NRS
616A.035 “Accident benefits” defined.
1. “Accident benefits” means medical,
surgical, hospital or other treatments, nursing, medicine, medical and surgical
supplies, crutches and apparatuses, including prosthetic devices.
2. The term includes:
(a) Medical benefits as defined by NRS 617.130;
(b) Preventive treatment administered as a
precaution to an employee who is exposed to a contagious disease while
providing medical services, including emergency medical care, in the course and
scope of his or her employment;
(c) Preventive treatment administered as a
precaution to a police officer, a salaried or volunteer firefighter or an arson
investigator who:
(1) Was exposed to a contagious disease:
(I) Upon battery by an offender; or
(II) While performing the duties of
a police officer, firefighter or arson investigator,
Ê if the
exposure is documented by the creation and maintenance of a report concerning
the exposure pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS
616C.052; or
(2) Tests positive for exposure to
tuberculosis or another contagious disease under the circumstances described in
subsection 2 or 3 of NRS 616C.052; and
(d) Preventive treatment for hepatitis
administered as a precaution to a police officer, full-time salaried
firefighter, arson investigator or emergency medical attendant employed in this
State.
3. The term does not include:
(a) Exercise equipment, a hot tub or a spa for an
employee’s home;
(b) Membership in an athletic or health club;
(c) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 616C.245, a motor vehicle; or
(d) The costs of operating a motor vehicle
provided pursuant to NRS 616C.245,
fees related to the operation or licensing of the motor vehicle or insurance
for the motor vehicle.
4. As used in this section:
(a) “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.
(b) “Emergency medical attendant” means a person
licensed as an attendant or certified as an emergency medical responder,
emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician or
paramedic pursuant to chapter 450B of NRS,
whose primary duties of employment are the provision of emergency medical
services.
(c) “Hepatitis” includes hepatitis A, hepatitis
B, hepatitis C and any additional diseases or conditions that are associated
with or result from hepatitis A, hepatitis B or hepatitis C.
(d) “Preventive treatment” includes, without
limitation:
(1) Tests to determine if an employee has
contracted hepatitis or any other contagious disease to which the employee was
exposed; and
(2) If an employee tests positive for
exposure to tuberculosis under the circumstances described in NRS 616C.052, such medication and chest
X-rays as are recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of
the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
[8:168:1947; 1943 NCL § 2680.8]—(NRS A 1987,
921; 1991,
2398; 1993,
692; 1999,
2445; 2001,
1014, 1871;
2003,
104, 3412;
2005,
340, 2236;
2009,
542; 2013,
964; 2025,
195)
Notes of Decisions
Valdez v. Employers Ins. Co. of Nev., 162 P.3d 148 (Nev. 2007).
· cites it 4× “" "Accident benefits" are defined in NRS 616A.035(1) as "medical, surgical, hospital or other treatments, nursing, medicine, medical and surgical supplies, crutches and apparatuses, including prosthetic devices.”
Employers Ins. Co. of Nevada v. Chandler, 23 P.3d 255 (Nev. 2001).
· cites it 3× “090 defines “compensation” to include accident benefits which, according to the express language of NRS 616A.035, includes medical benefits. 5 Chandler contends, however, that the term “compensation” in NRS 616C.”
Poremba Vs. So. Nevada Paving, 2017 NV 2 (Nev. 2017).
· cites it 4× “" NRS 616A.035(1). Accident benefits do not include exercise equipment, gym memberships, or in most cases, motor vehicle expenses.”
Poremba Vs. So. Nevada Paving, 2017 NV 2 (Nev. 2017).
· cites it 2× “" NRS 616A.035(1). Accident benefits do not include exercise equipment, gym memberships, or in most cases, motor vehicle expenses.”
Mgm Mirage-City Ctr. v. Dorough (Nev. 2013).
· cites it 2× “090; NRS 616A.035. Accordingly, we affirm the district court's denial of appellants' petition for judicial review.”
Valdez v. Employers Ins. Co. of Nev, 146 P.3d 250 (Nev. 2006).
· cites it 2× “" "Accident benefits" are defined in NRS 616A.035(1) as "medical, surgical, hospital or other treatments, nursing, medicine, medical and surgical supplies, crutches and apparatuses, including prosthetic devices.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 616A.035(1) — 5 cases
Valdez v. Employers Ins. Co. of Nev., 162 P.3d 148 (Nev. 2007).
“" "Accident benefits" are defined in NRS 616A.035(1) as "medical, surgical, hospital or other treatments, nursing, medicine, medical and surgical supplies, crutches and apparatuses, including prosthetic devices.”
Poremba Vs. So. Nevada Paving, 2017 NV 2 (Nev. 2017).
“" NRS 616A.035(1). Accident benefits do not include exercise equipment, gym memberships, or in most cases, motor vehicle expenses.”
Poremba Vs. So. Nevada Paving, 2017 NV 2 (Nev. 2017).
“" NRS 616A.035(1). Accident benefits do not include exercise equipment, gym memberships, or in most cases, motor vehicle expenses.”
Mgm Mirage-City Ctr. v. Dorough (Nev. 2013).
“090; NRS 616A.035. Accordingly, we affirm the district court's denial of appellants' petition for judicial review.”
Valdez v. Employers Ins. Co. of Nev, 146 P.3d 250 (Nev. 2006).
“" "Accident benefits" are defined in NRS 616A.035(1) as "medical, surgical, hospital or other treatments, nursing, medicine, medical and surgical supplies, crutches and apparatuses, including prosthetic devices.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 616A.035(2)(a) — 2 cases
Valdez v. Employers Ins. Co. of Nev., 162 P.3d 148 (Nev. 2007).
“" "Accident benefits" are defined in NRS 616A.035(1) as "medical, surgical, hospital or other treatments, nursing, medicine, medical and surgical supplies, crutches and apparatuses, including prosthetic devices.”
Valdez v. Employers Ins. Co. of Nev, 146 P.3d 250 (Nev. 2006).
“" "Accident benefits" are defined in NRS 616A.035(1) as "medical, surgical, hospital or other treatments, nursing, medicine, medical and surgical supplies, crutches and apparatuses, including prosthetic devices.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 616A.035(3) — 2 cases
Poremba Vs. So. Nevada Paving, 2017 NV 2 (Nev. 2017).
“" NRS 616A.035(1). Accident benefits do not include exercise equipment, gym memberships, or in most cases, motor vehicle expenses.”
Poremba Vs. So. Nevada Paving, 2017 NV 2 (Nev. 2017).
“" NRS 616A.035(1). Accident benefits do not include exercise equipment, gym memberships, or in most cases, motor vehicle expenses.”
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