Nevada § 616B.557 - Payment of cost of additional compensation resulting from subsequent injury of employee of self-insured employer

§ 616B.557. Payment of cost of additional compensation resulting from subsequent injury of employee of self-insured employer

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 616B.560 : 1. If an employee of a self-insured employer has a permanent physical impairment from

any cause or origin and incurs a subsequent disability by injury arising out of and

in the course of his or her employment which entitles the employee to compensation

for disability that is substantially greater by reason of the combined effects of

the preexisting impairment and the subsequent injury than that which would have resulted

from the subsequent injury alone, the compensation due must be charged to the Subsequent

Injury Account for Self-Insured Employers in accordance with regulations adopted by

the Board. 2. If the subsequent injury of such an employee results in his or her death and it

is determined that the death would not have occurred except for the preexisting permanent

physical impairment, the compensation due must be charged to the Subsequent Injury

Account for Self-Insured Employers in accordance with regulations adopted by the Board. 3. As used in this section, “ permanent physical impairment ” means any permanent condition, whether congenital or caused by injury or disease,

of such seriousness as to constitute a hindrance or obstacle to obtaining employment

or to obtaining reemployment if the employee is unemployed. For the purposes of this section, a condition is not a “ permanent physical impairment ” unless it would support a rating of permanent impairment of 6 percent or more of

the whole person if evaluated according to the American Medical Association's Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment as adopted and supplemented by the Division pursuant to NRS 616C.110 . 4. To qualify under this section for reimbursement from the Subsequent Injury Account

for Self-Insured Employers, the self-insured employer must establish by written records

that the self-insured employer had knowledge of the “permanent physical impairment”

at the time the employee was hired or that the employee was retained in employment

after the self-insured employer acquired such knowledge. 5. A self-insured employer must submit to the Board a claim for reimbursement from

the Subsequent Injury Account for Self-Insured Employers. 6. The Board shall adopt regulations establishing procedures for submitting claims

against the Subsequent Injury Account for Self-Insured Employers. The Board shall notify the self-insured employer of its decision on such a claim

within 120 days after the claim is received. 7. An appeal of any decision made concerning a claim against the Subsequent Injury

Account for Self-Insured Employers must be submitted directly to the district court.