Nevada Statutes

§ 616C.415 — Written explanation of alternative settlements to be given to employee or dependents

Nevada § 616C.415

JurisdictionNevada

Title 53LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Ch. 616CIndustrial

General Provisions

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Bluebook

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 616C.415 (2026).

Text

1.Every injured employee, widow, widower or dependent, within the provisions of chapters 616A to 616D , inclusive, of NRS, is entitled to receive from a qualified employee of the insurer an explanation of the various alternatives implicit in lump-sum compensation or other settlement pursuant to those chapters and the long-range effects of a determination made as to one or the other kind of settlement.

2.The insurer shall provide a written explanation of the alternatives pursuant to subsection 1.

3.Upon selecting an alternative, the injured employee, widow, widower or dependent shall provide his or her selection in writing to the insurer.

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1. Every injured employee, widow, widower or dependent, within the provisions of chapters 616A to 616D , inclusive, of NRS, is entitled to receive from a qualified employee of the insurer an explanation of the various alternatives implicit in lump-sum compensation or other settlement pursuant to those chapters and the long-range effects of a determination made as to one or the other kind of settlement.
2. The insurer shall provide a written explanation of the alternatives pursuant to subsection 1.
3. Upon selecting an alternative, the injured employee, widow, widower or dependent shall provide his or her selection in writing to the insurer.

Legislative History

(Added to NRS by 1971, 770 ; A 1981, 1497 ; 1991, 2426 )—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.623)

Nearby Sections

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§ 616C.005

Forms for reporting injuries: Insurer to distribute revised forms to employers periodically; Administrator to make revised forms available to physicians, chiropractic physicians, physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses

§ 616C.010

Employee to report accident and injury to employer; examination of employee; professional employer organization to provide to leased employees instructions regarding reporting of injuries

§ 616C.015

Notice of injury or death: Requirements; availability of form; retention; notice by leased employee

§ 616C.020

Claim for compensation: Requirements for injured employee, dependent or representative to file claim; form

§ 616C.025

Recovery of compensation barred if notice of injury or claim for compensation is not filed; exceptions

§ 616C.030

Dependent of injured employee barred from filing claim for compensation if untimely or previously denied

§ 616C.035

Application for death benefit

§ 616C.040

Claim for compensation: Duty of treating physician, chiropractic physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse to file or delegate duty; electronic filing; form and contents; provision of completed form to injured employee; maintenance of forms; penalty

§ 616C.045

Report of industrial injury or occupational disease: Duty of employer to file; electronic filing; form and contents; penalty

§ 616C.050

Information required to be provided by insurer to claimant

§ 616C.052

Exposure of police officer, firefighter or arson investigator to contagious disease: Reporting and testing requirements; eligibility for compensation

§ 616C.055

Use of fee schedules which unfairly discriminate among physicians and chiropractic physicians prohibited; payment for services rendered by physician or chiropractic physician after removal from panel prohibited

§ 616C.065

Duty of insurer to accept or deny claim; new determination; penalty; failure of insurer to indicate acceptance or denial of claim; written determination

§ 616C.070

Persons who are conclusively presumed to be totally dependent on injured or deceased employee; exception

§ 616C.075

Effect of employee’s refusal to submit to physical examination after accident

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