ing fire, flood, earthquake, windstorm, ambulance service or other rescue work, shall be deemed, for the purpose of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS, employees of the city, town, county or district so recognizing them, at the wage of $2,000 per month, and are entitled to the benefits of those chapters upon such city, town, county or district’s complying therewith. [Part 17:168:1947; A 1951, 485; 1953, 163]—(NRS A 1963, 745; 1965, 336; 1973, 497; 1983, 808; 1991, 168; 2005, 341) NRS 616A.150 “Employee”: Paid firefighter performing voluntary off-duty services as firefighter. A firefighter who is employed by a regular organized and recognized fire department, while engaged off duty in the voluntary performance of services as a firefighter within the jurisdiction served by his department or a jurisdiction with which his department has a reciprocal agreement, is entitled to receive the benefits provided by chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS as though he were an employee receiving the wage which he receives from his regular employer. (Added to NRS by 1979, 441; A 2005, 341) NRS 616A.155 “Employee”: Persons rendering voluntary ambulance service. A member of a nonprofit service organization or club, while engaged in rendering volunteer ambulance service in any county, city or town, shall be deemed for the purpose of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS, an employee of the organization or club, at a wage of $2,000 per month, and is entitled to the benefits of those chapters if the organization or club complies therewith. (Added to NRS by 1961, 418; A 1997, 470) NRS 616A.160 “Employee”: Volunteer peace officers and persons authorized to issue certain citations pursuant to NRS 484.4085. Volunteer officers attached to the Nevada Highway Patrol, volunteers appointed pursuant to NRS 484.4085 who qualify pursuant to subsection 4 of that section, the investigators appointed pursuant to NRS 480.490 or volunteers of a regularly organized and recognized police department, metropolitan police department or sheriff’s unit, while engaged in their duties as such in any voluntary community service and while acting under the direction of the Chief of the Nevada Highway Patrol, Chief of the Investigation Division of the Department of Public Safety or a sheriff or chief of police, or their deputies or assistants, of any county, metropolitan police department, city or town in the protection of life or property shall be deemed, for the purpose of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS, employees of the Nevada Highway Patrol, Investigation Division or the city, town, metropolitan police department or county so recognizing them, at the wage of $900 per month, and are entitled to the benefits of those chapters upon compliance therewith by the Nevada Highway Patrol, Investigation Division or the county, metropolitan police department, city or town. (Added to NRS by 1957, 252; A 1973, 926; 1983, 768, 1291; 1995, 319; 1997, 71; 2001, 2632) NRS 616A.165 “Employee”: Trustees of school districts. Trustees of school districts, while engaged in their designated duty as trustees, shall be deemed, for the purpose of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS, employees receiving a wage of $250 per month, and, in the event of injury while performing their designated duty, shall be entitled to the benefits of those chapters. (Added to NRS by 1961, 70)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.074) NRS 616A.170 “Employee”: Junior traffic patrols. Members of junior traffic patrols are defined as minors attending school and selected or designated by school officials or by school and city or town officials for regular duty on school days to patrol street crossings used by school children while going to or returning from school. They shall be deemed, for the purpose of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS, employees receiving a wage of $100 per month from the city, town or school district in which their designated duty is performed. In the event of injury while performing their designated duty, they shall be entitled to the benefits of those chapters. [Part 17:168:1947; A 1951, 485; 1953, 163]—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.075) NRS 616A.175 “Employee”: Person vending or delivering newspaper or magazine. Any person who is: 1. Engaged in vending, selling, offering for sale or delivering directly to the public any newspaper, magazine or periodical pursuant to an agreement or contract with the publisher or distributor thereof; 2. Acting under the control of the publisher or distributor; and 3. Receiving a wage, commission or other compensation based upon his sales of the newspaper, magazine or periodical, shall be deemed, for the purposes of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS, to be an employee of the publisher or distributor and to be receiving a wage of $50 per month or his actual remuneration, whichever is greater, and is entitled to the benefits of those chapters. (Added to NRS by 1963, 519; A 1983, 1292)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.076) NRS 616A.180 “Employee”: Members of county advisory boards to manage wildlife. Members of the county advisory boards to manage wildlife who serve without compensation pursuant to the provisions of NRS 501.285, while engaged in their designated duty as members, shall be deemed for the purpose of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS, employees receiving a wage of $250 per month, and, in the event of injury while performing their designated duty, are entitled to receive the benefits of those chapters upon the boards complying therewith. (Added to NRS by 1959, 88; A 1969, 1561; 1985, 1356)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.077) NRS 616A.185 “Employee”: Members of Nevada Legislature. For the purposes of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS: 1. A member of the Nevada Legislature shall be deemed to be an employee of the State during his term of office at the wage of $2,000 per month and is entitled to the benefits of those chapters. 2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and subsection 1 of NRS 616A.265, any injury sustained by a member of the Nevada Legislature shall be deemed to have arisen out of and in the course of his employment as a Legislator if, at the time of the injury, he was performing any act or was engaging in any event that was reasonably related to his legislative office or his public service as a Legislator, whether or not he was receiving remuneration from the State for performing the act or engaging in the event at the time of the injury. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to any injury sustained by a member of the Nevada Legislature if, at the time of the injury, he was performing any act or was engaging in any event that was reasonably related to a political campaign for any legislative or other elective office. (Added to NRS by 1987, 2047; A 2003, 2793) NRS 616A.190 “Employee”: Certain members of state, county and local departments, boards, commissions, agencies or bureaus; adjunct professors of Nevada System of Higher Education; members of Board of Regents. Members of state, county and local departments, boards, commissions, agencies or bureaus, whether elected or appointed, who serve without compensation or who receive less than $250 per month compensation, the members of the State Board of Education, adjunct professors of the Nevada System of Higher Education and the members of the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada, while engaged in their designated duties as members and adjunct professors, shall be deemed, for the purpose of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS, employees receiving a wage of $250 per month and, in the event of injury while performing their designated duties, are entitled to the benefits of those chapters. (Added to NRS by 1959, 168; A 1969, 465; 1961, 56; 1967, 1369; 1975, 619; 1985, 576; 1993, 417; 1995, 2009)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.079) NRS 616A.195 “Employee”: Pe

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