial disability prohibited. If an employee who has received compensation in a lump sum for a permanent partial disability is subsequently injured ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.485

Permanent partial disability: Loss of or permanent damage to teeth. The Administrator shall adopt, by regulation, a schedule which, in his judgment, is best calculated to compensate fairly and adequately ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.490

Permanent partial disability: Compensation.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 616C.175, every employee, in the employ of an employer within the provisions of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.495

Permanent partial disability: Payments in lump sum.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 616C.380, an award for a permanent partial disability may be paid in a lump sum ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.500

Temporary partial disability: Compensation.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NRS 616C.175, every employee in the employ of an employer, within the provisions of chapters 616A ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.505

Amount and duration of compensation. If an injury by accident arising out of and in the course of employment causes the death of an employee in the employ of an ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.510

Increased death benefits if injury or disablement occurred before July 1, 1973.

1. Any widow, widower, surviving child or surviving dependent parent who resides in this state and who ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.515

Additional increase in death benefits if injury or disablement occurred before July 1, 1973. Any widow, widower, surviving child or surviving dependent parent who resides in this state and who ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.520

Increased death benefits if injury or disablement occurred on or after July 1, 1973.

1. Any widow, widower, surviving child or surviving dependent parent who is receiving death benefits ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.530

Priorities for returning injured employee to work. An insurer shall adhere to the following priorities in returning an injured employee to work:

1. Return the injured employee to the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.540

Supervision, ratio and review of uncertified counselors; limitation on case load of counselor who conducts full vocational assessments. An insurer, or a private person or public agency providing vocational rehabilitation ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.545

Duty of insurer to determine physical limitations on injured employee�s ability to work. If an employee does not return to work for 28 consecutive calendar days as a result of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.550

Written assessment of injured employee.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, if benefits for a temporary total disability will be paid to an injured employee for more ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.555

Plan for program of vocational rehabilitation.

1. A vocational rehabilitation counselor shall develop a plan for a program of vocational rehabilitation for each injured employee who is eligible for ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.560

Extension of program for vocational rehabilitation.

1. A program for vocational rehabilitation developed pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 616C.555 may be extended:

(a) Without condition or limitation, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.570

On-the-job training as component of plan for program of vocational rehabilitation.

1. A plan for a program of vocational rehabilitation developed pursuant to NRS 616C.555 may include a program ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.575

Payment of vocational rehabilitation maintenance.

1. The Division shall, by regulation, prescribe when:

(a) Vocational rehabilitation maintenance must be paid to an injured employee; and

(b) Vocational ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.580

Provision of services for employee who resides outside State; limited lump-sum payment in lieu of services.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, vocational rehabilitation services must not ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.585

Limit on goods and services which may be provided; exceptions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, vocational rehabilitation services ordered by an insurer, a hearing officer or ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.590

Eligibility for services; effect of incarceration; effect of refusing services offered by insurer; effect of inability of insurer to locate injured employee.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.595

Agreements for payment of compensation in lump sum in lieu of provision of vocational rehabilitation services.

1. If an injured employee is eligible for vocational rehabilitation services pursuant to ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616C.600

Orders for self-employment or payment of compensation in lump sum for vocational rehabilitation prohibited; agreements concerning self-employment authorized.

1. A hearing officer or appeals officer shall not order self-employment ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.010

Penalties and remedies are cumulative; exceptions. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 616A.020, 616B.600 and 616C.190, no penalty or remedy provided in this chapter or chapter 616A, 616B or 616C ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.020

Immunity from criminal penalty or civil action for libel, slander or similar tort for disclosure of information relating to violation. No person is subject to any criminal penalty or civil ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.030

Limitation of liability of insurer or third-party administrator; administrative fines are exclusive remedies.

1. No cause of action may be brought or maintained against an insurer or a third-party ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.050

Power of hearing officers, appeals officers and Administrator when conducting hearings or other proceedings.

1. Appeals officers, the Administrator, and the Administrator�s designee, in conducting hearings or other proceedings ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.060

Disciplinary action by hearing officer or panel: Procedural requirements; powers and duties of officer or panel; appeals.

1. Any disciplinary action taken by a hearing officer or panel pursuant ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.065

Disciplinary action by appeals officer: Order requiring attorney or representative of party to pay certain costs incurred because of continuance or delay in scheduled hearing.

1. An appeals officer, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.070

Enforcement of orders, subpoenas and other procedures relating to hearing. If any person:

1. Disobeys an order of an appeals officer, a hearing officer, the Administrator or the Administrator�s ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.080

Fees: Officers serving subpoenas; witnesses; procedure for payment.

1. Each officer who serves a subpoena is entitled to receive the same fees as a sheriff.

2. Each witness ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.090

Depositions of witnesses.

