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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.065 - "Average monthly wage" defined.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, "average monthly wage" means the lesser of:
(a) The monthly wage actually received or deemed to have been received by the employee on the date of the accident or injury to the employee, excluding remuneration from employment:
(1) Not subject to the Nevada Industrial Insurance Act or the Nevada Occupational Diseases Act; and
(2) For which coverage is elective, but has not been elected; or
(b) One hundred fifty percent of the state average weekly wage as most recently computed by the Employment Security Division of the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation during the fiscal year preceding the date of the injury or accident, multiplied by 4.33.
2. For the purposes of subsection 1:
(a) The date of the accident or injury to the employee must be determined pursuant to NRS 616C.425.
(b) "Wage":
(1) Does not include any amount paid by an employer for health insurance that covers an employee or the dependents of the employee, or both.
(2) Is increased by the amount of tips reported by an employee to his or her employer pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 6053(a), except:
(I) Tips in a form other than cash; and
(II) Tips in cash which total less than $20 per month.
3. For the purpose of increasing compensation for permanent total disability pursuant to NRS 616C.465 or increasing death benefits pursuant to NRS 616C.520, "average monthly wage" has the meaning shown in the following schedule:
Effective Date Average Monthly Wage
for Prior Fiscal Year
July 1, 1973..................................................................................................... $688.60
July 1, 1974........................................................................................................ 727.48
July 1, 1975.................................................................................................... 1,142.21
July 1, 1976.................................................................................................... 1,211.00
July 1, 1977.................................................................................................... 1,287.44
July 1, 1978.................................................................................................... 1,377.08
July 1, 1979.................................................................................................... 1,488.46
July 1, 1980.................................................................................................... 1,591.86
(Added to NRS by 1973, 530; A 1975, 650; 1981, 1226; 1985, 1444; 1991, 2398; 1993, 693, 1855; 1995, 579, 1638)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.027)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.070 - "Benefit penalty" defined.

"Benefit penalty" means an additional amount of money that is payable to a claimant if the Administrator has determined that a violation of any of the provisions of paragraphs (a) to (e), inclusive, (h) or (i) of subsection 1 of NRS 616D.120 has occurred.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 1637; A 1997, 532; 2003, 1669; 2005, 1101; 2009, 3031)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.075 - "Casual" defined.

"Casual" refers only to employments where the work contemplated is to be completed in 20 working days or parts thereof in a calendar quarter, without regard to the number of persons employed, and where the total labor cost of the work is less than $500.
[12:168:1947; 1943 NCL § 2680.12]—(NRS A 1977, 373)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.030)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.077 - "Catastrophic injury" defined.

"Catastrophic injury" means an injury sustained from an accident and resulting in:
1. The total loss of sight in one or both eyes;
2. The total loss of hearing in one or both ears;
3. The loss by separation of any arm or leg;
4. An injury to the head or spine which results in paralysis of the legs, the arms or both the legs and arms;
5. An injury to the head which results in severe cognitive impairment, as determined by a nationally recognized method of objective psychological testing;
6. An injury consisting of second or third degree burns on 50 percent or more of:
(a) The body;
(b) Both hands; or
(c) The face;
7. The total loss of or significant and permanent impairment of speech;
8. A coma or vegetative state;
9. The loss or significant impairment of function of one or more vital internal organs or organ systems;
10. The mangling, crushing or amputation of a major portion of an extremity;
11. An injury which the insurer and the injured employee agree should be administered as a claim for a catastrophic injury;
12. An injury determined to be a catastrophic injury pursuant to NRS 616C.703; or
13. Any other category of injury deemed to be catastrophic as determined by the Administrator.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 2778; A 2011, 717)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.080 - "Certified vocational rehabilitation counselor" defined.

"Certified vocational rehabilitation counselor" means a person who:
1. Has a master’s degree in rehabilitation counseling;
2. Has been certified as a rehabilitation counselor by the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification; or
3. Has been certified as an insurance rehabilitation specialist by the Certification of Disability Management Specialists Commission.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 659; A 2011, 718)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.090 - "Compensation" defined.

