se and the name of each person, if any, to whom the police officer or firefighter was exposed. 2. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (d) of subsection 2 of NRS 616A.265, if the results of a physical examination administered pursuant to NRS 617.455 or 617.457 to a police officer or a salaried or volunteer firefighter after the commencement of his employment reveal that the police officer or firefighter tested positive for exposure to tuberculosis, the police officer or firefighter is eligible, during his lifetime, to receive compensation pursuant to chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS for tuberculosis and any additional diseases or conditions that are associated with or result from tuberculosis. 3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 617.485 and 617.487, if the employment of a police officer or a salaried or volunteer firefighter is terminated, voluntarily or involuntarily, the employer of the police officer or firefighter, regardless of whether the police officer or firefighter has been exposed to a contagious disease during his employment and regardless of whether the employer has created or maintained a report concerning any exposure of the police officer or firefighter to a contagious disease pursuant to subsection 1, shall: (a) At the time of termination and at 3 months after the date of termination, provide to the police officer or firefighter a purified protein derivative skin test to screen for exposure to tuberculosis, unless the police officer or firefighter previously submitted to such a test and tested positive for exposure to tuberculosis. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (d) of subsection 2 of NRS 616A.265, if a skin test administered pursuant to this paragraph and provided to the employer reveals that the police officer or firefighter tested positive for exposure to tuberculosis, the police officer or firefighter is eligible, during his lifetime, to receive compensation pursuant to chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS for tuberculosis and any additional diseases or conditions that are associated with or result from tuberculosis. (b) Within 30 days after the date of termination and at 6 and 12 months after the date of termination, provide to the police officer or firefighter a blood test or other appropriate test to screen for other contagious diseases, including, without limitation, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and human immunodeficiency virus, unless the police officer or firefighter previously submitted to such a test for a contagious disease and tested positive for exposure to that contagious disease. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (d) of subsection 2 of NRS 616A.265, if a blood test or other appropriate test administered pursuant to this paragraph and provided to the employer reveals that the police officer or firefighter has any other contagious disease or the antibodies associated with a contagious disease, the police officer or firefighter is eligible, during his lifetime, to receive compensation pursuant to chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS for such a disease and any additional diseases or conditions that are associated with or result from the contagious disease. 4. The former employer of a police officer or a salaried or volunteer firefighter shall pay all the costs associated with providing skin and blood tests and other appropriate tests required pursuant to subsection 3. 5. As used in this section, the term “battery” includes, without limitation, the intentional propelling or placing, or the causing to be propelled or placed, of any human excrement or bodily fluid upon the person of an employee. (Added to NRS by 1999, 2446; A 2001, 1015, 1873; 2005, 342, 2238) NRS 616C.055 Use of fee schedules which unfairly discriminate among physicians and chiropractors prohibited; payment for services rendered by physician or chiropractor after removal from panel prohibited. 1. The insurer may not, in accepting responsibility for any charges, use fee schedules which unfairly discriminate among physicians and chiropractors. 2. If a physician or chiropractor is removed from the panel established pursuant to NRS 616C.090 or from participation in a plan for managed care established pursuant to NRS 616B.527, he must not be paid for any services rendered to the injured employee after the date of his removal. (Added to NRS by 1979, 651; A 1981, 1168, 1488; 1983, 325; 1985, 1546; 1991, 2417; 1993, 733; 1999, 1776) NRS 616C.065 Insurer to commence payment of claim or deny claim within certain time after insurer notified of industrial accident; notification of claimant and Administrator of denial of claim; penalty for unreasonable delay or refusal to pay claim. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 616C.136, within 30 days after the insurer has been notified of an industrial accident, every insurer shall: (a) Commence payment of a claim for compensation; or (b) Deny the claim and notify the claimant and Administrator that the claim has been denied. Payments made by an insurer pursuant to this section are not an admission of liability for the claim or any portion of the claim. 2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if an insurer unreasonably delays or refuses to pay the claim within 30 days after the insurer has been notified of an industrial accident, the insurer shall pay upon order of the Administrator an additional amount equal to three times the amount specified in the order as refused or unreasonably delayed. This payment is for the benefit of the claimant and must be paid to him with the compensation assessed pursuant to chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS. The provisions of this section do not apply to the payment of a bill for accident benefits that is governed by the provisions of NRS 616C.136. (Added to NRS by 1995, 2001; A 2001, 2738) NRS 616C.070 Persons who are conclusively presumed to be totally dependent on injured or deceased employee; exception. 1. A person is conclusively presumed to be totally dependent upon an injured or deceased employee if the person is a natural, posthumous or adopted child, whether legitimate or illegitimate, under the age of 18 years, or over that age if physically or mentally incapacitated from wage earning, and there is no surviving parent. Stepparents may be regarded in chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS as parents if the fact of dependency is shown, and a stepchild or stepchildren may be regarded in chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS as a natural child or children if the existence and fact of dependency are shown. 2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 13 of NRS 616C.505, questions as to who constitute dependents and the extent of their dependency must be determined as of the date of the accident or injury to the employee, and their right to any benefit becomes fixed at that time, irrespective of any subsequent change in conditions, and the benefits are directly recoverable by and payable to the dependent or dependents entitled thereto or to their legal guardians or trustees. 3. The presumptions of this section do not apply in favor of aliens who are nonresidents of the United States at the time of the accident, injury to, or death of the employee. [24:168:1947; 1943 NCL § 2680.24]—(NRS A 1971, 321; 1975, 598; 1985, 1460; 1993, 733; 1999, 219) NRS 616C.075 Effect of employee’s refusal to submit to physical examination after accident. If an employee is properly directed to submit to a physical examination and the employee refuses to permit the treating physician or chiropractor to make an examination and to render medical attention as may be required immediately, no compensation may be paid for the injury claimed to result from the accident. [Part 52:168:1947; 1943 NCL § 2680.52]—(NRS A 1973, 599; 1981, 1167, 1471; 1985, 1544; 1993, 715)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.365) TREATMENT AND RATING OF INJURED EMPLOYEES NRS 616C.085

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