1. In an investigation, the Administrator or a hearing officer may cause depositions of witnesses residing within or without the State to be taken in the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.100

Transcripts: Introduction in evidence; availability to parties.

1. A transcribed copy of the evidence and proceedings, or any specific part thereof, of any final hearing or investigation, made by ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.110

Order to cease business operations if employer fails to provide or maintain coverage for industrial insurance: Power of Administrator; contents; procedure; assistance from law enforcement agency.

1. In addition ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.115

Failure to comply with order to cease business operations; penalties; cumulative nature of penalties.

1. A person shall not knowingly fail to comply with an order issued by the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.120

Administrative fines and benefit penalties for certain violations; powers of Administrator; revocation or withdrawal of certificate of self-insurance or registration as third-party administrator.

1. Except as otherwise provided in ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.130

Investigation of alleged violation; determination of Administrator.

1. Upon receipt of a complaint for a violation of subsection 1 of NRS 616D.120, or if the Administrator has reason to ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.140

Benefit penalties: Appeal of imposition of penalty or determination made by Administrator; finality of imposition of penalty; payment of penalty; recovery by Administrator of unpaid penalty.

1. If a ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.145

Administrative fines: Appeal of imposition of fine; finality of imposition of fine; payment of fine; recovery by Division of unpaid fine.

1. If a person wishes to contest a ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.150

Appeal of decisions of Administrator. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 616D.140, 616C.220 and 617.401, any party who is aggrieved by a decision of the Administrator may appeal that decision ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.200

Failure of employer to provide, secure and maintain compensation: Procedure for determination and appeal; penalty.

1. If the Administrator finds that an employer within the provisions of NRS 616B.633 ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.210

Engagement in new business after termination of prior business while owing premiums, interest or penalties to private carriers: Prohibitions; penalties.

1. Any person who:

(a) Is the legal ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.220

Liability for false statement or failure to report material fact concerning amount of payroll or misrepresentation of classification or duties of employee; appeal; penalty.

1. If the Administrator finds ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.230

Failure of employer to pay amount charged to him for engaging in certain prohibited acts; civil liability; additional penalties; disposition of amount collected.

1. An employer who fails to ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.240

Deduction from wages of employee prohibited; requirement by employer that employee provide compensation on his own behalf prohibited; enforcement of prohibited acts by Attorney General.

1. Any employer who ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.250

Refusal of employer to submit records for inspection; penalty.

1. A self-insured employer, a member of an association of self-insured public or private employers or an employer insured by ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.260

Refusal of employer to produce document for audit; order to compel; penalty for failure to comply with order.

1. If an employer refuses to produce any book, record, payroll ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.270

Failure to post and maintain notices. Any employer who fails:

1. To post the notice required by NRS 616A.490 and 616B.650 in a place that is readily accessible and ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.280

Injury to employee caused by absence of safety device. Repealed. (See chapter 305, Statutes of Nevada 2003, at page 1682.) ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.290

Injury of minor unlawfully employed. If any workman at the time of an injury is under the minimum age prescribed by law for the employment of a minor in the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.300

False statements or representations to obtain benefits; concealment of material fact to obtain benefits; penalty. Unless a different penalty is provided pursuant to NRS 616D.370 to 616D.410, inclusive, a person ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.310

False statements or representations concerning employment of person receiving benefits; penalty. A person who knowingly makes a false statement or representation concerning the employment of a person who is receiving ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.320

Employment of person who is receiving unlawful payments for temporary total disability prohibited; penalty.

1. An employer shall not knowingly offer employment or continue to employ a person who ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.330

Improper oral or written communications with treating physician or chiropractor of injured employee; exceptions; penalty.

1. An insurer, an employer, an organization for managed care, a third-party administrator or ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.350

Definitions. As used in NRS 616D.350 to 616D.440, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. �Charge� means any communication, whether oral, written, electronic or magnetic, which is used to ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.360

Circumstances under which person is deemed to have knowledge of falsity or deemed to have made or caused certain action. For the purposes of NRS 616D.370 and 616D.380:

1. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.370

False charges, representations and statements; penalty.

1. A person shall not, by any act or omission:

(a) Make a charge or cause it to be made knowing the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.380

Invoices containing false information; signature required; presumption.

1. Each invoice for payment for accident benefits provided to an injured employee must:

(a) Contain a statement that all matters ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.390

Certain acts relating to offer, payment, transfer, acceptance or solicitation of additional value prohibited; improper use of referral fees; exceptions; penalty.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.400

Failure to maintain and make available necessary records; penalty.

