Title 53

NRS 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 Division. 2. The Governor shall appoint: (a) Two members who are r…

NRS 618.575 Officers. The members of the Board shall annually select a Chair and Secretary from among themselves. (Added to NRS by 1973, 1020; A 1975, 773)

NRS 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 in NRS 618.605, at such times and places as the Chair may determine; (b) Enact …

NRS 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 day or portion thereof for attendance at meetings of the Board. 2. While engaged in the business of the Board, each…

NRS 618.605 Administrative review: Notice; hearing; notification of family members of deceased employees; 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 notify the Board of su…

NRS 618.625 Assessment, amount, 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 the penalty with respect to the size of the …

NRS 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 be assessed an administrative fine in a monetary amount …

NRS 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 prescribed pursuant to this chapter, must be assessed an administrative fi…

NRS 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 be assessed an administrative fine in a monetary amount authorized pursuant to subse…

NRS 618.665 Refusal to submit records for inspection. Any employer who willfully refuses to submit his or her records for inspection, as provided by NRS 618.325, to the Administrator or the Administrator’s representative must be assessed an administrative fine of $200 for each of…

NRS 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 assessed an administrative fine in a monetary amount authorized pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 618.625 f…

NRS 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 the violation causes the death of any employee, shall be puni…

NRS 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 shall be punished by a fine of not more than $2,000 or by imprisonment in th…

NRS 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 oral or written complaint alleging that a violation of a safety or health standar…

NRS 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 himself or herself out as: (a) An associate safety professional or use i…

NRS 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 violation continuing past the abatement date, each day’s continuance thereof constitutes a separ…

NRS 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 the same premises five or more males and three or more females, to fail to provide separate la…

NRS 618.7301 Definitions. As used in NRS 618.7301 to 618.7318, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 618.7302 to 618.7311, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2019, 3671)

NRS 618.7302 “Alarm” defined. “Alarm” means a mechanical or electronic communication system that does not rely on the vocalization of a person to alert others to an incident of workplace violence. (Added to NRS by 2019, 3671)

NRS 618.7303 “Dangerous weapon” defined. “Dangerous weapon” means an item capable of inflicting death or serious bodily injury, regardless of whether the item was designed for that purpose. (Added to NRS by 2019, 3671)

NRS 618.7304 “Engineering control” defined. “Engineering control” means an aspect of a building, other designed space or device that removes a hazard from the workplace or creates a barrier between an employee or other provider of care and the hazard. The term includes one or mor…

NRS 618.7305 “Medical facility” defined. “Medical facility” means: 1. A hospital, as defined in NRS 449.012; 2. A psychiatric hospital, as defined in NRS 449.0165; 3. An agency to provide nursing in the home, as defined in NRS 449.0015, that has at least 50 employees; 4. An indep…

NRS 618.7306 “Patient-specific risk factor” defined. “Patient-specific risk factor” means a factor specific to a patient that may increase the likelihood or severity of an incident of workplace violence. The term includes one or more of the following: 1. The mental health of a pa…

NRS 618.7307 “Public safety agency” defined. “Public safety agency” means: 1. A public fire department, fire protection district or other agency of this State or a political subdivision of this State, the primary functions of which are to control, extinguish and suppress fires; 2…

NRS 618.7308 “Security guard” defined. “Security guard” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 648.016. (Added to NRS by 2019, 3672)

NRS 618.7309 “Threat of violence” defined. “Threat of violence” means a statement or conduct that: 1. Results in a reasonable person fearing for his or her safety because of the likelihood of physical injury; and 2. Has no legitimate purpose. (Added to NRS by 2019, 3672)

NRS 618.7310 “Work practice control” defined. “Work practice control” means a procedure or rule that is used to reduce the risk of workplace violence, including, without limitation: 1. Assigning and placing staff in a manner that reduces patient-specific risk factors; 2. Employin…

NRS 618.7311 “Workplace violence” defined. “Workplace violence” means any act of violence or threat of violence that occurs at a medical facility, except for a lawful act of self-defense or defense of another person. The term includes, without limitation: 1. The use or threatened…

NRS 618.7312 Medical facility required to establish committee on workplace safety and develop plan relating to workplace violence; contents of plan. 1. A medical facility shall: (a) Establish a committee on workplace safety, which must consist of: (1) If a staffing committee has …

NRS 618.7313 Requirements for training provided under plan relating to workplace violence; medical facility required to collaborate with committee on workplace violence. 1. The training provided under the plan developed pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 618.7312 mu…

NRS 618.7314 Requirements for procedures included in plan relating to response and investigation of incidents of workplace violence. The procedures for responding to and investigating incidents of workplace violence included in the plan adopted pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsec…

NRS 618.7315 Duties of medical facility. 1. A medical facility shall: (a) Ensure that the plan developed pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 618.7312 is effectively implemented at all times and in all units, areas and locations of the medical facility. (b) Coordinate…

NRS 618.7316 Records related to workplace violence: Duty of medical facility to maintain and make available to Division; prohibitions on certain content, maintenance and disclosure. 1. A medical facility shall maintain and make available to the Division upon request records relat…

NRS 618.7317 Regulations. 1. The Division shall, in consultation with the Health Care Purchasing and Compliance Division of the Nevada Health Authority, define by regulation the term “unit” for the purposes of NRS 618.7301 to 618.7318, inclusive. 2. In addition to the regulations…

NRS 618.7318 Medical facility to submit annual summary of workplace injuries and illnesses; Division to make available certain summaries and reports. 1. A medical facility shall submit to the Division the most current annual summary of workplace injuries and illnesses compiled pu…

NRS 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); (c) Amosite (cummingtonite-grunerite); (d) Anthophyllite; (e) Tre…

NRS 618.755 Scope. NRS 618.750 to 618.850, inclusive, does not apply to: 1. The control of asbestos by a person in his or her own residence. 2. A person employed by a public utility which supplies electricity when performing emergency activities which include, but are not limited…

NRS 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. (Added to NRS by 1989, 1280; A 1993, 1886)

NRS 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 each occupation which are at least as stringent as those contained in the …

NRS 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 based upon expected annual expenditures for claims. The Division shall adopt r…

NRS 618.775 Regulations of State Environmental Commission. The State Environmental Commission shall adopt regulations for the disposal of asbestos and material containing asbestos. (Added to NRS by 1989, 1280)

NRS 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 the regulations adopted by the State Environmental Commission for t…

NRS 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 pursuant thereto, may be used as evidence: 1. To deny liability in an ac…

NRS 618.790 License required. A person shall not engage in a project for the control of asbestos unless the person holds a valid license issued by the Division. (Added to NRS by 1989, 1277; A 1993, 1887)

NRS 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 of “occupation” any discipline deemed necessary, including that of instructor in t…

NRS 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, accompanied by a fee prescribed by the Division; 2. Successfully complete a course…