Nevada · statute · Nev. Rev. Stat. ch. 616B · 152 active provisions
1. The Administrator shall cause to be conducted at least every 5 years an audit of all insurers who provide benefits to injured employees pursuant to chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS. The Administrator shall cause to be conducted each year on a random basis additional partial audits of any insur…
Each insurer shall cooperate with the Commissioner in the performance of his or her duties pursuant to chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS. Each private carrier shall provide the Commissioner with any information, statistics or data in its records which pertain to any employer who is making an appli…
1. An insurer shall provide to the Administrator upon written request only information in its possession which is necessary for the enforcement of any provision of this chapter or chapter 616A, 616C, 616D or 617 of NRS, or any regulation or standard adopted pursuant thereto, within 30 days after the date of the request…
1. All insurers shall report to the Administrator, annually or at intervals which the Administrator requires, all accidental injuries, occupational diseases, dispositions of claims and payments made pursuant to chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS or regulations adopted by the Division pursuant thereto. 2. Each self…
1. If an injured employee or his or her legal representative requests health care records from an insurer, third-party administrator or employer pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 616B.012, any other provision of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto, the insure…
1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 239.0115, 607.217, 616B.011, 616B.015, 616B.021 and 616C.205, information obtained from any insurer, employer or employee is confidential and may not be disclosed or be open to public inspection in any manner which would reveal the person’s identity. 2. Any claima…
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NRS 239.0115 and 607.217, the records and files of the Division concerning self-insured employers and associations of self-insured public or private employers are confidential and may be revealed in whole or in part only in the course of the administration of the prov…
1. The Administrator shall establish a method of indexing claims for compensation that will make information concerning the claimants of an insurer available to other insurers and the Fraud Control Unit for Industrial Insurance established pursuant to NRS 228.420. 2. Every insurer shall provide the following informatio…
1. An insurer shall make the files of claims available for inspection and reproduction: (a) At an office operated by the insurer, its third-party administrator or a legal representative of the insurer or third-party administrator located in this State, upon notice from the Administrator not less than 1 business day bef…
1. Upon written approval of the Administrator, the insurer may destroy accumulated and noncurrent detail records such as payroll reports, checks, claims, and other records of similar importance for the period July 1, 1913, to January 1, 1947, if: (a) Claims from January 1, 1940, and after are first microphotographed; a…
1. Every insurer shall: (a) Provide an office in this State operated by the insurer, its third-party administrator or a legal representative of the insurer or third-party administrator in which: (1) A complete file, or a reproduction of the complete file, of each claim is accessible, in accordance with the provisions o…
1. An employee of a private carrier who is licensed as a company adjuster pursuant to chapter 684A of NRS or a person who acts as a third-party administrator pursuant to chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS for a private carrier may administer claims arising under chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or…
1. Any offender confined at the state prison, while engaged in work in a prison industry or work program, whether the program is operated by an institution of the Department of Corrections, by contract with a public entity or by a private employer, is entitled to coverage under the modified program of industrial insura…
1. Any offender confined in a county jail, city jail or other local detention facility, while engaged in work in a work program directed by the administrator of the jail or other detention facility, whether the work program is operated by contract with a public entity or by a private employer, may receive coverage unde…
1. Every policy of insurance issued by a private carrier: (a) Must be in writing; (b) Must contain the insuring agreements and exclusions; (c) Is subject to chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS and regulations adopted pursuant to those chapters; and (d) If it contains a provision inconsistent with this chapter or ch…
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an insurer shall not issue a policy of industrial insurance to an employer that does not cover each employee of that employer who satisfies the definition of employee set forth in NRS 616A.105 to 616A.225, inclusive. 2. If the employer is a contractor or subcontractor wh…
1. A private carrier may provide industrial insurance, as a part of a homeowner’s policy of insurance, to a person who employs a domestic worker for the term of that worker’s employment. Upon providing such coverage, the private carrier may, with the approval of the Commissioner, determine and fix the premium rates to…
1. Every policy of insurance issued pursuant to chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS must contain a provision for the requirements of subsection 5 and a provision that insolvency or bankruptcy of the employer or the employer’s estate, or discharge therein, or any default of the employer does not relieve the insurer…
1. A private carrier may provide industrial insurance for an organization or association of employers as a group if: (a) The members of the organization or association are engaged in a common trade or business; and (b) The formation and operation of a program of industrial insurance for the organization or association…
1. If an insurer establishes a panel of providers of health care for the purpose of offering health care services pursuant to chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS, the insurer shall not charge a provider of health care: (a) A fee to include the name of the provider on the panel of providers of health care; or (b) An…
1. There is hereby established in the State Treasury the State Insurance Fund. The Commissioner shall administer the Fund. 2. The money in the Fund may be invested by the State Treasurer in accordance with the provisions of NRS 355.140, 355.150 and 355.160. 3. Any money delivered to the Commissioner pursuant to NRS 616…
1. The chief executive officer of any successor organization to the State Industrial Insurance System shall continue to hold in trust any money paid to the System for the purpose of providing compensation for industrial accidents and occupational diseases and administrative expenses incidental thereto. The successor or…
1. Any successor organization to the State Industrial Insurance System may take as credit as an asset or as a deduction from liability on account of reinsurance for reinsurance ceded to an assuming alien insurer with security based on discounted reserves for losses that were maintained by the System for accounting peri…
If chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS shall hereafter be repealed, all moneys which are in the State Insurance Fund at the time of the repeal shall be subject to such disposition as may be provided by the Legislature, and in default of such legislative provisions distribution thereof shall be in accordance with t…
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2: (a) A principal contractor or an owner of property acting as a principal contractor aggrieved by a letter issued pursuant to NRS 616B.645; or (b) An employer aggrieved by a determination made pursuant to NRS 616C.585, Ê may appeal from the letter or determination by fili…