Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injury or Death
DETERMINATION AND PAYMENT OF BENEFITS
Contested Claims of Injured Employees
Section 616C.2692 - Hearing or appeals officer: Prohibited acts
Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 616C.2692
Current through December 31, 2024
1. A hearing or appeals officer shall not:
(a)
Engage in conduct that reflects adversely on the character, competence or
temperament of the officer or on the officer's fitness to serve, including,
without limitation, conduct involving misrepresentation, fraud, dishonesty,
deceit or felonious criminal behavior.
(b) In the performance of the official duties
of the officer, by words or conduct, manifest bias or prejudice because of
race, religion, color, age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, national
origin, ancestry, marital status or socioeconomic status.
(c) Act in a way that the officer knows or
reasonably should know would be perceived by a reasonable person as biased or
prejudiced toward any of the parties, witnesses or attorneys to a proceeding or
members of the public at a proceeding.
(d) Be swayed by partisan interests, public
clamor or fear of criticism.
(e)
Allow family, social or other relationships or associations to influence his or
her official conduct or judgment.
(f) Use the position of hearing or appeals
officer to advance the private interests of the officer or of any other
person.
(g) Convey the impression
that any person has any special influence with the hearing or appeals
officer.
(h) Serve as an officer,
director, trustee or advisor of a private or public corporation or of an
educational, religious, charitable, fraternal, political or civic organization
if the corporation or organization frequently participates in proceedings that
would ordinarily come before the officer.
(i) Use his or her position as a hearing or
appeals officer to solicit funds for any private or public corporation or for
any educational, religious, charitable, fraternal, political or civic
organization or allow the prestige of the office to be used for such
purposes.
(j) Use or disclose
nonpublic information acquired by the hearing or appeals officer for any
purpose not related to the official duties of such an officer.
(k) Make any public comment about a
proceeding within the jurisdiction of the hearing or appeals officer which
might reasonably be expected to affect the outcome or impair the fairness of
the proceeding. The provisions of this paragraph must not be construed to
prohibit a hearing or appeals officer from:
(1) Making public statements in the course of
his or her official duties;
(2)
Explaining for the public benefit procedures before the hearing or appeals
officer;
(3) Responding to or
defending from a criminal charge or civil claim against the hearing or appeals
officer; or
(4) Responding to
allegations concerning the conduct of the hearing or appeals officer during a
proceeding before the officer.
(l) Unless under subpoena, testify under oath
as a character witness. The provisions of this paragraph must not be construed
to prohibit a hearing or appeals officer from providing a character or ability
reference for a person about whom the officer has personal knowledge.
2. A hearing or appeals officer, a spouse of a hearing or appeals officer, or any other person residing in the household of a hearing or appeals officer shall not accept any gift, bequest or loan from any person who has a significant interest in a matter that is or that the hearing or appeals officer has reason to know will be before the officer.
Added to NAC by Hearings Div. by R184-07, eff. 9-29-2008
NRS 616C.295
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