"Compensation" means the money which is payable to an employee or to the dependents of the employee as provided for in chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS, and includes benefits for funerals, accident benefits and money for rehabilitative services.
[7:168:1947; 1943 NCL § 2680.7]—(NRS A 1983, 1291)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.045)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.092 - "Consolidated insurance program" defined.

"Consolidated insurance program" means a program of insurance that provides, for a specified period:
1. Industrial insurance coverage;
2. A comprehensive program of safety; and
3. For the administration of claims for industrial insurance,
for each employee of a contractor or subcontractor who is engaged in a construction project when such an employee works at the site of the construction project.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 3139)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.105 - "Employee" and "worker" defined.

"Employee" and "worker" are used interchangeably in chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS and mean every person in the service of an employer under any appointment or contract of hire or apprenticeship, express or implied, oral or written, whether lawfully or unlawfully employed, and include, but not exclusively:
1. Aliens and minors.
2. All elected and appointed paid public officers.
3. Members of boards of directors of quasi-public or private corporations while rendering actual service for such corporations for pay.
4. Musicians providing music for hire, including members of local supporting bands and orchestras commonly known as house bands.
5. Volunteer health practitioners, as defined in NRS 415A.180, who are providing health or veterinary services pursuant to chapter 415A of NRS and are entitled to the benefits of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS pursuant to the provisions of NRS 415A.280.
[10:168:1947; A 1949, 659; 1943 NCL § 2680.10]—(NRS A 1957, 254; 1967, 1368; 1975, 618, 1018; 1979, 948; 1987, 597; 2011, 948)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.110 - "Employee": Persons excluded.

"Employee" excludes:
1. Any person whose employment is both casual and not in the course of the trade, business, profession or occupation of his or her employer.
2. Any person engaged as a theatrical or stage performer or in an exhibition.
3. Musicians when their services are merely casual in nature and not lasting more than 2 consecutive days, and not recurring for the same employer, as in wedding receptions, private parties and similar miscellaneous engagements.
4. Any person engaged in household domestic service, farm, dairy, agricultural or horticultural labor, or in stock or poultry raising, except as otherwise provided in chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS.
5. Any person performing services as a voluntary ski patroller who receives no compensation for his or her services other than meals, lodging, or use of the ski tow or lift facilities.
6. Any person who performs services as a sports official for a nominal fee at a sporting event that is amateur, intercollegiate or interscholastic and is sponsored by a public agency, public entity or private, nonprofit organization. As used in this subsection, "sports official" includes an umpire, referee, judge, scorekeeper, timekeeper or other person who is a neutral participant in a sporting event.
7. Any member of the clergy, rabbi or lay reader in the service of a church, or any person occupying a similar position with respect to any other religion.
8. Any real estate broker, broker-salesperson or salesperson licensed pursuant to chapter 645 of NRS.
9. Any person who:
(a) Directly sells or solicits the sale of products, in person or by telephone:
(1) On the basis of a deposit, commission, purchase for resale or similar arrangement specified by the Administrator by regulation, if the products are to be resold to another person in his or her home or place other than a retail store; or
(2) To another person from his or her home or place other than a retail store;
(b) Receives compensation or remuneration based on sales to customers rather than for the number of hours that the person works; and
(c) Performs pursuant to a written agreement with the person for whom the services are performed which provides that the person who performs the services is not an employee for the purposes of this chapter.
[11:168:1947; A 1953, 99; 1955, 915]—(NRS A 1969, 1100; 1975, 1018; 1977, 194; 1979, 949; 1985, 1077; 1995, 2129; 1997, 162; 2003, 1584)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.115 - "Employee": Lessees engaged in mining or operating a reduction plant.

Except as provided in subsection 2 of NRS 616B.653, a lessee engaged in either mining or operating a reduction plant shall be deemed to be:
1. An employee of the lessor; and
2. For the purposes of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS, employed at the average wage paid to a miner employed regularly in the same locality.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 597)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.062)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.120 - "Employee": Participants in programs of job training administered by Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of Department of Health and Human Services.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 616A.125, any person who participates in a program of job training administered by the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services shall be deemed for the purposes of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS to be an employee of the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services at the wage of $150 per month and is entitled to the benefits of those chapters.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 2321; A 1997, 2346)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.125 - "Employee": Participants in programs to obtain training for employment administered by Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of Department of Health and Human Services.

