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NV Rev Stat § 616C.030 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|NRS 616C.030 - Dependent of injured employee barred from filing claim for compensation if untimely or previously denied.

A dependent of an injured employee may not file a claim for compensation for an industrial injury pursuant to the provisions of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS if:  1. The time for filing the claim has expired pursuant to NRS 616C.020 and the failure to file the claim is not excused pursuant to NRS 616C.025; or  2. The injured employee or another dependent filed a claim for compensation for that industrial injury, the claim was denied and, upon final resolution of the claim, it was denied.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 663) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 616.50115)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.035 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|NRS 616C.035 - Application for death benefit.

Where death results from injury, the parties entitled to compensation under chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS, or someone in their behalf, must make application for compensation to the insurer. The application must be accompanied by:  1. Proof of death;  2. Proof of relationship showing the parties to be entitled to compensation under chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS;  3. Certificates of the attending physician, if any; and  4. Such other proof as required by the regulations of the Division.  [54:168:1947; 1943 NCL § 2680.54] — (NRS A 1979, 1053; 1981, 1488; 1993, 1869) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 616.505)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.040 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|NRS 616C.040 - Claim for compensation: Duty of treating physician or chiropractor to file or delegate duty to medical facility; electronic filing; form and contents; maintenance of forms; penalty.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a treating physician or chiropractor shall, within 3 working days after first providing treatment to an injured employee for a particular injury, complete and file a claim for compensation with the employer of the injured employee and the employer’s insurer. If the employer is a self-insured employer, the treating physician or chiropractor shall file the claim for compensation with the employer’s third-party administrator. If the physician or chiropractor files the claim for compensation by electronic transmission, the physician or chiropractor shall, upon request, mail to the insurer or third-party administrator the form that contains the original signatures of the injured employee and the physician or chiropractor. The form must be mailed within 7 days after receiving such a request.  2. A physician or chiropractor who has a duty to file a claim for compensation pursuant to subsection 1 may delegate the duty to a medical facility. If the physician or chiropractor delegates the duty to a medical facility:  (a) The medical facility must comply with the filing requirements set forth in this section; and  (b) The delegation must be in writing and signed by:  (1) The physician or chiropractor; and  (2) An authorized representative of the medical facility.  3. A claim for compensation required by subsection 1 must be filed on a form prescribed by the Administrator.  4. If a claim for compensation is accompanied by a certificate of disability, the certificate must include a description of any limitation or restrictions on the injured employee’s ability to work.  5. Each physician, chiropractor and medical facility that treats injured employees, each insurer, third-party administrator and employer, and the Division shall maintain at their offices a sufficient supply of the forms prescribed by the Administrator for filing a claim for compensation.  6. The Administrator may impose an administrative fine of not more than $1,000 for each violation of subsection 1 on:  (a) A physician or chiropractor; or  (b) A medical facility if the duty to file the claim for compensation has been delegated to the medical facility pursuant to this section.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 661; A 1995, 649; 1997, 1434; 2003, 2305)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.045 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|NRS 616C.045 - Report of industrial injury or occupational disease: Duty of employer to file; electronic filing; form and contents; penalty.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 616B.727, within 6 working days after the receipt of a claim for compensation from a physician or chiropractor, or a medical facility if the duty to file the claim for compensation has been delegated to the medical facility pursuant to NRS 616C.040, an employer shall complete and file with his or her insurer or third-party administrator an employer’s report of industrial injury or occupational disease.  2. The report must:  (a) Be filed on a form prescribed by the Administrator;  (b) Be signed by the employer or the employer’s designee;  (c) Contain specific answers to all questions required by the regulations of the Administrator; and  (d) Be accompanied by a statement of the wages of the employee if the claim for compensation received from the treating physician or chiropractor, or a medical facility if the duty to file the claim for compensation has been delegated to the medical facility pursuant to NRS 616C.040, indicates that the injured employee is expected to be off work for 5 days or more.  3. An employer who files the report required by subsection 1 by electronic transmission shall, upon request, mail to the insurer or third-party administrator the form that contains the original signature of the employer or the employer’s designee. The form must be mailed within 7 days after receiving such a request.  4. The Administrator shall impose an administrative fine of not more than $1,000 on an employer for each violation of this section.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 661; A 1995, 649; 1997, 1435; 1999, 3146; 2003, 2305)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.050 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|NRS 616C.050 - Information required to be provided by insurer to claimant. [Effective through December 31, 2019.]

