completion of the construction project; or 2. Any party to the contract is not transacting business within this State at the time the claim is filed. (Added to NRS by 1999, 3145) NRS 616B.725 Safety requirements: Contents of safety program; qualifications and duties of safety coordinators; duties of owner or principal contractor. 1. A consolidated insurance program that a private company, public entity or utility is authorized to establish and administer pursuant to NRS 616B.710 must, in the manner set forth in this section, provide for the safety of an employee of a contractor or subcontractor who is engaged in the construction project when such an employee works at the site of the construction project. 2. The owner or principal contractor of the construction project shall develop and carry out a safety program that includes, without limitation: (a) The establishment of minimum standards of safety to be observed during construction of the project; (b) The holding of regular meetings to address and discuss issues related to safety; (c) Training of contractors and subcontractors regarding issues and procedures related to safety; (d) Regular inspections of the site of the construction project to identify potential safety hazards and ensure that minimum standards of safety are being observed; (e) The notification of contractors and subcontractors of special hazards that exist at the site of the construction project, including advice on ways in which the contractors and subcontractors can avoid those hazards; and (f) The prompt investigation of any injuries that take place at the site of the construction project which result in death or serious bodily injury. 3. The owner or principal contractor of the construction project shall hire or contract with two persons to serve as the primary and alternate coordinators for safety for the construction project. The primary and alternate coordinators for safety must: (a) Possess credentials in the field of safety that the Administrator determines to be adequate to prepare a person to act as a coordinator for safety for a construction project, including, without limitation, credentials issued by the: (1) Board of Certified Safety Professionals; or (2) Insurance Institute of America; or (b) Have at least 3 years of experience in overseeing matters of occupational safety and health in the field of construction that the Administrator determines to be adequate to prepare a person to act as a coordinator for safety for a construction project. 4. The primary and alternate coordinators for safety for the construction project: (a) Must not serve as coordinators for safety for another construction project that is covered by a different consolidated insurance program; (b) Shall oversee and enforce the safety program established pursuant to subsection 2, including, without limitation, resolving problems related to the operation of the safety program; and (c) Shall ensure that the contractors, employers and subcontractors who are engaged in the construction of the project coordinate their efforts regarding issues of occupational safety and health to create and maintain a safe and healthful workplace. 5. The alternate coordinator for safety shall report to the primary coordinator for safety regarding activities that take place at the site of the construction project when the primary coordinator is absent. 6. The owner or principal contractor of the construction project shall ensure that the primary or alternate coordinator for safety for the construction project is physically present at the site of the construction project whenever activity related to construction is taking place at the site. (Added to NRS by 1999, 3142) NRS 616B.727 Administration of claims: Duties of administrator of claims; duties of owner or principal contractor. 1. A consolidated insurance program that a private company, public entity or utility is authorized to establish and administer pursuant to NRS 616B.710 must, in the manner set forth in this section, provide for the administration of claims for industrial insurance for an employee of a contractor or subcontractor who is engaged in the construction project when such an employee works at the site of the construction project. 2. The owner or principal contractor of the construction project shall hire or contract with a person to serve as the administrator of claims for industrial insurance for the construction project. Such a person must not serve as an administrator of claims for industrial insurance for another construction project that is covered by a different consolidated insurance program. 3. The administrator of claims for industrial insurance for the construction project who is hired or with whom the owner or principal contractor contracts pursuant to subsection 2 shall: (a) Assist an employee who is covered under the consolidated insurance program or, in the event of the employee’s death, one of his dependents, in filing a written notice of injury or death as required pursuant to NRS 616C.015 or a written notice of an occupational disease as required pursuant to NRS 617.342; (b) Sign and file on behalf of a contractor or subcontractor whose employees are covered under the consolidated insurance program an employer’s report of industrial injury or occupational disease as required pursuant to NRS 616C.045 or 617.354; (c) Ensure that an employee who is covered under the consolidated insurance program and who has been injured or who has incurred an occupational disease while working on the construction project is directed to a medical facility that will provide treatment to the employee under the program; (d) Handle all issues, to the extent reasonably practicable, relating to claims for industrial insurance at the site of the construction project; and (e) Hire or contract such assistant administrators as may be necessary to carry out his responsibilities pursuant to this section. 4. The owner or principal contractor of the construction project shall ensure that the administrator of claims for industrial insurance for the construction project or an assistant administrator is physically present at the site of the construction project whenever activity related to construction is taking place at the site. (Added to NRS by 1999, 3143) NRS 616B.730 Coverage of employees who do not work at site of construction project; separate policy required for certain employees who do not work at site of construction project; reimbursement for cost of separate policy. 1. A consolidated insurance program must not provide industrial insurance coverage, a comprehensive program of safety or for the administration of claims for industrial insurance for an employee of a contractor or subcontractor who is engaged in the construction of the project that is covered by the consolidated insurance program at any time that such an employee does not work at the site of the construction project. 2. A contractor or subcontractor who is engaged in the construction of a project that is covered by a consolidated insurance program shall maintain separate industrial insurance coverage for its employees who: (a) Are not assigned to participate in the construction of the project; or (b) Are assigned to participate in the construction of the project but who do not work exclusively at the site of the project. 3. The owner or principal contractor of a construction project shall reimburse a contractor or subcontractor who bids successfully on the construction project for the cost of providing separate industrial insurance coverage for an employee if: (a) The contractor or subcontractor set the amount of his bid in a reasonable, good faith belief that the employee would work exclusively at the site of the construction project and would

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