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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 617.420 (2026)

Minimum duration of incapacity for temporary total disability; payment of medical benefits; exception

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NRS 617.420  Minimum duration of incapacity for temporary total disability; payment of medical benefits; exception.

      1.  No compensation may be paid under this chapter for temporary total disability which does not incapacitate the employee for at least 5 cumulative days within a 20-day period from earning full wages, but if the incapacity extends for 5 or more days within a 20-day period, the compensation must then be computed from the date of disability.

      2.  The limitations in this section do not apply to medical benefits, including, without limitation, medical benefits pursuant to NRS 617.453, 617.455 or 617.457, or a claim to which subsection 4 or 5 of NRS 616C.180 applies, which must be paid from the date of application for payment of medical benefits.

      [37:44:1947; 1943 NCL § 2800.37]—(NRS A 1959, 205; 1987, 923; 2017, 3891; 2019, 1903)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1994–2025 · leading case: Employers Ins. Co. of Nevada v. Daniels, 145 P.3d 1024 (Nev. 2006).
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Employers Ins. Co. of Nevada v. Daniels, 145 P.3d 1024 (Nev. 2006). · cites it 4× “" [8] Further, NRS 617.420 states that the employee is not entitled to compensation unless the employee has been incapacitated "for at least 5 cumulative days within a 20-day period from earning full wages, but if the incapacity extends for 5 or more days within a 20-day period,…”
Howard v. City of Las Vegas, 120 P.3d 410 (Nev. 2005). · cites it 4× “6 NRS 617.420 requires that disability compensation be computed starting on the date of disability, providing: No compensation may be paid under this chapter for disability which does not incapacitate the employee for at least 5 cumulative days within a 20-day period from…”
Mirage Casino-Hotel v. Nevada Dep't of Admin. Appeals Officer, 871 P.2d 317 (Nev. 1994). · cites it 3× “As to benefits, NRS 617.420 requires that in order to become eligible for disability benefits, the employee must be incapacitated by the occupational disease for at least five cumulative days within a twenty-day period earning full wage.”
Mirage v. State, Dept. of Admin., 871 P.2d 317 (Nev. 1994). · cites it 3× “As to benefits, NRS 617.420 requires that in order to become eligible for disability benefits, the employee must be incapacitated by the occupational disease for at least five cumulative days within a twenty-day period earning full wage.”
Manwill v. Clark Cnty., 162 P.3d 876 (Nev. 2007). “060; see also NRS 617.420 (providing that an occupational disease claimant is not entitled to compensation unless he has been incapacitated “for at least 5 cumulative days within a 20-day period from earning full wages”); Daniels, 122 Nev.”
Clark Cty. Vs. Bean, 2020 NV 65 (Nev. 2020). · cites it 6× “Moreover, we based our decision in Howard on NRS 617.420(1). Id. at 693-94, 120 P.3d at 411-12.”
Clark Cty. Vs. Bean, 2020 NV 65 (Nev. 2020). · cites it 6× “Moreover, we based our decision in Howard on NRS 617.420(1). Id. at 693-94, 120 P.3d at 411-12.”
Demaranville Vs. Cannon Cochran Mgmt. Serv.'s, Inc., 2019 NV 35 (Nev. 2019). · cites it 2× “Third, both Howard and Mirage rested their conclusions that disability benefits were unavailable on the provision in NRS 617.420(1) limiting compensation payable for temporary total disability.”
City of Las Vegas v. Munson (civil), 141 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 28 (Nev. 2025). · cites it 2× “The supreme court concluded that even though the appellant's heart attack in that case was presumed to be an occupational disease arising out of and in the course of his employment, "NRS 617.420 require[d] that [temporary total] disability compensation be computed starting on…”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 617.420(1) — 4 cases
Clark Cty. Vs. Bean, 2020 NV 65 (Nev. 2020). “Moreover, we based our decision in Howard on NRS 617.420(1). Id. at 693-94, 120 P.3d at 411-12.”
Clark Cty. Vs. Bean, 2020 NV 65 (Nev. 2020). “Moreover, we based our decision in Howard on NRS 617.420(1). Id. at 693-94, 120 P.3d at 411-12.”
Demaranville Vs. Cannon Cochran Mgmt. Serv.'s, Inc., 2019 NV 35 (Nev. 2019). “Third, both Howard and Mirage rested their conclusions that disability benefits were unavailable on the provision in NRS 617.420(1) limiting compensation payable for temporary total disability.”
City of Las Vegas v. Munson (civil), 141 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 28 (Nev. 2025). “The supreme court concluded that even though the appellant's heart attack in that case was presumed to be an occupational disease arising out of and in the course of his employment, "NRS 617.420 require[d] that [temporary total] disability compensation be computed starting on…”
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