1. A person who, upon submitting a charge for or upon receiving payment for accident benefits pursuant to chapters 616A ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.410

Conspiracy to commit prohibited acts. Any person who conspires with any other person to violate:

1. Any of the provisions of NRS 616D.200 is guilty of a misdemeanor.

...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.420

Provider of health care convicted of fraudulent practice prohibited from receiving or accepting payment for accident benefits; penalty.

1. No provider of health care who has been convicted of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.430

Civil penalties for person who receives payment or benefit to which he is not entitled.

1. A person who receives a payment or benefit to which he is not ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.440

False claim for payment: Withholding by insurer of payment to provider of health care; procedure for withholding; appeal.

1. An insurer may withhold any payment due a provider of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.550

Duty to report violations to Fraud Control Unit for Industrial Insurance.

1. An insurer, organization for managed care, health care provider, employer, third-party administrator or public officer who believes, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.560

Duty of Administrator and Fraud Control Unit for Industrial Insurance to report and share information relating to violations. The Administrator and the Fraud Control Unit for Industrial Insurance established pursuant ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.600

Prosecution of criminal actions by Attorney General: Prosecution not precluded by commencement of civil action; duty to furnish information to assist in prosecution; penalty.

1. The Attorney General may ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.610

Inspection of employer�s books, records and payroll by Attorney General; subpoena; court order; penalty.

1. The books, records and payrolls of an employer pertinent to the investigation of a ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616D.620

Penalty for certain violations; liability for costs of investigation and prosecution; contents of judgment of conviction; receipt of certain money by Attorney General to be used to pay salaries of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.010

Short title. This chapter shall be known as the Nevada Occupational Diseases Act. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.015

Rights and liabilities of employers and employees. Every employee and the dependent or dependents of such employee and the employer or employers of such employee shall be entitled to all ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.017

Rights and remedies exclusive; provisions of chapter conclusive and obligatory; exclusive remedy extends to architects and engineers working for contractor; compensation bars recovery in other states.

1. The rights ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.020

Definitions. Unless a different meaning is clearly indicated by the context, the definitions set forth in NRS 617.030 to 617.150, inclusive, and the definitions set forth in chapter 616A of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.030

�Casual� defined. �Casual� refers only to employments where the work contemplated is to be completed in 20 working days or parts thereof in a calendar quarter, without regard to the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.050

�Compensation� defined. �Compensation� means the money which is payable to an employee or to his dependents as provided for in this chapter, and includes benefits for funerals, medical benefits and ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.060

�Disablement� and �total disablement� defined. �Disablement� and �total disablement� are used interchangeably in this chapter and mean the event of becoming physically incapacitated by reason of an occupational disease arising ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.065

�Disease related to asbestos� defined. �Disease related to asbestos� means any disease caused by the inhalation of the fibers of asbestos, including but not limited to:

1. Interstitial pulmonary ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.070

�Employee� and �workman� defined. �Employee� and �workman� are used interchangeably in this chapter and mean every person in the service of an employer under any appointment or contract of hire ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.080

�Employee�: Persons excluded. �Employee� excludes:

1. Any person whose employment is both casual and not in the course of the trade, business, profession or occupation of his employer.

...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.091

�Employee�: Lessees engaged in mining or operating a reduction plant. Except as provided in subsection 2 of NRS 617.250, a lessee engaged in either mining or operating a reduction plant ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.100

�Employee�: Subcontractors and employees.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 617.175, subcontractors, independent contractors and the employees of either shall be deemed to be employees of the principal ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.105

�Employee�: Real estate licensees. Any real estate licensee doing business in this state and receiving wages, commissions or other compensation based upon sales shall be deemed for the purpose of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.110

�Employer� defined. �Employer� means:

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4 of NRS 617.210, the State and each county, city, school district, and all public and quasi-public corporations ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.120

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.130

�Medical benefits� defined.

1. �Medical benefits� means medical, surgical, hospital or other treatments, nursing, medicine, medical and surgical supplies, crutches and apparatus, including prosthetic devices.

2. The term ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.135

�Police officer� defined. �Police officer� includes:

1. A sheriff, deputy sheriff, officer of a metropolitan police department or city policeman;

2. A chief, inspector, supervisor, commercial officer or ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.140

�Silicosis� defined. �Silicosis� shall mean a disease of the lungs caused by breathing silica dust (silicon dioxide) producing fibrous nodules, distributed through the lungs and demonstrated by X-ray examination or ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.145

�Sole proprietor� defined. �Sole proprietor� means a self-employed owner of an unincorporated business who has been domiciled in the State of Nevada for at least 6 months immediately prior to ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.150

�Subcontractors� defined. �Subcontractors� shall include independent contractors. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.160

Division of Industrial Relations to administer chapter. This chapter must be administered by the Division of Industrial Relations of the Department of Business and Industry in the same manner as ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.165

Procedures for determination of contested cases. The Chief of the Hearings Division of the Department of Administration may by regulation provide for specific procedures for the determination of contested cases ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.1665

Payment of premiums by employers insured by private carrier. Every employer insured by a private carrier, to receive the benefits of this chapter and to provide and secure compensation for ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.1675

Account for Pensions for Silicosis, Diseases Related to Asbestos and Other Disabilities: Creation; interest and income; administration.

