616C.280 - Withdrawal of approval for employer to provide accident benefits: Grounds supporting withdrawal. - Nevada Statutes

616C.280  Withdrawal of approval for employer to provide accident benefits: Grounds supporting withdrawal.  The Administrator may withdraw his or her approval of an employer’s providing accident benefits for his or her employees and require the employer to pay the premium collected pursuant to NRS 616C.255 if the employer intentionally:

      1.  Determines incorrectly that a claimed injury did not arise out of and in the course of the employee’s employment;

      2.  Fails to advise an injured employee of the employee’s rights under chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS;

      3.  Impedes the determination of disability or benefits by delaying a needed change of an injured employee’s physician or chiropractor;

      4.  Causes an injured employee to file a legal action to recover any compensation or other medical benefits due the employee from the employer;

      5.  Violates any of the Administrator’s or the Division’s regulations regarding the provision of accident benefits by employers; or

      6.  Discriminates against an employee who claims benefits under chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS.

      (Added to NRS by 1983, 426; A 1985, 1545; 1997, 1438; 1999, 225)