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NV Rev Stat § 616C.585 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|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 motor vehicle.  (b) Repairs to an injured employee’s motor vehicle.  (c) Tools and equipment normally provided to the injured employee by his or her employer during the course of his or her employment.  (d) Care for the injured employee’s children.  2. An injured employee is entitled to receive the goods and services set forth in subsection 1 only if the insurer of the injured employee determines that such goods and services are reasonably necessary.  3. Vocational rehabilitation services ordered by an insurer may include the formal education of the injured employee only if:  (a) The priorities set forth in NRS 616C.530 for returning an injured employee to work are followed;  (b) The education is recommended by a plan for a program of vocational rehabilitation developed pursuant to NRS 616C.555; and  (c) A written proposal concerning the probable economic benefits to the employee and the necessity of the education is submitted to the insurer.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 668; A 1997, 1441)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.595 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|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 during the employee’s eligibility for such services, execute a written agreement providing for the payment of compensation in a lump sum in lieu of the provision of vocational rehabilitation services. An insurer’s refusal to execute such an agreement may not be appealed.  2. If the insurer and the injured employee execute an agreement pursuant to subsection 1, the acceptance of the payment of compensation in a lump sum by the injured employee extinguishes the right of the injured employee to receive vocational rehabilitation services under the injured employee’s claim. Except as otherwise required by federal law, an injured employee shall not receive vocational rehabilitation services from any state agency after the injured employee accepts payment of compensation in a lump sum pursuant to this section.  3. Before executing an agreement pursuant to subsection 1, an insurer shall:  (a) Order an assessment of and counseling concerning the vocational skills of the injured employee, unless the provisions of subsection 3 of NRS 616C.580 are applicable;  (b) Consult with the employer of the injured employee; and  (c) Provide a written notice to the injured employee that contains the following statements:  (1) That the injured employee is urged to seek assistance and advice from the Nevada Attorney for Injured Workers or to consult with a private attorney before signing the agreement.  (2) That the injured employee may rescind the agreement within 20 days after the injured employee signs it.  (3) That the 20-day period pursuant to subparagraph (2) may not be waived.  (4) That acceptance by the injured employee of payment of compensation in a lump sum in lieu of the provision of vocational rehabilitation services extinguishes the right of the injured employee to receive such services.  4. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 616C.580, any payment of compensation in a lump sum in lieu of the provision of vocational rehabilitation services must not be less than 55 percent of the maximum amount of vocational rehabilitation maintenance due to the injured employee pursuant to NRS 616C.555.  5. No payment of compensation in a lump sum may be made pursuant to this section until the 20-day period provided for the rescission of the agreement has expired.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 2396; A 1993, 753; 1995, 2159; 2005, 210; 2007, 3362; 2019, 3976)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.597 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|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 payment of compensation in a lump sum in lieu of the provision of vocational rehabilitation services, respond in writing to the request and, if the insurer agrees to the request, include in the response:  (a) The amount of the lump sum that the insurer is offering to pay;  (b) A statement that the injured employee has 30 days after the date of the written response to accept or reject the lump-sum offer; and  (c) A statement indicating that, if the injured employee rejects the lump-sum offer, the injured employee must continue working with his or her vocational rehabilitation counselor in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto.  2. An insurer need only respond to a written request from an injured employee for payment of compensation in a lump sum in lieu of the provision of vocational rehabilitation services if the injured employee is eligible for vocational rehabilitation services.  (Added to NRS by 2007, 3344)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.600 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|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 payment of compensation in a lump sum for vocational rehabilitation.  2. An insurer, an employer and an injured employee may execute an agreement concerning self-employment.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 2394) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 616.573)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.703 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|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 catastrophic injury.  2. If an employee submits a written request to an insurer pursuant to subsection 1, the insurer shall issue a written determination concerning the request not later than 30 days after receipt of the request.  (Added to NRS by 2011, 718)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.707 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|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 if at any time after the claim is accepted the injury satisfies the requirements for a catastrophic injury.  (Added to NRS by 2011, 718)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.710 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|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 rescission or revision;  2. The injured employee is stable and ratable; or  3. Other circumstances warrant such a rescission or revision.  (Added to NRS by 2009, 2779)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.720 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|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 experience in adjusting workers’ compensation claims for lost time and work under the direct supervision of an adjuster who has at least 4 years of experience in adjusting such claims.  (Added to NRS by 2009, 2779; A 2011, 720)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.730 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|NRS 616C.730 - Policy of insurance required to include coverage for services provided through telehealth; limitations.