1. There is hereby created in the State General Fund the Account ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.168

Account for Pensions for Silicosis, Diseases Related to Asbestos and Other Disabilities: Uses and purposes; reversion.

1. The money in the Account for Pensions for Silicosis, Diseases Related to ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.170

No liability created for disability or death occurring before July 1, 1947. Nothing in this chapter shall create any liability on the part of any employer where disability or death ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.175

Independent enterprises.

1. A person is not an employer for the purposes of this chapter if:

(a) He enters into a contract with another person or business which ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.190

Devices modifying liability void.

1. Except as otherwise provided for in this chapter, no contract of employment, insurance, relief benefit, indemnity, or any other device, shall modify, change or ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.200

Employers to provide compensation; employer and insurer relieved from liability.

1. Every employer within the provisions of this chapter, and those employers who accept the terms of this chapter ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.203

Limitation of liability of principal contractor for occupational disease contracted by independent contractor or employee of independent contractor. A principal contractor is not liable for the payment of compensation for ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.205

Self-insured employers to provide compensation; contributions not required; administration of claims; compliance with NRS 616B.300.

1. An employer who is certified as a self-insured employer directly assumes the responsibility ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.206

Effect of certification as association of self-insured public or private employers; responsibilities of association.

1. An association that is certified as an association of self-insured public or private employers ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.207

Applicability to officers of quasi-public and private corporations and managers of limited-liability companies; rejection of coverage by certain officers and managers.

1. If a quasi-public or private corporation or ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.215

Actions at law. If any employer fails to provide and secure compensation under this chapter, any employee contracting an occupational disease as provided in this chapter, or, in case of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.220

Applicability to employers of excluded persons. Employers whose employees are excluded by NRS 617.080 may elect to cover such employees under the provisions of this chapter by notifying the insurer ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.225

Election by sole proprietor; physical examination; payment of premiums; effect of failure to pay premiums; withdrawal of election.

1. A sole proprietor may elect to be included within the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.250

Reporting of lessees engaged in mining or operating reduction plant.

1. A lessee engaged in either mining or operating a reduction plant, whose employer is within the provisions of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.342

Notice of occupational disease: Requirements; availability of form; retention.

1. An employee or, in the event of the employee�s death, one of his dependents, shall provide written notice of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.344

Claim for compensation: Requirements for diseased employee, his dependent or his representative to file claim; form.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an employee who has incurred ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 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 ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 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 ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 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 ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 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.

1. Except as ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.354

Report of industrial injury or occupational disease: Duty of employer to file; electronic filing; form and contents; penalty.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 616B.727, within 6 working ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.356

Duty of insurer to accept or deny responsibility upon receipt of both claims for compensation. An insurer shall accept or deny responsibility for compensation under this chapter within 30 working ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.357

Claims regarding diseases of heart or lungs, infectious diseases or cancer: Reports by insurers to Administrator; public reports by Administrator.

1. Each insurer shall submit to the Administrator a ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 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.

...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.362

Payment of compensation by insurer prohibited before required; recovery of overpayment by insurer.

1. An insurer shall not provide compensation to or for an employee or his dependents before ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.364

Newly developed injury or disease: Inclusion in original claim for compensation; limitation. If, after a claim for compensation is filed pursuant to NRS 617.344:

1. The employee seeks treatment ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 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 ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 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

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 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 ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 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 ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 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 ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 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 ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.395

Compensation for mastectomy and reconstructive surgery.

1. If compensation is paid to an employee under this chapter for the surgical procedure known as a mastectomy, the employee is also ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 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, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 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; penalty.

1. The Division shall designate ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.402

Misrepresentation or concealment of fact to obtain benefits: Insurer entitled to reimbursement or deduction from benefits; appeal of determination; alternative remedies.

1. If an insurer determines that an employee ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.405

Judicial review of contested claims.

1. No judicial proceedings may be instituted for benefits for an occupational disease under this chapter, unless:

(a) A claim is filed within ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.410

Compensation paid by insurer. Compensation for disability sustained on account of occupational disease by an employee, or the dependents of an employee as defined in this chapter, must be paid ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.420

Minimum duration of incapacity; payment of medical benefits. No compensation may be paid under this chapter for disability which does not incapacitate the employee for at least 5 cumulative days ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.430

Eligibility; limitations.

