{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-617.352","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 617.352","heading":"Claim for compensation: Duty of treating physician or chiropractic physician to file or delegate duty to medical facility; electronic filing; form and contents; maintenance of forms; penalty.","body":"1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a treating physician or chiropractic physician shall, within 3 working days after first providing treatment to an employee who has incurred an occupational disease, complete and file a claim for compensation with the employer of the employee and the employer’s insurer. If the employer is a self-insured employer, the treating physician or chiropractic physician shall file the claim for compensation with the employer’s third-party administrator. If the physician or chiropractic physician files the claim for compensation by electronic transmission, the physician or chiropractic physician shall, upon request, mail to the insurer or third-party administrator the form that contains the original signatures of the employee and the physician or chiropractic physician. The form must be mailed within 7 days after receiving such a request.\n2. A physician or chiropractic physician who has a duty to file a claim for compensation pursuant to subsection 1 may delegate the duty to a medical facility. If the physician or chiropractic physician delegates the duty to a medical facility:\n(a) The medical facility must comply with the filing requirements set forth in this section; and\n(b) The delegation must be in writing and signed by:\n(1) The physician or chiropractic physician; and\n(2) An authorized representative of the medical facility.\n3. A claim for compensation required by subsection 1 must be filed on a form prescribed by the Administrator.\n4. If a claim for compensation is accompanied by a certificate of disability, the certificate must include a description of any limitation or restrictions on the employee’s ability to work.\n5. Each physician, chiropractic physician and medical facility that treats employees who have incurred occupational diseases, each insurer, third-party administrator and employer, and the Division shall maintain at their offices a sufficient supply of the forms prescribed by the Administrator for filing a claim for compensation.\n6. The Administrator may impose an administrative fine of not more than $1,000 for each violation of subsection 1 on:\n(a) A physician or chiropractic physician; or\n(b) A medical facility if the duty to file the claim for compensation has been delegated to the medical facility pursuant to this section.","path":["TITLE 53 — LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS","CHAPTER 617 - OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES","REPORTS OF OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES AND CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-617.html#NRS617Sec352","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:44Z","sha256":"13d5c4dd7aedde8c812dd24b5f50e4eb17755e0b2f11d62f3c8f45fa80d4ae43","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-617.348","next":"us-nv/nrs-617.354"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}