  1. Every policy of insurance issued pursuant to chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS must include coverage for services provided to an employee through telehealth to the same extent as though provided in person or by other means.   2. An insurer shall not:  (a) Require an employee to establish a relationship in person with a provider of health care or provide any additional consent to or reason for obtaining services through telehealth as a condition to providing the coverage described in subsection 1;   (b) Require a provider of health care to demonstrate that it is necessary to provide services to an employee through telehealth or receive any additional type of certification or license to provide services through telehealth as a condition to providing the coverage described in subsection 1;  (c) Refuse to provide the coverage described in subsection 1 because of the distant site from which a provider of health care provides services through telehealth or the originating site at which an employee receives services through telehealth; or  (d) Require covered services to be provided through telehealth as a condition to providing coverage for such services.  3. A policy of insurance issued pursuant to chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS must not require an employee to obtain prior authorization for any service provided through telehealth that is not required for the service when provided in person. Such a policy of insurance may require prior authorization for a service provided through telehealth if such prior authorization would be required if the service were provided in person or by other means.  4. The provisions of this section do not require an insurer to:  (a) Ensure that covered services are available to an employee through telehealth at a particular originating site;  (b) Provide coverage for a service that is not a covered service or that is not provided by a covered provider of health care; or  (c) Enter into a contract with any provider of health care or cover any service if the insurer is not otherwise required by law to do so.  5. A policy of insurance subject to the provisions of chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS that is delivered, issued for delivery or renewed on or after July 1, 2015, has the legal effect of including the coverage required by this section, and any provision of the policy or the renewal which is in conflict with this section is void.  6. As used in this section:  (a) "Distant site" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 629.515.  (b) "Originating site" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 629.515.  (c) "Provider of health care" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 439.820.  (d) "Telehealth" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 629.515.  (Added to NRS by 2015, 635)
NV Rev Stat § 616D.010 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616D - Industrial Insurance: Prohibited Acts; Penalties; Prosecution|NRS 616D.010 - Penalties and remedies are cumulative; exceptions.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 616A.020, 616B.600 and 616C.190, no penalty or remedy provided in this chapter or chapter 616A, 616B or 616C of NRS is exclusive of any other penalty or remedy, but is cumulative and in addition to every other penalty or remedy and may be exercised without exhausting and without regard to any other penalty or remedy provided by those chapters or any other statute.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 685) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 616.740)
NV Rev Stat § 616D.020 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616D - Industrial Insurance: Prohibited Acts; Penalties; Prosecution|NRS 616D.020 - Immunity from criminal penalty or civil action for libel, slander or similar tort for disclosure of information relating to violation.

No person is subject to any criminal penalty or civil liability for libel, slander or any similar cause of action in tort if the person, without malice, discloses information relating to a violation of any of the provisions of NRS 616D.200, 616D.220, 616D.240, 616D.300, 616D.310 or 616D.350 to 616D.440, inclusive, or any fraud in the administration of this chapter or chapter 616A, 616B, 616C or 617 of NRS or in the provision of benefits for industrial insurance.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 685; A 2011, 841)
NV Rev Stat § 616D.030 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616D - Industrial Insurance: Prohibited Acts; Penalties; Prosecution|NRS 616D.030 - Limitation of liability of insurer or third-party administrator; administrative fines are exclusive remedies.