  1. An insurer shall provide to each claimant:  (a) Upon written request, one copy of any medical information concerning the claimant’s injury or illness.  (b) A statement which contains information concerning the claimant’s right to:  (1) Receive the information and forms necessary to file a claim;  (2) Select a treating physician or chiropractor and an alternative treating physician or chiropractor in accordance with the provisions of NRS 616C.090;  (3) Request the appointment of the Nevada Attorney for Injured Workers to represent the claimant before the appeals officer;  (4) File a complaint with the Administrator;  (5) When applicable, receive compensation for:  (I) Permanent total disability;  (II) Temporary total disability;  (III) Permanent partial disability;  (IV) Temporary partial disability;  (V) All medical costs related to the claimant’s injury or disease; or  (VI) The hours the claimant is absent from the place of employment to receive medical treatment pursuant to NRS 616C.477;  (6) Receive services for rehabilitation if the claimant’s injury prevents him or her from returning to gainful employment;  (7) Review by a hearing officer of any determination or rejection of a claim by the insurer within the time specified by statute; and  (8) Judicial review of any final decision within the time specified by statute.  2. The insurer’s statement must include a copy of the form designed by the Administrator pursuant to subsection 8 of NRS 616C.090 that notifies injured employees of their right to select an alternative treating physician or chiropractor. The Administrator shall adopt regulations for the manner of compliance by an insurer with the other provisions of subsection 1.  (Added to NRS by 1995, 2003; A 2001, 1892; 2005, 100; 2009, 1277)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.050 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|NRS 616C.050 - Information required to be provided by insurer to claimant. [Effective January 1, 2020.]

  1. An insurer shall provide to each claimant:  (a) Upon written request, one copy of any medical information concerning the claimant’s injury or illness.  (b) A statement which contains information concerning the claimant’s right to:  (1) Receive the information and forms necessary to file a claim;  (2) Select a treating physician or chiropractor and an alternative treating physician or chiropractor in accordance with the provisions of NRS 616C.090;  (3) Request the appointment of the Nevada Attorney for Injured Workers to represent the claimant before the appeals officer;  (4) File a complaint with the Administrator;  (5) When applicable, receive compensation for:  (I) Permanent total disability;  (II) Temporary total disability;  (III) Permanent partial disability;  (IV) Temporary partial disability;  (V) All medical costs related to the claimant’s injury or disease; or  (VI) The hours the claimant is absent from the place of employment to receive medical treatment pursuant to NRS 616C.477;  (6) Receive services for rehabilitation if the claimant’s injury prevents him or her from returning to gainful employment;  (7) Review by a hearing officer of any determination or rejection of a claim by the insurer within the time specified by statute; and  (8) Judicial review of any final decision within the time specified by statute.  2. The insurer’s statement must include a copy of the form designed by the Administrator pursuant to subsection 9 of NRS 616C.090 that notifies injured employees of their right to select an alternative treating physician or chiropractor. The Administrator shall adopt regulations for the manner of compliance by an insurer with the other provisions of subsection 1.  (Added to NRS by 1995, 2003; A 2001, 1892; 2005, 100; 2009, 1277; 2019, 3444, effective January 1, 2020)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.055 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|NRS 616C.055 - Use of fee schedules which unfairly discriminate among physicians and chiropractors prohibited; payment for services rendered by physician or chiropractor after removal from panel prohibited. [Effective through December 31, 2019.]

  1. The insurer may not, in accepting responsibility for any charges, use fee schedules which unfairly discriminate among physicians and chiropractors.  2. If a physician or chiropractor is removed from the panel established pursuant to NRS 616C.090 or from participation in a plan for managed care established pursuant to NRS 616B.527, the physician or chiropractor, as applicable, must not be paid for any services rendered to the injured employee after the date of the removal.  (Added to NRS by 1979, 651; A 1981, 1168, 1488; 1983, 325; 1985, 1546; 1991, 2417; 1993, 733; 1999, 1776)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.055 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|NRS 616C.055 - Use of fee schedules which unfairly discriminate among physicians and chiropractors prohibited; payment for services rendered by physician or chiropractor after removal from panel prohibited. [Effective January 1, 2020.]

