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NV Rev Stat § 616C.270 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|NRS 616C.270 - Employers to notify Administrator when injured employee receives medical services.

  1. Every employer who has elected to provide accident benefits for his or her injured employees shall prepare and submit a written report to the Administrator:  (a) Within 6 days after any accident if an injured employee is examined or treated by a physician or chiropractor; and  (b) If the injured employee receives additional medical services.  2. The Administrator shall review each report to determine whether the employer is furnishing the accident benefits required by chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS.  3. The content and form of the written reports must be prescribed by the Administrator.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 393; A 1981, 1476; 1985, 1545) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 616.417)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.275 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|NRS 616C.275 - Change of physicians, chiropractors or other requirements; cost of change borne by insurer; cause of action of injured employee assigned to private carrier.

  1. If the Administrator finds that the employer is furnishing the requirements of accident benefits in such a manner that there are reasonable grounds for believing that the health, life or recovery of the employee is being endangered or impaired thereby, or that an employer has failed to provide benefits pursuant to NRS 616C.265 for which he or she has made arrangements, the Administrator may, upon application of the employee, or upon the Administrator’s own motion, order a change of physicians or chiropractors or of any other requirements of accident benefits.  2. If the Administrator orders a change of physicians or chiropractors or of any other accident benefits, the cost of the change must be borne by the insurer.  3. The cause of action of an injured employee against an employer insured by a private carrier must be assigned to the private carrier.  [Part 58:168:1947; 1943 NCL § 2680.58] — (NRS A 1973, 602; 1975, 797; 1981, 1168, 1476; 1985, 308, 1545; 1993, 724; 1995, 2027; 1999, 1785)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.280 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|NRS 616C.280 - Withdrawal of approval for employer to provide accident benefits: Grounds supporting withdrawal.

The Administrator may withdraw his or her approval of an employer’s providing accident benefits for his or her employees and require the employer to pay the premium collected pursuant to NRS 616C.255 if the employer intentionally:  1. Determines incorrectly that a claimed injury did not arise out of and in the course of the employee’s employment;  2. Fails to advise an injured employee of the employee’s rights under chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS;  3. Impedes the determination of disability or benefits by delaying a needed change of an injured employee’s physician or chiropractor;  4. Causes an injured employee to file a legal action to recover any compensation or other medical benefits due the employee from the employer;  5. Violates any of the Administrator’s or the Division’s regulations regarding the provision of accident benefits by employers; or  6. Discriminates against an employee who claims benefits under chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS.  (Added to NRS by 1983, 426; A 1985, 1545; 1997, 1438; 1999, 225)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.285 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|NRS 616C.285 - Withdrawal of approval for employer to provide accident benefits: Request for hearing; notice of decision.

  1. If an employer requests a hearing concerning the withdrawal of approval pursuant to NRS 616C.280, the Administrator shall set a date for a hearing within 20 days after receiving the request, and shall give the employer at least 10 business days’ notice of the time and place of the hearing.  2. A record of the hearing must be kept, but it need not be transcribed unless it is requested by the employer and the employer pays the cost of transcription.  3. Within 5 business days after the hearing, the Administrator shall either affirm or disaffirm the withdrawal of approval and give the employer written notice thereof by certified mail or electronic transmission.  (Added to NRS by 1983, 427; A 1997, 1438)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.295 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|NRS 616C.295 - Duties of Chief of Hearings Division: Adoption of regulations establishing codes of conduct for hearing officers and appeals officers, standards for initial training and continuing education and qualifications for hearing officers; expediting of certain cases; annual report.

