617.420 - Minimum duration of incapacity; payment of medical benefits. - Nevada Statutes

617.420  Minimum duration of incapacity; payment of medical benefits.  No compensation may be paid under this chapter for disability which does not incapacitate the employee for at least 5 cumulative days within a 20-day period from earning full wages, but if the incapacity extends for 5 or more days within a 20-day period, the compensation must then be computed from the date of disability. The limitations in this section do not apply to medical benefits, which must be paid from the date of application for payment of medical benefits.

      [37:44:1947; 1943 NCL § 2800.37]—(NRS A 1959, 205; 1987, 923)