1. Every employee who is disabled or dies because of an occupational disease, as defined in this chapter, arising out of and in the course of employment ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.440

Requirements for occupational disease to be deemed to arise out of and in course of employment.

1. An occupational disease defined in this chapter shall be deemed to arise ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.445

Determination of date of disablement. In all cases under this chapter, the date of disablement is such date as the insurer determines on hearing of the employee�s claim. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.450

Specific occupational diseases; schedule. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 617.366, the following diseases, as well as other occupational diseases defined in NRS 617.440, are considered occupational diseases and are ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.453

Cancer as occupational disease of firemen.

1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, cancer, resulting in either temporary or permanent disability, or death, is an occupational disease and ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.454

Physical examinations: Required tests.

1. Any physical examination administered pursuant to NRS 617.455 or 617.457 must include:

(a) A thorough test of the functioning of the hearing of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.455

Lung diseases as occupational diseases of firemen and police officers.

1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, diseases of the lungs, resulting in either temporary or permanent disability ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.457

Heart diseases as occupational diseases of firemen and police officers.

1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, diseases of the heart of a person who, for 5 years ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.459

Determination of percentage of disability resulting from heart or lung diseases.

1. The percentage of disability resulting from an occupational disease of the heart or lungs must be determined ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.460

Silicosis and diseases related to asbestos as occupational diseases; compensation and claims.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 617.366, silicosis and diseases related to asbestos are occupational diseases ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.470

Occupational diseases of respiratory tract resulting from exposure to dusts. All conditions, restrictions, limitations and other provisions of NRS 617.460 with reference to the payment of compensation or benefits on ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.481

Certain contagious diseases as occupational diseases.

1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter and except as otherwise provided in this section, if a person employed in this state ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.485

Hepatitis as occupational disease of police officer, fireman or emergency medical attendant.

1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter and except as otherwise provided in this section, if ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.500

Applicability. Every employee and the dependent or dependents of such employee, and the employer or employers of such employee, shall be subject to all the applicable penalties provided for injured ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 617.510

Penalties and remedies are cumulative; exception. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 617.017, no penalty or remedy provided in this chapter is exclusive of any other penalty or remedy, but ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.005

Short title. This chapter may be cited as the Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Act. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.015

Purpose of chapter.

1. It is the purpose of this chapter to provide safe and healthful working conditions for every employee by:

(a) Establishing regulations;

(b) Effectively ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.025

Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 618.029 to 618.165, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in such ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.029

�Administrator� defined. �Administrator� means the Administrator of the Division. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.035

�Board� defined. �Board� means the Occupational Safety and Health Review Board. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.069

�Division� defined. �Division� means the Division of Industrial Relations of the Department of Business and Industry. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.075

�Emergency order� defined. �Emergency order� means a restraining order issued by the Division for full or partial cessation of operations where conditions may cause death or serious physical harm. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.085

�Employee� defined. �Employee� means every person who is required, permitted or directed by any employer to engage in any employment, or to go to work or be at any time ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.095

�Employer� defined. �Employer� means:

1. The State of Nevada, any state agency, county, city, town, school district or other unit of local government;

2. Any public or quasi-public ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.105

�Employment� defined. �Employment� means any trade, work, business, occupation or process of manufacture, or any method of carrying on such trade, work, business, occupation or process of manufacture, including construction ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.115

�General order� defined. �General order� means any order which applies generally throughout the State to all employers and employees, employments or places of employment under the jurisdiction of the Division. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.125

�National standard� defined. �National standard� means any standard or modification thereof which:

1. Has been adopted by a nationally recognized standards-producing organization under procedures whereby it can be determined ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.135

�Order� defined. �Order� means any decision, rule, regulation, direction, requirement or standard of the Division or any other determination arrived at or decision made by the Division under the safety ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.145

�Person� defined. �Person� includes a public agency. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.155

�Place of employment� defined. �Place of employment� means any place, whether indoors or out or elsewhere, and the premises appurtenant thereto, where, either temporarily or permanently, any industry, trade, work ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.165

�Safety device� or �safeguard� defined. �Safety device� or �safeguard� means any practicable method of mitigating or preventing a specific danger. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.175

Function of Division. The Division shall supervise and regulate all matters relating to the protection of the safety and health of employees in conformity with the provisions of this chapter. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.185

Division designated as responsible agency; cooperative agreements with other state agencies.

1. The Division is primarily responsible for occupational safety and health in this state.

2. The Division ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.195

State agencies and local governments to establish safety and health programs and comply with standards.

1. Each state agency and local government shall establish and maintain an effective and ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.205

Division to coordinate activities of state and local agencies. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the Division shall coordinate to the greatest extent practicable the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.215

Training programs for Division�s personnel. The Division may institute training programs for the purpose of qualifying personnel to carry out the provisions of this chapter and may make such personnel ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.235

Division to be administered by Department of Business and Industry; review of Administrator�s decisions.

