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2010 Nevada Code
TITLE 53 LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 617 Occupational Diseases
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
- NRS 617.010 Short title.
- NRS 617.015 Rights and liabilities of employers and employees.
- NRS 617.017 Rights and remedies exclusive; provisions of chapter conclusive and obligatory; exclusive remedy extends to architects and engineers working for contractor; compensation bars recovery in other states.
- NRS 617.020 Definitions.
- NRS 617.030 "Casual" defined.
- NRS 617.050 "Compensation" defined.
- NRS 617.060 "Disablement" and "total disablement" defined.
- NRS 617.065 "Disease related to asbestos" defined.
- NRS 617.070 "Employee" and "worker" defined.
- NRS 617.080 "Employee": Persons excluded.
- NRS 617.091 "Employee": Lessees engaged in mining or operating a reduction plant.
- NRS 617.100 "Employee": Subcontractors and employees.
- NRS 617.105 "Employee": Real estate licensees.
- NRS 617.110 "Employer" defined.
- NRS 617.120 "Independent contractor" defined.
- NRS 617.130 "Medical benefits" defined.
- NRS 617.135 "Police officer" defined.
- NRS 617.140 "Silicosis" defined.
- NRS 617.145 "Sole proprietor" defined.
- NRS 617.150 "Subcontractors" defined. ADMINISTRATION
- NRS 617.160 Division of Industrial Relations to administer chapter.
- NRS 617.165 Procedures for determination of contested cases. PREMIUMS AND ACCOUNTS
- NRS 617.1665 Payment of premiums by employers insured by private carrier.
- NRS 617.1675 Account for Pensions for Silicosis, Diseases Related to Asbestos and Other Disabilities: Creation; interest and income; administration.
- NRS 617.168 Account for Pensions for Silicosis, Diseases Related to Asbestos and Other Disabilities: Uses and purposes; reversion. LIABILITY FOR PROVISION OF COVERAGE Applicability
- NRS 617.170 No liability created for disability or death occurring before July 1, 1947.
- NRS 617.175 Independent enterprises.
- NRS 617.190 Devices modifying liability void.
- NRS 617.200 Employers to provide compensation; employer and insurer relieved from liability.
- NRS 617.203 Limitation of liability of principal contractor for occupational disease contracted by independent contractor or employee of independent contractor.
- NRS 617.205 Self-insured employers to provide compensation; contributions not required; administration of claims; compliance with NRS 616B.300.
- NRS 617.206 Effect of certification as association of self-insured public or private employers; responsibilities of association.
- NRS 617.207 Applicability to officers of quasi-public and private corporations and managers of limited-liability companies; rejection of coverage by certain officers and managers.
- NRS 617.210 Contractor with State or political subdivision: Submission of certificate of compliance; coverage pursuant to contract; sole proprietor who does not use employees.
- NRS 617.215 Actions at law. Election of Coverage
- NRS 617.220 Applicability to employers of excluded persons.
- NRS 617.225 Election by sole proprietor; physical examination; payment of premiums; effect of failure to pay premiums; withdrawal of election.
- NRS 617.250 Reporting of lessees engaged in mining or operating reduction plant. REPORTS OF OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES AND CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION
- NRS 617.342 Notice of occupational disease: Requirements; availability of form; retention.
- NRS 617.344 Claim for compensation: Requirements for diseased employee, dependent or representative to file claim; form.
- NRS 617.345 Handling of claims by private carrier subject to provisions of chapter; employer and private carrier subject to regulations of Division.
- NRS 617.346 Recovery of compensation barred if notice of occupational disease or claim for compensation is not filed; exceptions.
- NRS 617.348 Dependent of employee barred from filing claim for compensation if untimely or previously denied.
- NRS 617.352 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.
- NRS 617.354 Report of industrial injury or occupational disease: Duty of employer to file; electronic filing; form and contents; penalty.
- NRS 617.356 Duty of insurer to accept or deny claim; written determination.
- NRS 617.357 Claims regarding diseases of heart or lungs, infectious diseases or cancer: Reports by insurers to Administrator; public reports by Administrator. DETERMINATION AND PAYMENT OF BENEFITS
- NRS 617.358 Compensation prohibited unless preponderance of evidence establishes that disease arose out of and in course of employment; rebuttable presumption if notice of disease is filed after termination of employment; exceptions.
- NRS 617.362 Payment of compensation by insurer prohibited before required; recovery of overpayment by insurer.
- NRS 617.364 Newly developed injury or disease: Inclusion in original claim for compensation; limitation.
- NRS 617.366 Employment-related aggravation of preexisting condition which is not employment related; aggravation of employment-related occupational disease by incident which is not employment related.
- NRS 617.370 Medical examination; refusal to submit; testimony of physician.
- NRS 617.380 Autopsy: Order by insurer; findings of physician.
- NRS 617.385 Limitation on receipt of modified motor vehicle as medical benefit.
- NRS 617.390 Compensation for both injury and disease.
- NRS 617.392 Compensation for combination of injuries, illnesses and disabilities.
- NRS 617.395 Compensation for mastectomy and reconstructive surgery.
- NRS 617.400 Compensation: Effect of false representation, willful misconduct and self-exposure.
- NRS 617.401 Compensation from Uninsured Employers' Claim Account: Administration and payment of claims; eligibility of employee; liability of employer; powers and duties of Division; appeals; penalty; collection.
- NRS 617.402 Misrepresentation or concealment of fact to obtain benefits: Insurer entitled to reimbursement or deduction from benefits; appeal of determination; alternative remedies.
- NRS 617.405 Judicial review of contested claims. COMPENSATION FOR DISABILITY AND DEATH
- NRS 617.410 Compensation paid by insurer.
- NRS 617.420 Minimum duration of incapacity; payment of medical benefits.
- NRS 617.430 Eligibility; limitations.
- NRS 617.440 Requirements for occupational disease to be deemed to arise out of and in course of employment; applicability.
- NRS 617.445 Determination of date of disablement.
- NRS 617.450 Specific occupational diseases; schedule.
- NRS 617.453 Cancer as occupational disease of firefighters.
- NRS 617.454 Physical examinations: Required tests.
- NRS 617.455 Lung diseases as occupational diseases of firefighters, police officers and arson investigators.
- NRS 617.457 Heart diseases as occupational diseases of firefighters, arson investigators and police officers.
- NRS 617.459 Determination of percentage of disability resulting from heart or lung diseases.
- NRS 617.460 Silicosis and diseases related to asbestos as occupational diseases; compensation and claims.
- NRS 617.470 Occupational diseases of respiratory tract resulting from exposure to dusts.
- NRS 617.481 Certain contagious diseases as occupational diseases.
- NRS 617.485 Hepatitis as occupational disease of police officers, firefighters and emergency medical attendants.
- NRS 617.487 Hepatitis as occupational disease of certain other police officers. PROHIBITED ACTS; PENALTIES
- NRS 617.500 Applicability.
- NRS 617.510 Penalties and remedies are cumulative; exception.
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