  1. No cause of action may be brought or maintained against an insurer or a third-party administrator who violates any provision of this chapter or chapter 616A, 616B, 616C or 617 of NRS.  2. The administrative fines provided for in NRS 616B.318 and 616D.120 are the exclusive remedies for any violation of this chapter or chapter 616A, 616B, 616C or 617 of NRS committed by an insurer or a third-party administrator.  (Added to NRS by 1995, 2122)
NV Rev Stat § 616D.050 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616D - Industrial Insurance: Prohibited Acts; Penalties; Prosecution|NRS 616D.050 - Power of hearing officers, appeals officers and Administrator when conducting hearings or other proceedings.

  1. Appeals officers, the Administrator, and the Administrator’s designee, in conducting hearings or other proceedings pursuant to the provisions of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS or regulations adopted pursuant to those chapters may:  (a) Issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of any witness or the production of books, accounts, papers, records and documents.  (b) Administer oaths.  (c) Certify to official acts.  (d) Call and examine under oath any witness or party to a claim.  (e) Maintain order.  (f) Rule upon all questions arising during the course of a hearing or proceeding.  (g) Permit discovery by deposition or interrogatories.  (h) Initiate and hold conferences for the settlement or simplification of issues.  (i) Dispose of procedural requests or similar matters.  (j) Generally regulate and guide the course of a pending hearing or proceeding.  2. Hearing officers, in conducting hearings or other proceedings pursuant to the provisions of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS or regulations adopted pursuant to those chapters, may:  (a) Issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of any witness or the production of books, accounts, papers, records and documents that are relevant to the dispute for which the hearing or other proceeding is being held.  (b) Maintain order.  (c) Permit discovery by deposition or interrogatories.  (d) Initiate and hold conferences for the settlement or simplification of issues.  (e) Dispose of procedural requests or similar matters.  (f) Generally regulate and guide the course of a pending hearing or proceeding.  (Added to NRS by 1975, 761; A 1977, 313; 1979, 1044; 1981, 1139, 1461; 1983, 355; 1991, 832, 2402; 1993, 708; 1999, 227, 1728, 1737)
NV Rev Stat § 616D.060 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616D - Industrial Insurance: Prohibited Acts; Penalties; Prosecution|NRS 616D.060 - Disciplinary action by hearing officer or panel: Procedural requirements; powers and duties of officer or panel; appeals.

  1. Any disciplinary action taken by a hearing officer or panel pursuant to NRS 616A.467 is subject to the same procedural requirements which apply to disciplinary actions taken by the Commissioner or Administrator, and the board or panel has the same powers and duties given to the Commissioner or Administrator in relation thereto.  2. A decision of the hearing officer or panel relating to the imposition of an administrative fine is a final decision in a contested case. Any party aggrieved by a decision of the officer or panel to withdraw the certification of a self-insured employer or an association of self-insured public or private employers or the authorization of a private carrier may appeal that decision to the Commissioner.  (Added to NRS by 1983, 1532; A 1993, 709; 1995, 2014)
NV Rev Stat § 616D.065 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616D - Industrial Insurance: Prohibited Acts; Penalties; Prosecution|NRS 616D.065 - Disciplinary action by appeals officer: Order requiring attorney or representative of party to pay certain costs incurred because of continuance or delay in scheduled hearing.

  1. An appeals officer, in conducting hearings or other proceedings pursuant to the provisions of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS or regulations adopted pursuant to those chapters, may order the attorney or representative of a party to pay any costs that are incurred by the Hearings Division of the Department of Administration for a court reporter or an interpreter.  2. Before ordering the payment of such costs, the appeals officer must find that the costs were incurred because the attorney or representative of a party caused a continuance or delay in a scheduled hearing by the failure of the attorney or representative, as applicable, without good cause, to comply with an order of the appeals officer or a regulation adopted pursuant to chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS.  (Added to NRS by 1997, 3091; A 1999, 227)
NV Rev Stat § 616D.070 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616D - Industrial Insurance: Prohibited Acts; Penalties; Prosecution|NRS 616D.070 - Enforcement of orders, subpoenas and other procedures relating to hearing.

