2022 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. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Employers to notify Administrator when injured employee receives medical services. [Effective January 1, 2022.]
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, chiropractor, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse; 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.
4. References to a physician assistant and an advanced practice registered nurse in this section are for the purposes of the examination and treatment of an injured employee which are authorized to be provided by a physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse in the exclusive context of an initial examination and treatment pursuant to NRS 616C.010.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 393; A 1981, 1476; 1985, 1545; 2021, 1185)
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, chiropractic physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse; 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.
4. References to a physician assistant and an advanced practice registered nurse in this section are for the purposes of the examination and treatment of an injured employee which are authorized to be provided by a physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse in the exclusive context of an initial examination and treatment pursuant to NRS 616C.010.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 393; A 1981, 1476; 1985, 1545; 2021, 534, 1185, effective January 1, 2022)