Any person who participates in a program to obtain training for employment administered by the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services, if the person receives training on the job and a wage directly from an employer, shall be deemed for the purposes of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS to be an employee of that employer and is entitled to the benefits of those chapters.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 2321)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.066)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.130 - "Employee": Volunteer workers in program for public service.

Persons who perform volunteer work in any formal program which is being conducted:
1. Within a state or local public organization;
2. By a federally assisted organization; or
3. By a private, incorporated, nonprofit organization which provides services to the general community,
and who are not specifically covered by any other provisions of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS, while engaged in such volunteer work, may be deemed by an insurer, for the purposes of those chapters, as employees of that organization at a wage of $100 per month. Such persons are entitled to the benefits of those chapters when the organization approves coverage and complies with the provisions of those chapters and regulations adopted pursuant to them.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 290; A 1981, 1456; 1985, 575; 1993, 693; 1995, 2008)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.067)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.135 - "Employee": Persons performing volunteer work for private organizations as part of public programs.

Persons who, under a written agreement between a public agency and a private organization, perform volunteer work for a private organization as part of a public program and who are not specifically covered by any other provisions of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS, while engaging in that volunteer work, may be deemed by an insurer, for the purposes of those chapters, as employees of the public agency at a wage of $100 per month. Such persons are entitled to the benefits of those chapters when the public agency complies with the provisions of those chapters and the regulations adopted pursuant to them.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 1016; A 1981, 1538; 1985, 576; 1993, 694; 1995, 2008; 1997, 2766, 2767)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.140 - "Employee": Members of Nevada Wing of Civil Air Patrol.

A member of the Nevada Wing of the Civil Air Patrol who participates:
1. In a mission; or
2. In training,
which has been authorized by the Division of Emergency Management of the Office of the Military shall be deemed for the purposes of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS to be an employee of the Division of Emergency Management at the wage of $600 per month and, in the event of injury during such a mission or training, is entitled to the benefits of those chapters.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1354; A 1991, 2399; 1993, 1856; 2001, 2632; 2021, 2115)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.145 - "Employee": Volunteer firefighters.

Volunteer firefighters belonging to a regular organized and recognized fire department, while engaged in their duties in any voluntary community service which they may undertake, and while acting under the direction of the fire chief or any of the assistants of the fire chief in the protection of life or property, during fire, flood, earthquake, windstorm, ambulance service or other rescue work, shall be deemed, for the purpose of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS, employees of the city, town, county or district so recognizing them, at the wage of $2,000 per month, and are entitled to the benefits of those chapters upon such city, town, county or district’s complying therewith.
[Part 17:168:1947; A 1951, 485; 1953, 163]—(NRS A 1963, 745; 1965, 336; 1973, 497; 1983, 808; 1991, 168; 2005, 341)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.150 - "Employee": Paid firefighter performing voluntary off-duty services as firefighter.

A firefighter who is employed by a regular organized and recognized fire department, while engaged off duty in the voluntary performance of services as a firefighter within the jurisdiction served by the firefighter’s department or a jurisdiction with which the firefighter’s department has a reciprocal agreement, is entitled to receive the benefits provided by chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS as though the firefighter were an employee receiving the wage which the firefighter receives from his or her regular employer.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 441; A 2005, 341)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.155 - "Employee": Persons rendering voluntary ambulance service.

A member of a nonprofit service organization or club, while engaged in rendering volunteer ambulance service in any county, city or town, shall be deemed for the purpose of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS, an employee of the organization or club, at a wage of $2,000 per month, and is entitled to the benefits of those chapters if the organization or club complies therewith.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 418; A 1997, 470)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.157 - "Employee": Volunteer members of search and rescue organization.

