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- NRS 616C.210 · Compensation of nonresident alien dependents; notification of dependent required.
- NRS 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 dependents and of insurer or Administrator; notification and payment of insurer or Administrator; instructions to jury; calculation of employer’s premium.
- NRS 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; collection.
- NRS 616C.223 · Application for entry of summary judgment: Conditions; notice to employer; filing requirements; entry of judgment; service of judgment; recordation of judgment; lien upon property of employer; extension of lien.
- NRS 616C.225 · Misrepresentation or concealment of fact to obtain benefits: Insurer entitled to reimbursement or deduction from benefits; appeal of determination; alternative remedies.
- NRS 616C.230 · Grounds for denial, reduction or suspension of compensation; evidence of and examination for use of alcohol or controlled substance.
- NRS 616C.232 · Denial of compensation for temporary total disability because of discharge for misconduct.
- NRS 616C.235 · Closure of claim by insurer: Procedure; notice; special procedure if medical benefits less than $800.
- NRS 616C.245 · Injured employee entitled to accident benefits; limitation on receipt of modified motor vehicle as accident benefit; regulations establishing maximum benefit.
- NRS 616C.250 · Establishment, revision and compliance with standards of care for provision of accident benefits.
- NRS 616C.255 · Premium for accident benefits paid by employer; accident benefits provided by private carrier; separate account for accident benefits.
- NRS 616C.260 · Fees and charges for accident benefits: Restrictions; establishment and revision of schedule; powers and duties of Administrator; administrative penalty for refusal to provide information; regulations.
- NRS 616C.265 · Election by employer to provide accident benefits; reporting requirements; payment of assessments.
- NRS 616C.266 · Insurer entitled to reimbursement for payment of annual increase in compensation for permanent total disability; required proof of payment; duties of Administrator; appeal; assessments to reimburse insurers; reimbursement may be applied towards current or future assessment.
- NRS 616C.268 · Insurer entitled to reimbursement for payment of increase in death benefits; required proof of payment; duties of Administrator; appeal; assessments to reimburse insurers; reimbursement may be applied towards current or future assessment.
- NRS 616C.270 · Employers to notify Administrator when injured employee receives medical services.
- NRS 616C.275 · Change of physicians, chiropractic physicians or other requirements; cost of change borne by insurer; cause of action of injured employee assigned to private carrier.
- NRS 616C.280 · Withdrawal of approval for employer to provide accident benefits: Grounds supporting withdrawal.
- NRS 616C.285 · Withdrawal of approval for employer to provide accident benefits: Request for hearing; notice of decision.
- NRS 616C.295 · Duties of Chief of Hearings Division: Adoption of regulations establishing codes of conduct for hearing officers and appeals officers, standards for initial training and continuing education and qualifications for hearing officers; expediting of certain cases; publication of calendar of matters before hearing officers and appeals officers; annual report.
- NRS 616C.300 · Hearing officers: Appointment; salary; disqualification from particular case.
- NRS 616C.305 · Procedure for appeal of final determination of organization for managed care which has contracted with insurer.
- NRS 616C.310 · Contested cases: Procedures; format; redaction of personal identifying information; representation of insurer or employer by legal counsel or other agent.
- NRS 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.
- NRS 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.
- NRS 616C.325 · Representation of employee and employer before hearing 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 not be contingent on outcome.
- NRS 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.
- NRS 616C.335 · Award of interest and costs; limitation; claimant’s memorandum of costs; insurer’s determination letter regarding requested costs; payment of allowed costs; request for appeal by aggrieved party.
- NRS 616C.340 · Appointment, term, qualifications and salary of appeals officers and special appeals officers; deemed civil officers of this State; conflicts of interest; removal; finality of decision by appeals officer.
- NRS 616C.345 · Notice of appeal; notice of contested claim; prerequisites to scheduling of hearing on appeal; effect of appeal on enforcement of decision of hearing officer; setting of date, time and place for hearing on appeal; continuances.
- NRS 616C.350 · Testimony of physician, chiropractic physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse before appeals officer; privileged communications.
- NRS 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.
- NRS 616C.360 · Record of hearing before appeals officer; rules of evidence; evaluation of injured employee; submission to independent review organization; powers and duties of appeals officer; transcripts; issuance of decision.
- NRS 616C.363 · External review: Duties of independent review organization; contents and submission of decision by organization; costs; regulations.
- NRS 616C.365 · Reimbursement of employee’s expenses incurred and wages lost as result of hearing requested by employer or insurer; regulations.
- NRS 616C.370 · Judicial review; requirements that are jurisdictional; service and filing of final decision issued by court.
- NRS 616C.375 · Stay of decision of appeals officer; grounds for stay of decision.
- NRS 616C.380 · Payment pending appeal when decision not stayed; effect of final resolution of claim.
- NRS 616C.385 · Costs and attorney’s fees for frivolous petitions for judicial review.
- NRS 616C.390 · Reopening claim: General requirements and procedure; limitations; applicability.
- NRS 616C.392 · Reopening claim: Circumstances under which insurer is required to reopen claim for permanent partial disability.
- NRS 616C.400 · Minimum duration of incapacity; exceptions.
- NRS 616C.405 · Limitations on benefits received by employee.
- NRS 616C.408 · Restrictive endorsements on checks issued by insurers.
- NRS 616C.409 · Direct deposit of compensation.
- NRS 616C.410 · Prohibition of settlements paid in lump sum; exceptions.
