Title 53

NRS 616B.011 Request for health care records; fees. 1. If an injured employee or his or her legal representative requests health care records from an insurer, third-party administrator or employer pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 616B.012, any other provision of chapters 616A to 6…

NRS 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 NRS 239.0115, 607.217, 616B.011, 616B.015, 616B.021 and 616C.205, information obtained from any…

NRS 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 2 and NRS 239.0115 and 607.217, the records…

NRS 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 that will make information concerning the claimants of an …

NRS 616B.021 Files of claims: Availability; maintenance; inspection; reproduction. 1. An insurer shall make the files of claims available for inspection and reproduction: (a) At an office operated by the insurer, its third-party administrator or a legal representative of the insu…

NRS 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 similar importance for the period July 1, 1913, to January 1, 1947, …

NRS 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; requirement of availability for communication in real time. 1…

NRS 616B.0275 Location of administration of claims; authority of Commissioner to waive requirements and adopt regulations. 1. An employee of a private carrier who is licensed as a company adjuster pursuant to chapter 684A of NRS or a person who acts as a third-party administrator…

NRS 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 or work program, whether the program is operated by an institution of the Department of…

NRS 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 a county jail, city jail or other local detention facility, while engaged in…

NRS 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 carrier: (a) Must be in writing; (b) Must contain the insuring agr…

NRS 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 a policy of industrial insurance to an employer that does not cover eac…

NRS 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 of insurance, to a person who employs a domestic worker for the term of that worker’…

NRS 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 of insured employer may not be raised by insurer against claima…

NRS 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 organization or association of employers as a group if…

NRS 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 of offering health care services pursuant to chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS, the in…

NRS 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 may be invested by the State Treasurer in accordance with the provisions of NRS 355.140,…

NRS 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 Insurance System shall continue to hold in trust any money paid to the System for th…

NRS 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 deduction from liability on account of reinsurance for reinsurance ceded to an assuming a…

NRS 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 the State Insurance Fund at the time of the repeal shall be subject to such disposit…

NRS 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 in subsection 2: (a) A principal contractor or an o…

NRS 616B.222 Determination of total amount paid to employees for services performed during policy year. [Effective October 1, 2026.] 1. To determine the total amount paid to employees for services performed, the maximum amount paid to any one employee during a policy year shall b…

NRS 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 employer who is not a self-insured employer or a member of an association of…

NRS 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 in subsection 2, an employer shall: (a) Make a copy of each…

NRS 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 district and other political subdivision of this State s…

NRS 616B.300 Qualification as self-insured employer: Establishment of financial ability to pay; deposit or security; evidence of excess insurance; Account for Self-Insured Employers. 1. An employer may qualify and remain qualified as a self-insured employer by establishing to the…

NRS 616B.303 Standard for insolvency. For the purposes of NRS 616B.306, 616B.309 and 616B.318, an employer is insolvent if the employer’s assets are less than the employer’s liabilities. (Added to NRS by 1985, 582)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.2915)

NRS 616B.306 Commissioner may sell securities or institute proceedings on surety bonds of self-insured employer to pay claims. If a self-insured employer becomes insolvent, institutes any voluntary proceeding under the Bankruptcy Act or is named in any involuntary proceeding ther…

NRS 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 any insolvent self-insured employer. 2. All m…

NRS 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, the Commissioner shall issue a certificate to tha…

NRS 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 any change in ownership or control of the empl…

NRS 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) Shall withdraw the certification of a self-insured employer if…

NRS 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 self-insured employer has terminated fails to pay compensation pursua…

NRS 616B.324 Self-insured employer liable for violation by employer’s 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 the self-insured employer, and if he or she violates any provision of this ch…

NRS 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 taken pursuant to subsection 2, the Commissioner of Insuranc…

NRS 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 679B.310, except that any such appeal must be filed within the time set fort…

NRS 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 under NRS 616B.300 must remain on deposit for a period of at least 36 months …

NRS 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 financial statements audited by an independent certified public accountant, or foreign…

NRS 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 not act as an association of self-insured publ…

NRS 616B.353 Indemnity agreement; policy of excess insurance; assessment; bond or similar security; minimum combined tangible net worth; combined net cash flows; bond required of association’s administrator or third-party administrator; Account for Associations of Self-Insured Pu…

NRS 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 form of security required by the provisions of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, o…

NRS 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. The Commissioner shall grant or deny …

NRS 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 for providing compensation due the empl…

NRS 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 members whom the members of the association elect for terms set forth in the bylaws …

NRS 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 for the money collected and disbursed by the association. …

NRS 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 associa…