1. The Division must be administered by the Department of Business and Industry.

2. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.255

Employees: Qualifications; conditions of employment.

1. The Division may employ such qualified employees as in the opinion of the Administrator are necessary to enforce the provisions of this chapter.

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.257

Sections for Enforcement and for Safety and Health Consultation, Education, Information and Training: Establishment; duties; certain programs and services for small employers.

1. The Administrator shall establish:

(a) ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.265

Offices of Division.

1. The Division shall maintain its principal office in Carson City, Nevada.

2. The Division shall maintain suboffices at such places as industrial activity warrants. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.285

Duties of Division. The Division shall:

1. Prevent or abate hazards to the safety and health of employees;

2. Develop a program of eliminating or abating hazards;

...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.295

Regulations and standards; medical examination for exposure to hazard.

1. The Division shall adopt such regulations as are necessary to provide safe and healthful employment in those employments within ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.305

Sources for standards. The Division may consider the following sources in adopting standards under this chapter:

1. American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

2. American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.315

Authority of Division over working conditions; limitations; safety orders.

1. The Division has authority over working conditions in all places of employment except as limited by subsection 2.

...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.325

Powers of Administrator and representatives; entry and inspection of places of employment.

1. The Administrator and his representatives appointed under this chapter shall act with full power and authority ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.336

Record and logbook of complaints received from employees: Maintenance; contents; accessibility; retention.

1. The Division shall maintain a record of all oral complaints it receives under this chapter from ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.341

Records of Division: Public inspection; copying; confidentiality; exception.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the public may inspect all records of the Division which contain information regarding:

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.345

Programs for collection, compilation and analysis of statistics.

1. The Division shall develop and maintain an effective program of collection, compilation and analysis of occupational safety and health statistics. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.347

Report concerning issuance of certain citations by Division. The Division shall submit a written report quarterly to the advisory council of the Division which lists each citation issued by the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.350

Duties of Division regarding occupational safety and health. The Division shall:

1. Develop a program of eliminating or abating hazards;

2. Advise and recommend a program of occupational ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.353

Duties of Division regarding training and education of employers and employees.

1. The Division, after consultation with cooperating state agencies, shall:

(a) Conduct directly or by grants or ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.365

Scope of chapter; limited disclosure of information of Division; protection of trade secrets.

1. This chapter does not supersede or in any manner affect the Nevada Industrial Insurance Act ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.370

Access by employees, former employees and their representatives to records of employers; charge for copies.

1. Employees, former employees and representatives of employees or former employees are entitled to ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.375

Duties of employers. Every employer shall:

1. Furnish employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.376

Employer to provide employee with rights and responsibilities to promote safety in workplace; regulations.

1. Every employer shall, upon hiring an employee, provide the employee with a document or ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.378

Employer required to report fatal accident or accident requiring hospitalization of employees; investigation of accident by Division; insurer to report claimed or reported injuries and diseases; compliance with federal recordkeeping ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.379

Dismantling or removal of equipment causing fatal accident or accident requiring hospitalization of employees prohibited under certain circumstances; questioning of persons necessary for investigation.

1. Except as otherwise provided ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.380

Employee to be notified of harmful exposure and corrective action. Each employer shall promptly notify any employee who has been or is being exposed to toxic materials or harmful physical ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.383

Establishment of safety program: Duties of certain employers; requirements of program; training for temporary employees; regulations; exemption.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 8 and 9, an employer ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.384

Establishment of safety program: Employers encouraged to employ persons who have completed certain training in basic emergency care of persons in cardiac arrest. The Administrator shall encourage all employers who ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.385

Employers not to maintain unsafe or unhealthy places of employment. An employer shall not:

1. Require, permit or suffer any employee to go or be in any employment or ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.395

Construction and maintenance of unsafe or unhealthy place of employment prohibited. An employer, owner or lessee of any real property in this state shall not construct, cause to be constructed ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.405

Removal of or interference with safety devices or safeguards by employee prohibited.

1. An employee shall not remove, displace, damage, destroy or carry off any safety device or safeguard ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.415

Permanent variances from standards. Any affected employer may apply to the Administrator for a rule or order for a permanent variance from a standard adopted under this chapter. Affected employees ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.417

Variance from standard: Participation in experiments to safeguard health or safety. The Administrator may grant a variance from any standard or portion thereof whenever he determines that a variance is ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.419

Variance from standard: Application for temporary order; notice and hearing.

1. Any employer may apply to the Administrator for a temporary order granting a variance from a standard which ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.421

Variance from standard: Contents; period of effectiveness and renewal of temporary order; interim order.