  1. The Chief of the Hearings Division shall adopt regulations establishing:  (a) A code of conduct for hearing officers who conduct hearings in contested cases for compensation under chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS; and  (b) A code of conduct for appeals officers who conduct hearings and appeals as required pursuant to chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS.  2. The codes of conduct established pursuant to subsection 1 must be designed to ensure fairness and impartiality, and to avoid the appearance of impropriety.  3. The Chief of the Hearings Division shall adopt regulations establishing:  (a) Standards for the initial training and continuing education of hearing officers who conduct hearings in contested cases for compensation under chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS; and  (b) Standards for the initial training and continuing education of appeals officers who conduct hearings and appeals as required pursuant to chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS.  4. The standards established pursuant to subsection 3 must, without limitation, include training and continuing education in:  (a) The provisions of chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS;  (b) Dispute resolution; and  (c) Mediation.  5. The Chief of the Hearings Division shall:  (a) Prescribe by regulation the qualifications required before a person may, pursuant to chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS, serve as a hearing officer.  (b) Provide for the expediting of the hearing of cases that involve the termination or denial of compensation.  6. From the cases heard each year by hearing officers and appeals officers regarding claims for benefits by injured employees, the Chief of the Hearings Division shall prepare an annual report which itemizes, on the basis of each insurer and third-party administrator, the number of cases affirmed, reversed, remanded and resolved by other disposition involving that insurer or third-party administrator, including a breakdown of that information by the type of benefits denied by the insurer or third-party administrator.  7. As used in this section, "Chief of the Hearings Division" means the Chief of the Hearings Division of the Department of Administration.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 2396; A 2005, 101; 2007, 3350)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.300 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|NRS 616C.300 - Hearing officers: Appointment; salary; disqualification from particular case.

  1. The Director of the Department of Administration shall appoint one or more hearing officers to conduct hearings in contested cases for compensation under chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS. Each hearing officer shall serve at the pleasure of the Director of the Department of Administration. Each hearing officer is entitled to receive an annual salary in an amount provided by law and is in the unclassified service of the State.  2. If a hearing officer determines that he or she has a personal interest or a conflict of interest, directly or indirectly, in any case which is before him or her, the hearing officer shall disqualify himself or herself from hearing the case and the case must be assigned to another hearing officer.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 669) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 616.184)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.305 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|NRS 616C.305 - Procedure for appeal of final determination of organization for managed care which has contracted with insurer.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, any person who is aggrieved by a final determination concerning accident benefits made by an organization for managed care which has contracted with an insurer must, within 14 days of the determination and before requesting a resolution of the dispute pursuant to NRS 616C.345 to 616C.385, inclusive, appeal that determination in accordance with the procedure for resolving complaints established by the organization for managed care.  2. The procedure for resolving complaints established by the organization for managed care must be informal and must include, but is not limited to, a review of the appeal by a qualified physician or chiropractor who did not make or otherwise participate in making the determination.  3. If a person appeals a final determination pursuant to a procedure for resolving complaints established by an organization for managed care and the dispute is not resolved within 14 days after it is submitted, the person may request a resolution of the dispute pursuant to NRS 616C.345 to 616C.385, inclusive.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 691; A 1993, 2452; 1995, 2149; 1999, 2216)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.310 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|NRS 616C.310 - Contested cases: Procedures; format; redaction of personal identifying information; representation of insurer or employer by legal counsel or other agent.

  1. The Chief of the Hearings Division of the Department of Administration:  (a) May by regulation provide for specific procedures for the determination of contested cases.  (b) Shall develop a format to be used by hearing officers to indicate their findings in contested cases.  (c) Shall adopt regulations to provide for the redaction of personal identifying information of a person filing a claim for compensation from a document relating to the contested case of the person, unless the identity of the person is at issue. As used in this paragraph, "personal identifying information" means any information which would identify a person, including, without limitation, an address, a birth date or a social security number.  2. An insurer or employer may be represented in a contested case by private legal counsel or by any other agent.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 1596; A 1975, 761; 1977, 1389; 1979, 1042; 1985, 50; 1991, 2417; 2005, 2511; 2005, 22nd Special Session, 97)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.320 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|NRS 616C.320 - Resolution of disputed decision of self-insured employer or employer who is member of association of self-insured public or private employers or insured by private carrier.

If an employee of a self-insured employer, an employer who is a member of an association of self-insured public or private employers or an employer insured by a private carrier is dissatisfied with a decision of his or her employer, the association or the private carrier, the employee may seek to resolve the dispute pursuant to NRS 616C.305 and 616C.315 to 616C.385, inclusive.  (Added to NRS by 1979, 1039; A 1993, 737; 1995, 2032)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.325 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|NRS 616C.325 - Representation of employee and employer before hearings officer or appeals officer or in negotiations with insurer; licensure of employer’s representative; employer liable for representative’s violations; compensation of employer’s representative must not be contingent on outcome.

