Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 616C - Industrial Insurance: Benefits for Injury or Death
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES
Section 616C.601 - Suspension or termination of vocational rehabilitation benefits: Grounds; report by private carrier; notice; appeal
Current through February 27, 2024
1. An injured employee who:
is subject to a suspension or termination of his or her vocational rehabilitation benefits.
2. An injured employee who has agreed to participate in a suitable program of vocational rehabilitation but who:
is subject to a suspension or termination of his or her vocational rehabilitation benefits.
3. An insurer may terminate vocational rehabilitation benefits if the injured employee has misrepresented or concealed a matter which was material to the evaluation of his or her eligibility or the provision of vocational rehabilitation services.
4. If the insurer is a private carrier, it shall report to the employer each injured employee who rejects or fails to participate in a program of vocational rehabilitation. The report must contain a brief description of the facts and a statement of the determination of the private carrier to suspend or terminate benefits at a specified future date.
5. Vocational rehabilitation benefits terminate on the date specified in the report of the private carrier.
6. An insurer shall give the injured employee a written notice that his or her vocational rehabilitation benefits have been suspended or terminated and a statement of the reason for the suspension or termination.
7. An injured employee whose vocational rehabilitation benefits have been suspended or terminated is entitled to a hearing on the suspension or termination and may appeal from any decision of a hearing officer on that matter.
Industrial Comm'n, No. 14.070, eff. 7-1-73; A 3-26-82; renumbered as 6.070, 6-30-82-NAC A by Div. of Industrial Insurance Regulation, 10-26-83; A by Div. of Industrial Relations, 1-20-94; R098-98, 12-18-98; R098-98, 12-18-98, eff. 7-1-99
NRS 616A.400