Volunteer members of a search and rescue organization that is under the direct supervision of a county sheriff, while acting under the direction of the sheriff or a designee of the sheriff:
1. In the conduct of any search and rescue operation; or
2. In training for such an operation,
shall be deemed, for the purposes of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS, to be employees of the county at the wage of $2,000 per month, and are entitled to the benefits of those chapters.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 72)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.160 - "Employee": Volunteer peace officers and persons authorized to issue certain citations pursuant to NRS 484B.470.

Volunteer officers attached to the Nevada Highway Patrol, volunteers appointed pursuant to NRS 484B.470 who qualify pursuant to subsection 4 of that section, the investigators appointed pursuant to NRS 480.490 or volunteers of a regularly organized and recognized police department, metropolitan police department or sheriff’s unit, while engaged in their duties as such in any voluntary community service and while acting under the direction of the Chief of the Nevada Highway Patrol, Chief of the Investigation Division of the Department of Public Safety or a sheriff or chief of police, or their deputies or assistants, of any county, metropolitan police department, city or town in the protection of life or property shall be deemed, for the purpose of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS, employees of the Nevada Highway Patrol, Investigation Division or the city, town, metropolitan police department or county so recognizing them, at the wage of $900 per month, and are entitled to the benefits of those chapters upon compliance therewith by the Nevada Highway Patrol, Investigation Division or the county, metropolitan police department, city or town.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 252; A 1973, 926; 1983, 768, 1291; 1995, 319; 1997, 71; 2001, 2632)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.165 - "Employee": Trustees of school districts.

Trustees of school districts, while engaged in their designated duty as trustees, shall be deemed, for the purpose of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS, employees receiving a wage of $250 per month, and, in the event of injury while performing their designated duty, shall be entitled to the benefits of those chapters.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 70)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.074)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.170 - "Employee": Junior traffic patrols.

Members of junior traffic patrols are defined as minors attending school and selected or designated by school officials or by school and city or town officials for regular duty on school days to patrol street crossings used by school children while going to or returning from school. They shall be deemed, for the purpose of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS, employees receiving a wage of $100 per month from the city, town or school district in which their designated duty is performed. In the event of injury while performing their designated duty, they shall be entitled to the benefits of those chapters.
[Part 17:168:1947; A 1951, 485; 1953, 163]—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.075)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.175 - "Employee": Person vending or delivering newspaper or magazine.

Any person who is:
1. Engaged in vending, selling, offering for sale or delivering directly to the public any newspaper, magazine or periodical pursuant to an agreement or contract with the publisher or distributor thereof;
2. Acting under the control of the publisher or distributor; and
3. Receiving a wage, commission or other compensation based upon the person’s sales of the newspaper, magazine or periodical,
shall be deemed, for the purposes of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS, to be an employee of the publisher or distributor and to be receiving a wage of $50 per month or the person’s actual remuneration, whichever is greater, and is entitled to the benefits of those chapters.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 519; A 1983, 1292)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.076)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.180 - "Employee": Members of county advisory boards to manage wildlife.

Members of the county advisory boards to manage wildlife who serve without compensation pursuant to the provisions of NRS 501.285, while engaged in their designated duty as members, shall be deemed for the purpose of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS, employees receiving a wage of $250 per month, and, in the event of injury while performing their designated duty, are entitled to receive the benefits of those chapters upon the boards complying therewith.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 88; A 1969, 1561; 1985, 1356)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.077)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.185 - "Employee": Members of Nevada Legislature.

For the purposes of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS:
1. A member of the Nevada Legislature shall be deemed to be an employee of the State during the member’s term of office at the wage of $2,000 per month and is entitled to the benefits of those chapters.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and subsection 1 of NRS 616A.265, any injury sustained by a member of the Nevada Legislature shall be deemed to have arisen out of and in the course of the member’s employment as a Legislator if, at the time of the injury, the member was performing any act or was engaging in any event that was reasonably related to the member’s legislative office or the member’s public service as a Legislator, whether or not the member was receiving remuneration from the State for performing the act or engaging in the event at the time of the injury. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to any injury sustained by a member of the Nevada Legislature if, at the time of the injury, the member was performing any act or was engaging in any event that was reasonably related to a political campaign for any legislative or other elective office.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 2047; A 2003, 2793)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.190 - "Employee": Certain members of state, county and local departments, boards, commissions, agencies or bureaus; adjunct professors of Nevada System of Higher Education; members of Board of Regents.