  1. It is unlawful for any person to represent an employee before a hearing officer, or in any negotiations, settlements, hearings or other meetings with an insurer concerning the employee’s claim or possible claim, unless the person is:  (a) Employed by the employee’s labor organization and is not an independent contractor;  (b) Admitted to practice law in this State;  (c) Employed full-time by and under the supervision of an attorney admitted to practice law in this State; or  (d) Appearing without compensation on behalf of the employee.  It is unlawful for any person who is not admitted to practice law in this State to represent the employee before an appeals officer.  2. It is unlawful for any person to represent an employer at hearings of contested cases unless that person is:  (a) Employed full-time by the employer or a trade association to which the employer belongs that is not formed solely to provide representation at hearings of contested cases;  (b) An employer’s representative licensed pursuant to subsection 3 who is not licensed as a third-party administrator;  (c) Admitted to practice law in this State; or  (d) A licensed third-party administrator.  3. The Director of the Department of Administration shall adopt regulations which include the:  (a) Requirements for licensure of employers’ representatives, including:  (1) The registration of each representative; and  (2) The filing of a copy of each written agreement for the compensation of a representative;  (b) Procedure for such licensure; and  (c) Causes for revocation of such a license, including any applicable action listed in NRS 616D.120 or a violation of this section.  4. Any person who is employed by or contracts with an employer to represent the employer at hearings regarding contested claims is an agent of the employer. If the employer’s representative violates any provision of this chapter or chapter 616A, 616B, 616D or 617 of NRS, the employer is liable for any penalty assessed because of that violation.  5. An employer shall not make the compensation of any person representing the employer contingent in any manner upon the outcome of any contested claim.  6. The Director of the Department of Administration shall collect in advance and deposit with the State Treasurer for credit to the State General Fund the following fees for licensure as an employer’s representative:  (a) Application and license.......................................................................................... $78  (b) Triennial renewal of each license............................................................................ 78  (Added to NRS by 1987, 2140; A 1989, 527; 1993, 737, 2453, 2458; 1995, 2149; 1999, 225; 2013, 420)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.335 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|NRS 616C.335 - Award of interest.

If a contested claim for compensation is decided in favor of the claimant, he or she is entitled to an award of interest at the rate of 9 percent on the amount of compensation due the claimant from the date the payment on the claim would be due until the date that payment is made.  (Added to NRS by 1989, 687; A 1989, 2002) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 616.5418)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.350 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|NRS 616C.350 - Testimony of physician or chiropractor before appeals officer; privileged communications.

  1. Any physician or chiropractor who attends an employee within the provisions of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS in a professional capacity, may be required to testify before an appeals officer. A physician or chiropractor who testifies is entitled to receive the same fees as witnesses in civil cases and, if the appeals officer so orders at his or her own discretion, a fee equal to that authorized for a consultation by the appropriate schedule of fees for physicians or chiropractors. These fees must be paid by the insurer.  2. Information gained by the attending physician or chiropractor while in attendance on the injured employee is not a privileged communication if:  (a) Required by an appeals officer for a proper understanding of the case and a determination of the rights involved; or  (b) The information is related to any fraud that has been or is alleged to have been committed in violation of the provisions of this chapter or chapter 616A, 616B, 616D or 617 of NRS.  [Part 52:168:1947; 1943 NCL § 2680.52] — (NRS A 1975, 763; 1977, 314; 1981, 1197, 1471; 1985, 1543; 1993, 715; 1995, 1872, 2023; 1997, 583; 1999, 226)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.355 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|NRS 616C.355 - Use of affidavits or declarations as evidence at hearing; notice to opposing party; waiver of right to cross-examine affiant or declarant; effect of waiver.

At any time 10 or more days before a scheduled hearing before an appeals officer, the Administrator or the Administrator’s designee, a party shall mail or deliver to the opposing party any affidavit or declaration which the party proposes to introduce into evidence and notice to the effect that unless the opposing party, within 7 days after the mailing or delivery of such affidavit or declaration, mails or delivers to the proponent a request to cross-examine the affiant or declarant, the opposing party’s right to cross-examine the affiant or declarant is waived and the affidavit or declaration, if introduced into evidence, will have the same effect as if the affiant or declarant had given sworn testimony before the appeals officer, the Administrator or the Administrator’s designee.  (Added to NRS by 1975, 761; A 1977, 84; 1981, 1490; 1983, 358; 1993, 740; 1997, 1422; 1999, 1728)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.363 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|NRS 616C.363 - External review: Duties of independent review organization; contents and submission of decision by organization; costs; regulations.