If any person:  1. Disobeys an order of an appeals officer, a hearing officer, the Administrator or the Administrator’s designee, or a subpoena issued by the Administrator, Administrator’s designee, appeals officer, hearing officer, inspector or examiner;  2. Refuses to permit an inspection; or  3. As a witness, refuses to testify to any matter for which the person may be lawfully interrogated,  the district judge of the county in which the person resides, on application of the appeals officer, the hearing officer, the Administrator or the Administrator’s designee, shall compel obedience by attachment proceedings as for contempt, as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of subpoenas issued from the court on a refusal to testify therein.  [48:168:1947; 1943 NCL § 2680.48] — (NRS A 1975, 762; 1977, 313; 1979, 1043; 1981, 1139, 1461; 1983, 356; 1993, 709; 1999, 1729)
NV Rev Stat § 616D.080 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616D - Industrial Insurance: Prohibited Acts; Penalties; Prosecution|NRS 616D.080 - Fees: Officers serving subpoenas; witnesses; procedure for payment.

  1. Each officer who serves a subpoena is entitled to receive the same fees as a sheriff.  2. Each witness who appears, in obedience to a subpoena which has been issued pursuant to this chapter or chapter 616A, 616B, 616C or 617 of NRS, before an appeals officer, a hearing officer, the Administrator or the Administrator’s designee, is entitled to receive for his or her attendance the fees and mileage provided for witnesses in civil cases in courts of record. For subpoenas issued on behalf of this State or an officer or agency thereof, the fees and mileage are not required to be tendered at the same time that the subpoena is delivered to the person named therein.  3. The appeals officer, hearing officer, Administrator or the Administrator’s designee shall:  (a) Authorize payment from his or her administrative budget of the fees and mileage due to such a witness; or  (b) Impose those costs upon the party at whose instance the witness was subpoenaed or, for good cause shown, upon any other party.  [49:168:1947; 1943 NCL § 2680.49] — (NRS A 1975, 762; 1977, 313; 1979, 1043; 1981, 1462; 1983, 356, 1293; 1993, 709; 1999, 227, 1729, 1738)
NV Rev Stat § 616D.090 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616D - Industrial Insurance: Prohibited Acts; Penalties; Prosecution|NRS 616D.090 - Depositions of witnesses.

  1. In an investigation, the Administrator or a hearing officer may cause depositions of witnesses residing within or without the State to be taken in the manner prescribed by law and Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure for taking depositions in civil actions in courts of record.  2. After the initiation of a claim under the provisions of this chapter or chapter 616A, 616B, 616C or 617 of NRS, in which a claimant or other party is entitled to a hearing on the merits, any party to the proceeding may, in the manner prescribed by law and the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure for taking written interrogatories and depositions in civil actions in courts of record:  (a) Serve upon any other party written interrogatories to be answered by the party served; or  (b) Take the testimony of any person, including a party, by deposition upon oral examination.  [50:168:1947; 1943 NCL § 2680.50] — (NRS A 1975, 762; 1979, 1043; 1981, 1462) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 616.240)
NV Rev Stat § 616D.100 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616D - Industrial Insurance: Prohibited Acts; Penalties; Prosecution|NRS 616D.100 - Transcripts: Introduction in evidence; availability to parties.

  1. A transcribed copy of the evidence and proceedings, or any specific part thereof, of any final hearing or investigation, made by a stenographer appointed by an appeals officer, a hearing officer, the Administrator or the Administrator’s designee, being certified by that stenographer to be a true and correct transcript of the testimony in the final hearing or investigation, or of a particular witness, or of a specific part thereof, and carefully compared by the stenographer with his or her original notes, and to be a correct statement of the evidence and proceedings had on the final hearing or investigation so purporting to be taken and transcribed, may be received in evidence with the same effect as if the stenographer had been present and testified to the facts so certified.  2. A copy of the transcript must be furnished on demand to any party upon the payment of the fee required for transcripts in courts of record.  [51:168:1947; NCL § 2680.51] — (NRS A 1967, 39; 1973, 1597; 1975, 762; 1977, 314; 1979, 1044; 1981, 1462; 1983, 356; 1993, 710; 1999, 1730)