1. Every temporary order granting a variance from a standard which has not become effective ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.425

Request for investigation; confidentiality; investigation by Division.

1. Any employee, representative of employees, provider of health care or governmental officer or employee whose primary duty is to ensure public ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.435

Complaint of violation before or during inspection of workplace; review of refusal to issue citation; accompaniment of Division�s representative during inspection.

1. Before or during any inspection of a ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.445

Employee protected from discharge or discrimination; procedure for reinstatement.

1. A person shall not discharge or in any manner discriminate against any employee because the employee has filed any ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.455

Advance notice of inspection prohibited; exception. It is unlawful for anyone to give advance notice of an inspection except as authorized by the Administrator. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.465

Issuance of citations.

1. If, upon inspection or investigation, the Administrator or his authorized representative believes that an employer has violated a requirement of this chapter, or any standard, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.475

Citations: Notification of employer; employee�s appeal of required abatement; not reviewable if uncontested.

1. If, after an inspection or investigation, the Division issues a citation under the provisions of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.495

Deposition of witnesses. In an investigation the Division may cause depositions of witnesses residing within or without the State to be taken in the manner prescribed by law and Nevada ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.505

Compensation of witnesses.

1. Each witness who appears in obedience to a subpoena before the Division or its representative is entitled to receive for his attendance the fees and ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.515

Enforcement of orders and subpoenas of Division. If any person disobeys an order of the Division, a subpoena issued by it or one of its representatives, refuses to permit an ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.525

Division may prosecute and defend actions.

1. The Division may prosecute, defend and maintain actions in the name of the Division for the enforcement of the provisions of this ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.535

Admissibility of Division�s orders, rules, regulations, findings and decisions. Every order of the Division, general or special, and its rules, regulations, findings and decisions, made and entered under the provisions ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.545

Emergency orders of Administrator; injunctive relief.

1. The Administrator may issue an emergency order to restrain any conditions or practices in any place of employment which are such that ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.555

Mandamus to compel Administrator to issue emergency order. If the Administrator arbitrarily or capriciously fails to issue an emergency order pursuant to NRS 618.545, any employee who may be injured ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.565

Creation; number, appointment, qualifications and terms of members.

1. The Occupational Safety and Health Review Board, consisting of five members appointed by the Governor, is hereby created under the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.575

Officers. The members of the Board shall annually select a Chairman and Secretary from among themselves. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.585

Duties; legal counsel; quorum; decisions; records; duties, rights and responsibilities of alternate.

1. The Board shall:

(a) Meet as often as necessary to hold review hearings, as provided ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.595

Compensation of members and employees.

1. Each member of the Board is entitled to receive a salary of not more than $80, as fixed by the Board, for each ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.605

Administrative review: Notice; hearing; participation of employees.

1. Upon the receipt of any written appeal or notice of contest under NRS 618.475, the Division shall within 15 working days ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.625

Assessment, payment and recovery of administrative fines; �serious violation� defined.

1. The Division may assess administrative fines provided for in this chapter, giving due consideration to the appropriateness of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.635

Willful or repeated violations. Any employer who willfully or repeatedly violates any requirements of this chapter, any standard, rule, regulation or order promulgated or prescribed pursuant to this chapter, may ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.645

Serious and nonserious violations. Any employer who has received a citation for a serious violation of any requirement of this chapter, or any standard, rule, regulation or order promulgated or ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.655

Failure to correct violations. Any employer who fails to correct a violation for which a citation has been issued under this chapter within the period permitted for its correction may ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.665

Refusal to submit records for inspection. Any employer who willfully refuses to submit his records for inspection, as provided by NRS 618.325, to the Administrator or his representative must be ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.675

Failure to post and maintain notices and records.

1. An employer who fails to post the notice and records as required under the provisions of this chapter must be ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.685

Violation causing death of employee. Any employer who willfully violates any requirement of this chapter, or any standard, rule, regulation or order promulgated or prescribed pursuant to this chapter, where ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.695

Unauthorized advance notice of inspection.

1. Any person who gives advance notice of any inspection of a workplace to be conducted under this chapter, without authority from the Administrator ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.705

False statements, complaints or entries; concealment of information. Any person who:

1. Knowingly makes a false statement or representation of a material fact;

2. Knowingly files a false ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.710

Unlawful use of title or designation indicating recognition or certification as professional in field of occupational safety and health; revocation of license; penalty.

1. A person shall not hold ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.715

Separate and continuing offenses. Each violation of any provision of this chapter, or any part or portion thereof, is a separate and distinct offense, and in the case of a ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.720

Separate lavatories for men and women to be provided; penalty.