  1. The insurer may not, in accepting responsibility for any charges, use fee schedules which unfairly discriminate among physicians and chiropractors.  2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 616C.087, if a physician or chiropractor is removed from the panel established pursuant to NRS 616C.090 or from participation in a plan for managed care established pursuant to NRS 616B.527, the physician or chiropractor, as applicable, must not be paid for any services rendered to the injured employee after the date of the removal.  (Added to NRS by 1979, 651; A 1981, 1168, 1488; 1983, 325; 1985, 1546; 1991, 2417; 1993, 733; 1999, 1776; 2019, 3445, effective January 1, 2020)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.070 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|NRS 616C.070 - Persons who are conclusively presumed to be totally dependent on injured or deceased employee; exception.

  1. A person is conclusively presumed to be totally dependent upon an injured or deceased employee if:  (a) The person is a natural, posthumous or adopted child, whether legitimate or illegitimate, under the age of 18 years; or  (b) The person is a natural, posthumous or adopted child, there is no surviving parent and the person is:  (1) Over the age of 18 years and physically or mentally incapacitated from wage earning; or  (2) Over the age of 18 years but under the age of 22 years and enrolled as a full-time student in an accredited vocational or educational institution.  2. Stepparents may be regarded in chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS as parents if the fact of dependency is shown, and a stepchild or stepchildren may be regarded in chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS as a natural child or children if the existence and fact of dependency are shown.  3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 13 of NRS 616C.505, questions as to who constitute dependents and the extent of their dependency must be determined as of the date of the accident or injury to the employee, and their right to any benefit becomes fixed at that time, irrespective of any subsequent change in conditions, and the benefits are directly recoverable by and payable to the dependent or dependents entitled thereto or to their legal guardians or trustees.  4. The presumptions of this section do not apply in favor of aliens who are nonresidents of the United States at the time of the accident, injury to, or death of the employee.  [24:168:1947; 1943 NCL § 2680.24] — (NRS A 1971, 321; 1975, 598; 1985, 1460; 1993, 733; 1999, 219; 2007, 3346; 2009, 3072)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.075 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|NRS 616C.075 - Effect of employee’s refusal to submit to physical examination after accident.

If an employee is properly directed to submit to a physical examination and the employee refuses to permit the treating physician or chiropractor to make an examination and to render medical attention as may be required immediately, no compensation may be paid for the injury claimed to result from the accident.  [Part 52:168:1947; 1943 NCL § 2680.52] — (NRS A 1973, 599; 1981, 1167, 1471; 1985, 1544; 1993, 715) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 616.365)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.085 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|NRS 616C.085 - Duties of employer when employee injured: First aid; reimbursement.

  1. Every employer within the provisions of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS shall, immediately upon the occurrence of an injury to any of his or her employees, render to the injured employee all necessary first aid, including the cost of transportation of the injured employee to the nearest place of proper treatment if the injury is such as to make it reasonably necessary for such transportation.  2. An employer who is not self-insured or a member of an association of self-insured public or private employers is entitled to receive reimbursement from the employer’s insurer for the costs incurred in rendering the necessary first aid and transportation of an injured employee to the nearest place of proper treatment.  [Part 58:168:1947; 1943 NCL § 2680.58] — (NRS A 1975, 252, 826; 1979, 1489; 1981, 1165, 1469; 1985, 664; 1991, 2404; 1993, 713, 1862) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 616.340)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.095 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|NRS 616C.095 - Duty of physician or chiropractor to advise injured employee of rights.

The physician or chiropractor shall inform the injured employee of the injured employee’s rights under chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS and lend all necessary assistance in making application for compensation and such proof of other matters as required by the rules of the Division, without charge to the employee.  [53:168:1947; 1943 NCL § 2680.53] — (NRS A 1981, 1470; 1985, 1543; 1993, 1863; 1999, 220)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.098 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|NRS 616C.098 - Use by physician or chiropractor of certain phrases relating to causation of industrial injury or occupational disease.

Certain phrases relating to a claim for compensation for an industrial injury or occupational disease and used by a physician or chiropractor when determining the causation of an industrial injury or occupational disease are deemed to be equivalent and may be used interchangeably. Those phrases are:  1. "Directly connect this injury or occupational disease as job incurred"; and  2. "A degree of reasonable medical probability that the condition in question was caused by the industrial injury."  (Added to NRS by 2017, 1160)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.100 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|NRS 616C.100 - Additional determination of percentage of disability permitted if cost paid by injured employee; authority of injured employee to seek reimbursement of cost; results of determination may be offered at hearing or conference.