Members of state, county and local departments, boards, commissions, agencies or bureaus, whether elected or appointed, who serve without compensation or who receive less than $250 per month compensation, the members of the State Board of Education, adjunct professors of the Nevada System of Higher Education and the members of the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada, while engaged in their designated duties as members and adjunct professors, shall be deemed, for the purpose of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS, employees receiving a wage of $250 per month and, in the event of injury while performing their designated duties, are entitled to the benefits of those chapters.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 168; A 1969, 465; 1961, 56; 1967, 1369; 1975, 619; 1985, 576; 1993, 417; 1995, 2009)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.079)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.195 - "Employee": Persons ordered by court to perform community service.

Any person:
1. Less than 18 years of age who is subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court and who has been ordered by the court to perform community service, upon compliance by the supervising authority; or
2. Eighteen years of age or older who has been ordered by any court to perform community service pursuant to NRS 176.087, upon compliance by the convicted person or the supervising authority,
while engaged in that work, shall be deemed, for the purpose of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS, an employee of the supervising authority at a wage of $50 per month, and is entitled to the benefits of those chapters.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 249; A 1973, 1580; 1981, 487; 1985, 576; 2001, 153; 2003, 1159)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.205 - "Employee": Volunteer workers at facilities for inpatients of Division of Public and Behavioral Health of Department of Health and Human Services.

Volunteer workers at a facility for inpatients of the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services, while acting under the direction or authorization of the supervisor of volunteer services of such a facility, shall be deemed, for the purpose of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS, employees of the facility, receiving a wage of $350 per month, and are entitled to the benefits of those chapters upon compliance therewith by the facility.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 236; A 1973, 118, 1406; 1987, 921; 1999, 115; 2013, 3066)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.207 - "Employee": Volunteer health practitioners.

A volunteer health practitioner, as defined in NRS 415A.180, who provides health or veterinary services pursuant to chapter 415A of NRS, shall be deemed for the purposes of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS to be an employee of the host entity, as defined in NRS 415A.120, or a registration system that qualifies pursuant to NRS 415A.210, at the wage of $100 per month and, in the event of injury while the provisions of chapter 415A of NRS apply to the volunteer health practitioner, is entitled to the benefits of those chapters.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 948)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.210 - "Employee": Subcontractors and employees.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 616B.603, subcontractors, independent contractors and the employees of either shall be deemed to be employees of the principal contractor for the purposes of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS.
2. If the subcontractor is a sole proprietor or partnership licensed pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS, the sole proprietor or partner shall be deemed to receive a wage of $500 per month for the purposes of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS.
3. This section does not affect the relationship between a principal contractor and a subcontractor or independent contractor for any purpose outside the scope of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS.
[22:168:1947; A 1951, 485]—(NRS A 1987, 2047; 1991, 2399)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.085)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.215 - "Employee": Apprentices and trainees.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, any person who is an apprentice or trainee shall be deemed for the purposes of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS to be an employee of an apprenticeship committee registered with the State Apprenticeship Council at a wage of $150 per month while the person is:
(a) Attending a class for vocational training; or
(b) Receiving bona fide instruction as an apprentice or trainee,
under the direction of the apprenticeship committee. Such an apprentice or trainee is entitled to the benefits of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS.
2. A person who is an apprentice or trainee shall be deemed for the purposes of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS to be an employee of an employer who is participating in a program of training and instruction as an apprentice or trainee approved pursuant to chapter 610 of NRS while:
(a) The apprentice or trainee is performing work for that employer; and
(b) The employer is paying the apprentice or trainee a wage for the work performed.
The apprentice or trainee shall be deemed to be an employee at a wage equal to his or her average monthly wage as determined pursuant to the regulations adopted by the Administrator pursuant to NRS 616C.420 and is entitled to the benefits of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS.
3. If an apprentice or trainee who is employed by an employer participating in a program of training and instruction is injured while the apprentice or trainee, as applicable, is deemed to be an employee of the apprenticeship committee pursuant to subsection 1 and the apprentice or trainee is unable to work for an employer participating in the program solely because of that injury, the apprentice or trainee shall be deemed to be an employee of the apprenticeship committee at a wage of $150 per month or at his or her average monthly wage as determined pursuant to the regulations adopted by the Administrator pursuant to NRS 616C.420, whichever is greater.
4. As used in this section, "trainee" means a person who is under the direction of an apprenticeship committee specified in subsection 1 and, for that purpose, is described by that apprenticeship committee as a "journeyworker trainee."
(Added to NRS by 1981, 710; A 1983, 1292; 1997, 2766; 2001, 363)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.220 - "Employee": Real estate licensees.

