617.385 - Limitation on receipt of modified motor vehicle as medical benefit. - Nevada Statutes

617.385  Limitation on receipt of modified motor vehicle as medical benefit.

      1.  An employee is entitled to receive as a medical benefit a motor vehicle that is modified to allow the employee to operate the vehicle safely if:

      (a) As a result of an occupational disease arising out of and in the course of his or her employment, the employee is quadriplegic, paraplegic or has had a part of his or her body amputated; and

      (b) The employee cannot be fitted with a prosthetic device which allows the employee to operate a motor vehicle safely.

      2.  If an employee is entitled to receive a motor vehicle pursuant to subsection 1, a motor vehicle must be modified to allow the employee to operate it safely in the following order of preference:

      (a) A motor vehicle owned by the employee must be so modified if the insurer or employer providing medical benefits determines that it is reasonably feasible to do so.

      (b) A used motor vehicle must be so modified if the insurer or employer providing medical benefits determines that it is reasonably feasible to do so.

      (c) A new motor vehicle must be so modified.

      (Added to NRS by 1993, 761)