State of Nevada -

How To Find
Workers' Compensation Laws

The Nevada State Legislature Web Site at http://www.leg.state.nv.us/ has the complete text of most sources of Nevada Law. The Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS) are the laws as passed by the Nevada Legislature and signed by the Governor, and organized into book format by the Legislative Counsel Bureau. They are updated after each legislative session.
The Nevada Administrative Code (NAC) contains the regulations drafted by the state agencies and effective after hearing, and then approved by and compiled into book format by the Legislative Counsel Bureau.

The statutes are the framework of Nevada law and the Administrative Code fills in the details needed by agencies who enforce the law or have regulatory powers. Updates to the codes can be found at the Legislature Web Site in the Register

To find the laws that define the workers' compensation benefits:

Print this page of instructions or use two screens so you have continuing access to this page.
Go to the web site http://www.leg.state.nv.us/ Click once only to avoid the second click activating a hyperlink on the Nevada State Legislature Web Site.
Click on the text or the button above the text that says Nevada Law and Opinions
Find the Revised Statutes column of the table and click on the Table of Contents hyperlink.
After waiting for the statute chapters to load, you should automatically be taken to a page that lists all the chapters in the NRS (Nevada Revised Statutes). Then click and drag on the scroll bar to the right of your page until you find the hyperlink for Chapter 616C.
Click on the Chapter 616C. hyperlink and you will enter the laws setting workers' compensation benefits.
You may use the scroll bar to find the statute you want. A faster method is to use the Windows "Edit" and "Find in Page" feature to search for key words.

To find statutes concerning vocational rehabilitation:

When at the table of contents for 616C, click on "Edit" and then "Find in Page".
Type "vocational rehabilitation" (without the quotation marks) in the box that prompts "find what?".
Click on the "find next" button. The search is finding vocational rehabilitation within the statutes.
If you know what statute number you want, you could use the "Edit" and "Find in Page" feature to go directly to the statute using the statute number. For example, find the statute described as "Payment of Vocational Rehabilitation Maintenance" by typing its number, 616C.575, into the "find what?" space and click on "find next".

Statutes referred to within the text of the statutes you are reading are now hyperlinked for easy access.

1. Chapter 616A: administrative issues and definitions
2. Chapter 616B: the insurer's liability and provision of coverage
3. Chapter 616C: the employee's benefits
4. Chapter 616D: prohibited acts, penalties and prosecution
5. Chapter 617: occupational diseases

Now if you click your back button two times, you should be at the Legislative Page http://www.leg.state.nv.us/law1.htm. From this page, find the second column of the table that says "Administrative Code" and click on "Browse". After the NAC (Nevada Administrative Code) chapters are loaded you should be taken to a list of chapter hyperlinks. The NAC chapters and NRS chapters are similarly numbered, so again, scroll down to 616C. Use the Windows "Edit" and "Find in Page" features to find the Vocational Rehabilitation Section. These regulations will explain in more detail what the law is.

For advice on your workers' compensation claim you may contact the Nevada Attorney for Injured Workers Office by email.

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