1. Each person licensed pursuant to chapter 645 of NRS as a real estate broker, broker-salesperson or salesperson who does business in this State and receives wages, commissions or other compensation based upon activities for which the license is required may elect coverage pursuant to chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS. If coverage is so elected, the real estate broker, broker-salesperson or salesperson shall be deemed for the purpose of those chapters to earn wages of $1,500 per month. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, not more than one premium may be collected from such a licensee for the wages, commission or other compensation the licensee receives from any activity for which such a license is required.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if a licensee holds both an individual broker license and a corporate broker license, the licensee shall pay the premium for coverage under the corporate broker license only and is limited to recovery of benefits in accordance with the deemed compensation attributed to that license only. If a licensee holds both an individual broker license and a corporate broker license and elects to pay premiums for coverage under the individual broker license also, the licensee may recover benefits in accordance with the deemed compensation attributed to both licenses.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 927; A 1991, 1688; 1995, 2130)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.087)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.225 - "Employee": Persons participating in federally approved training programs.

1. Any person who participates in a training program approved pursuant to 29 U.S.C. §§ 1501 to 1781, inclusive, is entitled to the benefits of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS and, except as provided in subsection 2, shall be deemed an employee of the person receiving the grant to conduct the program, at a wage:
(a) Of $150 per month if the person who participates in the training program is receiving formal instruction in a classroom;
(b) Equal to his or her actual remuneration if he or she is being trained under actual working conditions and is paid a wage by the recipient of the grant; or
(c) Of $150 per month or his or her actual remuneration, whichever is greater, if he or she is being so trained and instructed and receiving a wage from the recipient of the grant.
2. Any person who participates in a training program approved pursuant to 29 U.S.C. §§ 1501 to 1781, inclusive, where the person is trained on the job and is paid a wage directly by the employer shall be deemed an employee of that employer and is entitled to the benefits of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 575)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.088)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.230 - "Employer" defined.

"Employer" means:
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4 of NRS 616B.627, the State, and each county, city, school district, and all public and quasi-public corporations therein without regard to the number of persons employed.
2. Every person, firm, voluntary association and private corporation, including any public service corporation, which has in service any person under a contract of hire.
3. The legal representative of any deceased employer.
4. The Nevada Rural Housing Authority.
5. An owner or principal contractor who establishes and administers a consolidated insurance program pursuant to NRS 616B.710, with respect to the employees covered under that consolidated insurance program.
[9:168:1947; A 1949, 659; 1943 NCL § 2680.9]—(NRS A 1981, 710; 1995, 819; 1999, 3140; 2001, 608)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.250 - "Incarcerated" defined.

"Incarcerated" means confined in:
1. Any local detention facility, county jail, state prison, reformatory or other correctional facility as a result of a conviction or a plea of guilty, guilty but mentally ill or nolo contendere in a criminal proceeding; or
2. Any institution or facility for persons with mental illness as a result of a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity in a criminal proceeding,
in this State, another state or a foreign country.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 659; A 1995, 2476; 2003, 1497; 2007, 1468)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.255 - "Independent contractor" defined.

"Independent contractor" means any person who renders service for a specified recompense for a specified result, under the control of the person’s principal as to the result of the person’s work only and not as to the means by which such result is accomplished.
[14:168:1947; 1943 NCL § 2680.14]—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.105)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.257 - "Independent review organization" defined.

