elor. NRS 616C.545 Duty of insurer to determine physical limitations on injured employee’s ability to work. NRS 616C.547 General duties of vocational rehabilitation counselor. NRS 616C.550 Written assessment of injured employee. NRS 616C.555 Plan for program of vocational rehabilitation. NRS 616C.560 Extension of program for vocational rehabilitation. NRS 616C.570 On-the-job training as component of plan for program of vocational rehabilitation. NRS 616C.575 Payment of vocational rehabilitation maintenance. NRS 616C.580 Provision of services outside of State; limited lump-sum payment in lieu of services. NRS 616C.585 Limit on goods and services which may be provided; exceptions. NRS 616C.590 Eligibility for services; effect of incarceration; effect of refusing services offered by insurer; effect of inability of insurer to locate injured employee. NRS 616C.595 Agreements for payment of compensation in lump sum in lieu of provision of vocational rehabilitation services. NRS 616C.600 Orders for self-employment or payment of compensation in lump sum for vocational rehabilitation prohibited; agreements concerning self-employment authorized. _________ REPORTS OF INJURIES AND CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION NRS 616C.005 Forms for reporting injuries: Insurer to distribute revised forms to employers periodically; Administrator to make revised forms available to physicians and chiropractors. On or before September 1 of each year: 1. An insurer shall distribute to each employer that it insures any form for reporting injuries that has been revised within the previous 12 months. 2. The Administrator shall make available to physicians and chiropractors any form for reporting injuries that has been revised within the previous 12 months. (Added to NRS by 1991, 2395; A 1997, 1434) NRS 616C.010 Employee to report accident and injury to employer; examination of employee. 1. Whenever any accident occurs to any employee, he shall forthwith report the accident and the injury resulting therefrom to his employer. 2. When an employer learns of an accident, whether or not it is reported, the employer may direct the employee to submit to, or the employee may request, an examination by a physician or chiropractor, in order to ascertain the character and extent of the injury and render medical attention which is required immediately. The employer may furnish the names, addresses and telephone numbers of one or more physicians or chiropractors, but may not require the employee to select any particular physician or chiropractor. Thereupon, the examining physician or chiropractor shall report forthwith to the employer and to the insurer the character and extent of the injury. The employer shall not require the employee to disclose or permit the disclosure of any other information concerning his physical condition. 3. Further medical attention, except as otherwise provided in NRS 616C.265, must be authorized by the insurer. 4. This section does not prohibit an employer from requiring the employee to submit to an examination by a physician or chiropractor specified by the employer at any convenient time after medical attention which is required immediately has been completed. [Part 52:168:1947; 1943 NCL § 2680.52]—(NRS A 1981, 1167, 1471; 1983, 478; 1985, 1543)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.360) NRS 616C.015 Notice of injury or death: Requirements; availability of form; retention. 1. An employee or, in the event of the employee’s death, one of his dependents, shall provide written notice of an injury that arose out of and in the course of employment to the employer of the employee as soon as practicable, but within 7 days after the accident. 2. The notice required by subsection 1 must: (a) Be on a form prescribed by the Administrator. The form must allow the injured employee or his dependent to describe briefly the accident that caused the injury or death. (b) Be signed by the injured employee or by a person on his behalf, or in the event of the employee’s death, by one of his dependents or by a person acting on behalf of the dependent. (c) Include an explanation of the procedure for filing a claim for compensation. (d) Be prepared in duplicate so that the injured employee or his dependent and the employer can retain a copy of the notice. 3. Upon receipt of the notice required by subsection 1, the employer, the injured employee’s supervisor or the agent of the employer who was in charge of the type of work or the area where the accident occurred shall sign the notice. The signature of the employer, the supervisor or the employer’s agent is an acknowledgment of the receipt of the notice and shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any of the employer’s defenses or rights. 4. An employer shall maintain a sufficient supply of the forms required to file the notice required by subsection 1 for use by his employees. 5. An employer shall retain any notice provided pursuant to subsection 1 for 3 years after the date of the accident. An employer insured by a private carrier shall not file a notice of injury with the private carrier. [55:168:1947; 1943 NCL § 2680.55]—(NRS A 1969, 95; 1973, 604; 1979, 1052, 1053; 1981, 1487; 1989, 332; 1991, 2415, 2416; 1993, 731; 1995, 2031, 2146; 1997, 585; 1999, 1775) NRS 616C.020 Claim for compensation: Requirements for injured employee, his dependent or his representative to file claim; form. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an injured employee, or a person acting on his behalf, shall file a claim for compensation with the insurer within 90 days after an accident if: (a) The employee has sought medical treatment for an injury arising out of and in the course of his employment; or (b) The employee was off work as a result of an injury arising out of and in the course of his employment. 2. In the event of the death of the injured employee resulting from the injury, a dependent of the employee, or a person acting on his behalf, shall file a claim for compensation with the insurer within 1 year after the death of the injured employee. 3. The claim for compensation must be filed on a form prescribed by the Administrator. (Added to NRS by 1993, 661)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.501) NRS 616C.025 Recovery of compensation barred if notice of injury or claim for compensation is not filed; exceptions. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an employee or, in the event of the death of the employee, his dependent, is barred from recovering compensation pursuant to the provisions of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS if he fails to file a notice of injury pursuant to NRS 616C.015 or a claim for compensation pursuant to NRS 616C.020. 2. An insurer may excuse the failure to file a notice of injury or a claim for compensation pursuant to the provisions of this section if: (a) The injury to the employee or another cause beyond his control prevented him from providing the notice or claim; (b) The failure was caused by the employee’s or dependent’s mistake or ignorance of fact or of law; (c) The failure was caused by the physical or mental inability of the employee or the dependent; or (d) The failure was caused by fraud, misrepresentation or deceit. (Added to NRS by 1993, 661)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.5011) NRS 616C.030 Dependent of injured employee barred from filing claim for compensation if untimely or previously denied. A dependent of an injured employee may not file a claim for compensation for an industrial injury pursuant to the provisions of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS if: 1. The time for filing the claim has expired pursuant to NRS 616C.020 and the failure to file the claim is not excused pursuan

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