  1. Not later than 5 business days after the date that an independent review organization receives a request for an external review, the independent review organization shall:  (a) Review the documents and materials submitted for the external review; and  (b) Notify the injured employee, his or her employer and the insurer whether the independent review organization needs any additional information to conduct the external review.  2. The independent review organization shall render a decision on the matter not later than 15 business days after the date that it receives all information that is necessary to conduct the external review.  3. In conducting the external review, the independent review organization shall consider, without limitation:  (a) The medical records of the insured;  (b) Any recommendations of the physician of the insured; and  (c) Any other information approved by the Commissioner for consideration by an independent review organization.  4. In its decision, the independent review organization shall specify the reasons for its decision. The independent review organization shall submit a copy of its decision to:  (a) The injured employee;  (b) The employer;  (c) The insurer; and  (d) The appeals officer, if any.  5. The insurer shall pay the costs of the services provided by the independent review organization.  6. The Commissioner may adopt regulations to govern the process of external review and to carry out the provisions of this section. Any regulations adopted pursuant to this section must provide that:  (a) All parties must agree to the submission of a matter to an independent review organization before a request for external review may be submitted;  (b) A party may not be ordered to submit a matter to an independent review organization; and  (c) The findings and decisions of an independent review organization are not binding.  (Added to NRS by 2003, 2332; A 2011, 3423)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.365 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|NRS 616C.365 - Reimbursement of employee’s expenses incurred and wages lost as result of hearing requested by employer or insurer; regulations.

  1. If an employer or insurer requests a hearing before a hearing officer or appeals officer relating to a claim for compensation, and the hearing results in a decision favorable to the employee, the employee is entitled to receive reimbursement from the insurer for:  (a) The employee’s actual expenses necessarily incurred for travel to and from the hearing, if the employee is required to travel more than 20 miles one way from his or her residence or place of employment to the hearing; and  (b) Any regular wages lost as a result of his or her attending the hearing.  2. The Division shall adopt regulations governing the procedure and forms to be used for the reimbursement provided by subsection 1.  (Added to NRS by 1985, 1575; A 1993, 1870) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 616.5428)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.370 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|NRS 616C.370 - Judicial review.

  1. No judicial proceedings may be instituted for compensation for an injury or death under chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS unless:  (a) A claim for compensation is filed as provided in NRS 616C.020; and  (b) A final decision of an appeals officer has been rendered on such claim.  2. Judicial proceedings instituted for compensation for an injury or death, under chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS are limited to judicial review of the decision of an appeals officer.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 1596; A 1977, 84, 315, 317; 1993, 740) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 616.543)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.375 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|NRS 616C.375 - Stay of decision of appeals officer.

If an insurer, employer or claimant, or the representative of an insurer, employer or claimant, appeals the decision of an appeals officer, that decision is not stayed unless a stay is granted by the appeals officer or the district court within 30 days after the date on which the decision was rendered.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 2394) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 616.5433)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.380 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|NRS 616C.380 - Payment pending appeal when decision not stayed; effect of final resolution of claim.

  1. If a hearing officer, appeals officer or district court renders a decision on a claim for compensation and the insurer or employer appeals that decision, but is unable to obtain a stay of the decision:  (a) Payment of that portion of an award for a permanent partial disability which is contested must be made in installment payments until the claim reaches final resolution.  (b) Payment of the award must be made in monthly installments of 66 2/3 percent of the average wage of the claimant until the claim reaches final resolution if the claim is for more than 3 months of past benefits for a temporary total disability or rehabilitation, or for a payment in lump sum related to past benefits for rehabilitation, such as costs for purchasing a business or equipment.  2. If the final resolution of the claim is in favor of the claimant, the remaining amount of compensation to which the claimant is entitled may be paid in a lump sum if the claimant is otherwise eligible for such a payment pursuant to NRS 616C.495 and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto. If the final resolution of the claim is in favor of the insurer or employer, any amount paid to the claimant in excess of the uncontested amount must be deducted from any future benefits related to that claim, other than medical benefits, to which the claimant is entitled. The deductions must be made in a reasonable manner so as not to create an undue hardship to the claimant.  (Added to NRS by 1989, 687; A 1995, 2152) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 616.5435)