"Independent review organization" means an organization which has been issued a certificate pursuant to NRS 616A.469 that authorizes the organization to conduct external reviews for the purposes of chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2330; A 2011, 3420)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616A.235)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.270 - "Insurer" defined.

"Insurer" includes:
1. A self-insured employer;
2. An association of self-insured public employers;
3. An association of self-insured private employers; and
4. A private carrier.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 1449; A 1993, 694; 1995, 2009; 1999, 1760)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.273 - "Medical facility" defined.

"Medical facility" means a hospital, clinic or other facility that provides treatment to an employee who:
1. Is injured by an accident; or
2. Contracts an occupational disease,
arising out of and in the course of his or her employment.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2303)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.280 - "Organization for managed care" defined.

"Organization for managed care" means any person who:
1. Provides or arranges for the provision of medical and health care services;
2. Establishes objectives, standards and protocols for such services;
3. Organizes providers of health care to ensure the availability and accessibility of such services; and
4. Establishes a system that allows for the submission of reports to an insurer that are necessary to evaluate the effectiveness and cost of delivering medical and health care services to injured employees.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 660; A 1995, 2009)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.1114)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.285 - "Principal contractor" defined.

"Principal contractor" means a person who:
1. Coordinates all the work on an entire project;
2. Contracts to complete an entire project;
3. Contracts for the services of any subcontractor or independent contractor; or
4. Is responsible for payment to any contracted subcontractors or independent contractors.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 2390)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.1115)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.290 - "Private carrier" defined.

"Private carrier" means any insurer or the legal representative of an insurer authorized to provide industrial insurance pursuant to chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS. The term does not include a self-insured employer or an association of self-insured public or private employers.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2000; A 1999, 1760)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.295 - "Private employer" defined.

"Private employer" means any person, other than a public employer, who has in service any person under a contract of hire who is not excluded from the term "employee" pursuant to NRS 616A.110.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 660)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.1116)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.305 - "Self-insured employer" defined.

"Self-insured employer" means any employer who possesses a certification from the Commissioner of Insurance that the employer has the capability to assume the responsibility for the payment of compensation pursuant to chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 1035; A 1995, 2009)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.112)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.310 - "Sole proprietor" defined.

"Sole proprietor" means a self-employed owner of an unincorporated business and includes working partners and members of working associations. Coverage remains in effect only if the sole proprietor remains a domiciliary of Nevada.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1017; A 1987, 598)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.114)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.315 - "Solicitor" defined.

"Solicitor" means a person who:
1. Forms or proposes to form; or
2. Proposes to secure funds for forming or financing or recruiting members for,
an association of public or private self-insured employers.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 1974)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.330 - "Tangible net worth" defined.

"Tangible net worth" means the value of all the assets, minus the value of all the liabilities, of a self-insured employer or an association of self-insured private employers except:
1. Goodwill or excess cost over the fair market value of assets.
2. Any other items listed in the assets that are deemed unacceptable by the Commissioner because they cannot be justified or because they do not directly support the ability of the self-insured employer or association to pay a claim.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 1974; A 2007, 3333; 2017, 2406)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.335 - "Third-party administrator" defined.

"Third-party administrator" means a person who is hired by an insurer to provide administrative services for the insurer and manage claims. The term does not include an insurance company.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 2390)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.1165)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.340 - "Total disability" defined.

"Total disability" means incapacity resulting from an accident arising out of and in the course of employment which prevents the covered worker from engaging, for remuneration or profit, in any occupation for which the worker is or becomes reasonably fitted by education, training or experience.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 367)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.117)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.345 - "Trade association" defined.

"Trade association" means an association of firms concerned with:
1. A single product or service;
2. A number of closely related products or services; or
3. Contractors, manufacturers, distributors or retailers of a product or service or a number of closely related products or services,
as determined by the Commissioner.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 1975)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.350 - "Trade, business, profession or occupation of his or her employer" defined.

"Trade, business, profession or occupation of his or her employer" includes all services tending toward the preservation, maintenance or operation of the business, business premises, or business property of the employer.
[13:168:1947; 1943 NCL § 2680.13]—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.120)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.360 - "Vocational rehabilitation services" defined.

