616C.190 - Compensation of employee injured out of State. - Nevada Statutes

616C.190  Compensation of employee injured out of State.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4 of NRS 616B.600, if an employee who has been hired or is regularly employed in this State receives a personal injury by an accident arising out of and in the course of such employment outside of this State, the employee, or the dependents of the employee in case of the death of the employee, are entitled to receive compensation according to the law of this State, and such compensation is the exclusive remedy of the employee or dependents.

      2.  The provisions of this section apply only to those injuries received by the employee within 6 months after leaving this State, unless before the expiration of the 6-month period the employer has filed with the private carrier or, in the case of a self-insured employer or an association of self-insured public or private employers, with the Administrator notice that he or she has elected to extend the coverage for a greater period.

      [Part 74:168:1947; A 1955, 187]—(NRS A 1981, 1168, 1488; 1989, 579; 1995, 2031; 1999, 1778)