Title 53

NRS 616C.427 Challenge to determination of average monthly wage; remedy for incorrect average monthly wage. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 3 of NRS 616C.315 and except as otherwise provided in this section, if an injured employee is receiving compensation based o…

NRS 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 and permanent: (a) The total and permanent loss of sight of both eyes. (b) The loss by s…

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. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 616C.175, every emp…

NRS 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 of the award to the insurer all of the former employee’s…

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. 1. An insurer that makes payments of compensation to an injured employee for …

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. 1. An injured employee or the dependents of an injured employee who are entitled to rece…

NRS 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 a permanent total disability caused by an industrial injury or a disablement from an …

NRS 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 to chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS for a permanent total dis…

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. 1. Any claimant or dependent of a claimant who is receiving compensation …

NRS 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 increase pursuant to NRS 616C.465 and who receives less in disability benefits from t…

NRS 616C.473 Annual increase in benefits for permanent total disability. 1. If a claimant or a dependent of a claimant is entitled to receive compensation pursuant to chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS for a permanent total disability caused by an industrial injury or a disa…

NRS 616C.475 Amount and duration of compensation; limitations; cessation of payments; 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 in the employ of an emplo…

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. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, in addition to any othe…

NRS 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 by an accident arising out of and in the course of his or …

NRS 616C.485 Permanent partial disability: Loss of or permanent damage to teeth. The Administrator shall adopt, by regulation, a schedule which, in the judgment of the Administrator, is best calculated to compensate fairly and adequately an injured employee for the loss of, or pe…

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 c…

NRS 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 under the following conditions: (a) A claimant injured on or after July 1, 1973, and before July…

NRS 616C.500 Temporary partial disability: Compensation; time for making first payment or determination regarding payment. 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 to 616D…

NRS 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 employer, within the provisions of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS, the compensation is known as …

NRS 616C.508 Annual increase in death benefits. 1. Any widow, widower, surviving child or surviving dependent parent who is receiving death benefits pursuant to chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS on account of an industrial injury or a disablement from an occupational diseas…

NRS 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 receives death benefits on account of an industrial injury or a disablement from an …

NRS 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 receives death benefits pursuant to chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of N…

NRS 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 pursuant to chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS, but is not entitled to an i…

NRS 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 job the injured employee had before his or her injury. 2. Return the injured employe…

NRS 616C.540 Supervision, ratio and review of uncertified counselors; knowledge of labor market required. An insurer, or a private person or public agency providing vocational rehabilitation services to an insurer, shall: 1. Ensure that the work of a vocational rehabilitation cou…

NRS 616C.541 Appointment of vocational rehabilitation counselor. Where a written assessment is requested pursuant to NRS 616C.550 or where a plan for a program of vocational rehabilitation is required pursuant to NRS 616C.555, a vocational rehabilitation counselor must be appoint…

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. 1. If …

NRS 616C.543 Prohibited acts of vocational rehabilitation counselor. A vocational rehabilitation counselor shall not: 1. Offer payment of compensation in a lump sum in lieu of the provision of vocational rehabilitation services to an injured employee: (a) Without providing writte…

NRS 616C.545 Duty of insurer to determine physical limitations on injured employee’s ability to work. 1. If an employee does not return to work for 28 consecutive calendar days as a result of an injury arising out of and in the course of his or her employment or an occupational d…

NRS 616C.547 General duties of vocational rehabilitation counselor. 1. The primary obligation of a vocational rehabilitation counselor is to the injured employee. 2. A vocational rehabilitation counselor shall not provide services as a vocational rehabilitation counselor, includi…

NRS 616C.550 Written assessment of injured employee. 1. If benefits for a temporary total disability will be paid to an injured employee for more than 90 days, the insurer or the injured employee may request a vocational rehabilitation counselor to prepare a written assessment of…

NRS 616C.555 Plan for program of vocational rehabilitation; regulations. 1. A vocational rehabilitation counselor shall develop a plan for a program of vocational rehabilitation for each injured employee who is eligible for vocational rehabilitation services pursuant to NRS 616C.…

NRS 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, by the insurer at the insurer’s sole discretion; or (b) By order of…

NRS 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 for on-the-job training, if the training is suitable for the injured emplo…

NRS 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 rehabilitation maintenance must cease to be paid to an injured em…

NRS 616C.580 Provision of services outside of State; limited lump-sum payment in lieu of services. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, vocational rehabilitation services must not be provided outside of this State. 2. An injured employee who: (a) Resides outside of th…

NRS 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 an appeals officer must not include the following goods and services: (a) A …

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. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, an injured employee is not eligible for vocational rehabilit…

NRS 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 NRS 616C.590, the insurer and the injured employee may, at any time…

NRS 616C.597 Response to request for payment of compensation in lump sum in lieu of provision of vocational rehabilitation services. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an insurer shall, within 30 days after receiving a written request from an injured employee for pa…

NRS 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 for an injured employee or the paymen…

NRS 616C.700 Duties of insurer who accepts a claim for catastrophic injury; life care plan. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if an insurer accepts a claim for a catastrophic injury, the insurer shall: (a) As soon as reasonably practicable after the date of …

NRS 616C.703 Injured employee may request insurer to administer claim as for catastrophic injury; insurer to issue determination. 1. An injured employee may submit to an insurer a written request for a determination that his or her injury should be administered as a claim for a c…

NRS 616C.707 Insurer to designate claim as for catastrophic injury if injury later satisfies requirements for catastrophic injury. An insurer that did not originally accept a claim as a claim for a catastrophic injury shall designate the claim as a claim for a catastrophic injury…

NRS 616C.710 Rescission or revision of determination of catastrophic injury. An insurer that has accepted a claim for a catastrophic injury may thereafter rescind or revise its original determination that the injury is a catastrophic injury if: 1. Medical evidence supports the re…

NRS 616C.720 Requirements for adjuster who administers claim for catastrophic injury. An adjuster who administers a claim for a catastrophic injury must: 1. Have at least 4 years of experience in adjusting workers’ compensation claims for lost time; or 2. Have at least 2 years of…