Nevada § 616C.500 - Temporary partial disability: Compensation

§ 616C.500. Temporary partial disability: Compensation

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NRS 616C.175 , every employee in the employ of an employer, within the provisions of chapters 616A

to 616D, inclusive, of NRS, who is injured by accident arising out of and in the course

of employment, is entitled to receive for a temporary partial disability the difference

between the wage earned after the injury and the compensation which the injured person

would be entitled to receive if temporarily totally disabled when the wage is less

than the compensation, but for a period not to exceed 24 months during the period

of disability. 2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 616B.028 and 616B.029 , an injured employee or his or her dependents are not entitled to accrue or be paid

any benefits for a temporary partial disability during the time the employee is incarcerated.

The injured employee or his or her dependents are entitled to receive such benefits

if the injured employee is released from incarceration during the period of disability

specified in subsection 1 and the injured employee is certified as temporarily partially

disabled by a physician or chiropractic physician.