2010 Nevada Code
TITLE 53 LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 617 Occupational Diseases
NRS 617.175 Independent enterprises.
NRS 617.175 Independent enterprises.
1. A person is not an employer for the purposes of this chapter if:
(a) The person enters into a contract with another person or business which is an independent enterprise; and
(b) The person is not in the same trade, business, profession or occupation as the independent enterprise.
2. As used in this section, "independent enterprise" means a person who holds himself or herself out as being engaged in a separate business and:
(a) Holds a business or occupational license in his or her own name; or
(b) Owns, rents or leases property used in furtherance of the business.
3. The provisions of this section do not apply to a principal contractor who is licensed pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 2429)-(Substituted in revision for NRS 617.155)
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