1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association or corporation, employing in the same building or on ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.750

Definitions. As used in NRS 618.750 to 618.850, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. �Asbestos� means asbestiform varieties of:

(a) Chrysotile (serpentine);

(b) Crocidolite (riebeckite);

...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.755

Scope. NRS 618.750 to 618.850, inclusive, does not apply to:

1. The control of asbestos by a person in his own residence.

2. A person employed by a ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.760

Regulations of Division: Generally. The Division may adopt such regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 618.750 to 618.850, inclusive. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.765

Regulations of Division: Standards and procedures.

1. Not later than 60 days after June 28, 1989, the Division shall adopt regulations establishing standards and procedures for the licensure of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.770

Assessments and fees: Establishment; collection; use.

1. The costs of carrying out the provisions of NRS 618.750 to 618.850, inclusive, must be paid from assessments payable by each insurer ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.775

Regulations of State Environmental Commission. The State Environmental Commission shall adopt regulations for the disposal of asbestos and material containing asbestos. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.780

Disposal of asbestos and material containing asbestos. All asbestos and material containing asbestos removed from a building during a project to control asbestos must be disposed of in accordance with ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.785

Provisions and standards not to be used as evidence to deny liability or claim for compensation for exposure to asbestos. Nothing in NRS 618.750 to 618.850, inclusive, including standards adopted ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.790

License required. A person shall not engage in a project for the control of asbestos unless he holds a valid license issued by the Division. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.795

Issuance of licenses by Division.

1. The Division shall issue licenses to qualified applicants in each occupation.

2. The Division may adopt regulations to include within the definition ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.800

Application for license: Requirements and procedures. A person applying for a license in an occupation must:

1. Submit an application on a form prescribed and furnished by the Division, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.801

Application for license: Statement by applicant regarding child support; grounds for denial of license; duty of Division. [Expires by limitation on the date of the repeal of the federal law ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.802

Application for license: Inclusion of social security number of applicant. [Expires by limitation on the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.805

Renewal of license; continuing education or training. [Effective until the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.805

Renewal of license; continuing education or training. [Effective on the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.810

Issuance of license as contractor on basis of status as qualified employee prohibited. The Division shall not issue a license as a contractor for projects for the control of asbestos ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.815

Issuance of license to applicant who holds license issued by another state. The Division may issue a license in an occupation to an applicant who holds a valid license in ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.820

Duties of person licensed as contractor. A person licensed as a contractor for projects for the control of asbestos shall:

1. If a laboratory is used for any aspect ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.825

Employment of unlicensed person by licensed contractor prohibited. A person licensed as a contractor for projects for the control of asbestos shall not employ to engage in activities directly related ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.830

Inspection of projects. The Division or a person authorized by the Division shall inspect annually at least one project for the control of asbestos conducted by each contractor licensed pursuant ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.833

Suspension of license for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of license. [Expires by limitation on the date of the repeal of the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.835

Disciplinary action; owner of building not liable for employment of another contractor after revocation of license of original contractor.

1. If the Division finds that a person, other than ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.840

Notice of intent to revoke license; summary suspension; hearing.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, if the Division intends to revoke a person�s license, it shall first ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.845

Injunctive relief. The Division may maintain in any court of competent jurisdiction a suit for an injunction against any person engaged in the control of asbestos in violation of the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.850

Penalty for acting without license. Any person who engages in the control of asbestos without a license issued by the Division is guilty of a misdemeanor. ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.880

Establishment of safety plans and procedures; certification of cranes; training and certification of crane operators; regulations. The Division shall adopt regulations establishing standards and procedures for the operation of cranes, ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.882

Application for certification as crane operator: Statement by applicant regarding child support; grounds for denial of certification; duty of Division. [Expires by limitation on the date of the repeal of ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.884

Application for certification as crane operator: Inclusion of social security number of applicant. [Expires by limitation on the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.886

Suspension of certification as crane operator for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of certification. [Expires by limitation on the date of the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.890

Regulations establishing safety plans and procedures; training and testing program for employees; exception.

1. The Division shall adopt regulations establishing standards and procedures for places of employment where explosives ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.892

Application for certification as trainer, production manager, supervisor or other person to provide training and testing of employees: Statement by applicant regarding child support; grounds for denial of certification; duty ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.894

Application for certification as trainer, production manager, supervisor or other person to provide training and testing of employees: Inclusion of social security number of applicant. [Expires by limitation on the ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.896

Suspension of certification as trainer, production manager, supervisor or other person to provide training and testing of employees for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.898

Permit for construction or alteration of major process used to protect lives, safety and health of employees: Application; standards for issuance; fee; regulations; exception.

1. No owner or operator ...

Nevada Revised Statutes Section 618.900

Permit for construction or alteration of major process used to protect lives, safety and health of employees: Injunctive relief and penalty for failure to obtain permit. If any person violates ...

Last modified: February 25, 2006