- NRS 616C.412 · Purchase of annuity by insurer to ensure payment of claim; adoption of regulations by Commissioner.
- NRS 616C.415 · Written explanation of alternative settlements to be given to employee or dependents.
- NRS 616C.420 · Method of determining average monthly wage.
- NRS 616C.425 · Date of determination of amount of compensation and benefits.
- NRS 616C.427 · Challenge to determination of average monthly wage; remedy for incorrect average monthly wage.
- NRS 616C.435 · Injuries deemed total and permanent.
- NRS 616C.440 · Amount and duration of compensation; limitations; effect of income earned by injured employee on payment for claim for certain occupational diseases; effect of previous award of compensation.
- NRS 616C.445 · Recipient of compensation to report annual earnings; payments suspended if report not made.
- NRS 616C.447 · Insurer required to make certain accountings to injured employee who is entitled to compensation for permanent total disability; additional accountings may be requested by injured employee.
- NRS 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.
- NRS 616C.455 · Increase in benefits for permanent total disability incurred before April 9, 1971.
- NRS 616C.460 · Additional increase in benefits for permanent total disability incurred before July 1, 1973.
- NRS 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.
- NRS 616C.470 · Increase in benefits for permanent total disability if claimant is entitled to benefits for disability from federal social security system.
- NRS 616C.473 · Annual increase in benefits for permanent total disability.
- NRS 616C.475 · Amount and duration of compensation; limitations; cessation of payments; requirements for certification of disability; offer of light-duty employment.
- NRS 616C.477 · Compensation for lost wages incurred by employee who receives medical treatment after returning to work; prohibition against employer requiring employee to use personal leave for such treatment.
- NRS 616C.480 · Reduction of benefits for previous injury causing permanent partial disability prohibited.
- NRS 616C.485 · Permanent partial disability: Loss of or permanent damage to teeth.
- NRS 616C.490 · Permanent partial disability: Compensation; selection of and evaluation by rating physician or chiropractic physician; required commencement of installment payments for portion of award not in dispute; Administrator to publish annual report of rating physicians and chiropractic physicians selected to conduct evaluations to determine disabilities.
- NRS 616C.495 · Permanent partial disability: Payments in lump sum.
- NRS 616C.500 · Temporary partial disability: Compensation; time for making first payment or determination regarding payment.
- NRS 616C.505 · Amount and duration of compensation.
- NRS 616C.508 · Annual increase in death benefits.
- NRS 616C.510 · Increased death benefits if injury or disablement occurred before July 1, 1973.
- NRS 616C.515 · Additional increase in death benefits if injury or disablement occurred before July 1, 1973.
- NRS 616C.520 · Increased death benefits if injury or disablement occurred on or after July 1, 1973.
- NRS 616C.530 · Priorities for returning injured employee to work.
- NRS 616C.540 · Supervision, ratio and review of uncertified counselors; knowledge of labor market required.
- NRS 616C.541 · Appointment of vocational rehabilitation counselor.
- NRS 616C.542 · Prohibiting vocational rehabilitation counselor employed by entity administering injured employee’s case from providing services to injured employee without provision of certain written disclosures; right of injured employee to be assigned alternate counselor.
- NRS 616C.543 · Prohibited acts of vocational rehabilitation counselor.
- NRS 616C.545 · Duty of insurer to determine physical limitations on injured employee’s ability to work.
- NRS 616C.547 · General duties of vocational rehabilitation counselor.
- NRS 616C.550 · Written assessment of injured employee.
- NRS 616C.555 · Plan for program of vocational rehabilitation; regulations.
- NRS 616C.560 · Extension of program for vocational rehabilitation.
- NRS 616C.570 · On-the-job training as component of plan for program of vocational rehabilitation.
- NRS 616C.575 · Payment of vocational rehabilitation maintenance.
- NRS 616C.580 · Provision of services outside of State; limited lump-sum payment in lieu of services.
- NRS 616C.585 · Limit on goods and services which may be provided; exceptions.
- NRS 616C.590 · Eligibility for services; effect of incarceration; effect of refusing services offered by insurer; effect of inability of insurer to locate injured employee.
- NRS 616C.595 · Agreements for payment of compensation in lump sum in lieu of provision of vocational rehabilitation services.
- NRS 616C.597 · Response to request for payment of compensation in lump sum in lieu of provision of vocational rehabilitation services.
- NRS 616C.600 · Orders for self-employment or payment of compensation in lump sum for vocational rehabilitation prohibited; agreements concerning self-employment authorized.
- NRS 616C.700 · Duties of insurer who accepts a claim for catastrophic injury; life care plan.
- NRS 616C.703 · Injured employee may request insurer to administer claim as for catastrophic injury; insurer to issue determination.
- NRS 616C.707 · Insurer to designate claim as for catastrophic injury if injury later satisfies requirements for catastrophic injury.
- NRS 616C.710 · Rescission or revision of determination of catastrophic injury.
- NRS 616C.720 · Requirements for adjuster who administers claim for catastrophic injury.
- NRS 616C.730 · Policy of insurance required to include coverage for services provided through telehealth; limitations.
- NRS 616D.010 · Penalties and remedies are cumulative; exceptions.
- NRS 616D.020 · Immunity from criminal penalty or civil action for libel, slander or similar tort for disclosure of information relating to violation.
- NRS 616D.030 · Limitation of liability of insurer or third-party administrator; administrative fines are exclusive remedies.