"Vocational rehabilitation services" means any goods or services necessary to prepare an individual with a disability to engage in competitive integrated employment, as defined in 29 U.S.C. § 705, or to determine the rehabilitation potential of the individual.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 2390; A 2017, 271)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.400 - Duties of Administrator: Regulations.

The Administrator shall:
1. Prescribe by regulation the time within which adjudications and awards must be made.
2. Regulate forms of notices, claims and other blank forms deemed proper and advisable.
3. Prescribe by regulation the methods by which an insurer may approve or reject claims, and may determine the amount and nature of benefits payable in connection therewith.
4. Prescribe by regulation the method for reimbursing an injured employee for expenses necessarily incurred for travel more than 20 miles one way from the employee’s residence or place of employment to his or her destination as a result of an industrial injury.
5. Determine whether an insurer or third-party administrator has provided adequate facilities in this State to administer claims and for the retention of a file on each claim.
6. Evaluate the services of private carriers provided to employers in:
(a) Controlling losses; and
(b) Providing information on the prevention of industrial accidents or occupational diseases.
7. Conduct such investigations and examinations of insurers or third-party administrators as the Administrator deems reasonable to determine whether any person has violated the provisions of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS or to obtain information useful to enforce or administer these chapters.
8. Prescribe by regulation the qualifications for final approval by the Division of an applicant for a certificate of registration as an administrator pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 683A.08524. The regulations must set forth qualifications which provide for the final approval of those applicants whose approval is in the best interests of the people of this State.
9. Except with respect to any matter committed by specific statute to the regulatory authority of another person or agency, adopt such other regulations as the Administrator deems necessary to carry out the provisions of chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS.
[Part 44:168:1947; 1943 NCL § 2680.44]—(NRS A 1969, 1101; 1973, 599, 1597; 1977, 83; 1979, 1042; 1981, 1459; 1985, 863; 1991, 2401; 1993, 703; 1995, 2013; 1999, 1760; 2009, 3031; 2011, 3584)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.402 - Duties of Administrator: Program concerning rights and responsibilities of employers and employees.

1. The Administrator shall make available a program, using a videotape cassette or other means of presentation, concerning the rights and responsibilities of employers and employees pursuant to chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS. The Administrator shall provide written notification concerning the availability of the program to each chamber of commerce in Nevada and to each statewide association for a business or industry. The program must be available to community organizations, businesses, employers and employees upon request.
2. The Administrator shall provide each:
(a) Employer who attends a program, a certificate which certifies that the employer has completed the program described in subsection 1. The employer shall post the certificate in his or her business in a place that is readily accessible and visible to his or her employees.
(b) Employee who attends a program, a card which certifies that the employee has completed the program described in subsection 1.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 2395; A 1993, 697; 1997, 1430)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616B.203)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.403 - Duties of Administrator: Preparation of annual report of enforcement of Nevada Industrial Insurance Act and Nevada Occupational Diseases Act.

1. The Administrator shall prepare an annual report concerning the enforcement of the provisions of chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS through the imposition of fines and benefit penalties against insurers, organizations for managed care, health care providers, third-party administrators and employers.
2. The annual report must include, without limitation:
(a) The total number of complaints filed with the Administrator involving alleged conduct that is sanctionable by a fine or benefit penalty;
(b) The total number of investigations conducted by the Administrator involving alleged conduct that is sanctionable by a fine or benefit penalty;
(c) The disposition of each such complaint and investigation, including, without limitation, whether the Administrator imposed or refused to impose a fine or benefit penalty and, if the Administrator imposed a fine or benefit penalty, the amount of the fine or benefit penalty; and
(d) The disposition of any administrative appeal or action for judicial review involving the decision of the Administrator to impose or refuse to impose a fine or benefit penalty.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 99)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 616A - Industrial Insurance: Administration › NRS 616A.404 - Duties of Administrator: Provision of information for Office for Consumer Health Assistance.

The Administrator shall include on any notice or form that is provided to injured employees and is on the Internet website of the Division, contact information for the Office for Consumer Health Assistance of the Department of Health and Human Services created pursuant to NRS 232.458.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 1074)