Nev. Admin. Code § 616B.972 - Periods for accrual and payment of compensation

1. An offender is not entitled to accrue or receive any compensation for temporary total disability, temporary partial disability, permanent partial disability or permanent total disability while incarcerated.

2. The insurer shall schedule an evaluation of the offender before his or her release to determine whether the industrial injury of the offender will affect his or her ability to work.

3. The payment of compensation begins upon the release of the offender from incarceration on:

(a) Parole;

(b) Final discharge; or

(c) Discharge from custody by order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

4. The payment of compensation must be discontinued during any subsequent period of incarceration in:

(a) An institution or facility operated by the Department of Corrections;

(b) Any federal or state prison system; or

(c) A county jail, city jail or other local detention facility.

Notes

Nev. Admin. Code § 616B.972

Added to NAC by Div. of Industrial Relations by R072-99, eff. 10-28-99

NRS 616B.028