Nevada § 617.430 - Eligibility; limitations

§ 617.430. Eligibility; limitations

1. Every employee who is disabled or dies because of an occupational disease, as defined

in this chapter, arising out of and in the course of employment in the State of Nevada,

or the dependents, as that term is defined in chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of

NRS, of an employee whose death is caused by an occupational disease, are entitled

to the compensation provided by those chapters for temporary disability, permanent

disability or death, as the facts may warrant, subject to the modifications mentioned

in this chapter. 2. In cases of tenosynovitis, prepatellar bursitis, and infection or inflammation

of the skin, no person is entitled to such compensation unless for 90 days next preceding

the contraction of the occupational disease the employee has been: (a) A resident of the State of Nevada; or (b) Employed by a self-insured employer, a member of an association of self-insured

public or private employers, or an employer insured by a private carrier that provides

coverage for occupational diseases.