  1. If an injured employee disagrees with the percentage of disability determined by a physician or chiropractor, the injured employee may obtain a second determination of the percentage of disability. If the employee wishes to obtain such a determination, the employee must select the next physician or chiropractor in rotation from the list of qualified physicians or chiropractors maintained by the Administrator pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 616C.490. If a second determination is obtained, the injured employee shall pay for the determination. If the physician or chiropractor selected to make the second determination finds a higher percentage of disability than the first physician or chiropractor, the injured employee may request a hearing officer or appeals officer to order the insurer to reimburse the employee pursuant to the provisions of NRS 616C.330 or 616C.360.  2. The results of a second determination made pursuant to subsection 1 may be offered at any hearing or settlement conference.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 2398; A 1993, 736; 1995, 2148; 1999, 1777)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.105 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|NRS 616C.105 - Requirements for designation of chiropractor to rate permanent partial disabilities.

The Administrator shall not designate a chiropractor to rate permanent partial disabilities unless the chiropractor has completed an advanced program of training in rating disabilities using the American Medical Association’s Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment which is offered or approved by the Administrator.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 2392) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 616.5417)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.110 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|NRS 616C.110 - American Medical Association’s Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment: Duty of Division to adopt Guides by regulation.

  1. For the purposes of NRS 616B.557, 616B.578, 616B.587, 616C.490 and 617.459, not later than August 1, 2003, the Division shall adopt regulations incorporating the American Medical Association’s Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, Fifth Edition, by reference. The regulations:  (a) Must provide that the American Medical Association’s Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, Fifth Edition, must be applied to all examinations; and  (b) Must be applied to all examinations for a permanent partial disability that are conducted on or after the effective date of the regulations, regardless of the date of injury.  2. After adopting the regulations required pursuant to subsection 1, the Division may amend those regulations as it deems necessary, except that the amendments to those regulations:  (a) Must be consistent with the Fifth Edition of the American Medical Association’s Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment;  (b) Must not incorporate any contradictory matter from any other edition of the American Medical Association’s Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment; and  (c) Must not consider any factors other than the degree of physical impairment of the whole person in calculating the entitlement to compensation.  3. If the Fifth Edition of the American Medical Association’s Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment contains more than one method of determining the rating of an impairment, the Administrator shall designate by regulation the method from that edition which must be used to rate an impairment pursuant to NRS 616C.490.  (Added to NRS by 1995, 2128; A 1999, 1777; 2003, 1671; 2009, 3032)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.115 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|NRS 616C.115 - Prescription of generic drugs required; exceptions.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a physician or advanced practice registered nurse shall prescribe for an injured employee a generic drug in lieu of a drug with a brand name if the generic drug is biologically equivalent and has the same active ingredient or ingredients of the same strength, quantity and form of dosage as the drug with a brand name.  2. A physician or advanced practice registered nurse is not required to comply with the provisions of subsection 1 if:  (a) The physician or advanced practice registered nurse determines that the generic drug would not be beneficial to the health of the injured employee; or  (b) The generic drug is higher in cost than the drug with a brand name.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 669; A 2013, 2092)
NV Rev Stat § 616C.117 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injuries or Death|NRS 616C.117 - Prescription of drugs dispensed directly to injured employee; limitations.

  1. With respect to drugs prescribed and dispensed directly to an injured employee by a provider of health care:  (a) The provider of health care may dispense an initial supply of a controlled substance which is listed in schedule II or III by the State Board of Pharmacy pursuant to NRS 453.146 to an injured employee. Any controlled substances prescribed to an injured employee beyond the initial supply must be filled by a pharmacy that is registered with the State Board of Pharmacy.  (b) The provider of health care shall include the original manufacturer’s National Drug Code, as assigned by the United States Food and Drug Administration, on all bills and reports submitted to an insurer pursuant to this chapter.  (c) A repackaged National Drug Code must not be used and must not be considered an original manufacturer’s National Drug Code for the purposes of this section.   (d) A provider of health care who provides care on an outpatient basis may not charge an insurer or seek reimbursement for dispensing a nonprescription drug to an injured employee.  2. As used in this section:  (a) "Initial supply" means a quantity of a controlled substance that when used as prescribed does not exceed a 15-day supply and that is provided on a one-time basis.  (b) "Provider of health care" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 629.031, but does not include a pharmacist or a hospital as defined in NRS 449.012.  (Added to NRS by 2015, 1134)