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NRS 616C.055

Use of fee schedules which unfairly discriminate among physicians and chiropractic physicians prohibited; payment for services rendered by physician or chiropractic physician after removal from panel prohibited

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Valdez v. Employers Ins. Co. of Nev. (2007)

Most recently applied in Valdez v. Employers Ins. Co. of Nev. (June 2007)

(Added to NRS by 1979, 651; A 1981, 1168, 1488; 1983, 325; 1985, 1546; 1991, 2417; 1993, 733; 1999, 1776; 2019, 3445)

1. The insurer may not, in accepting responsibility for any charges, use fee schedules which unfairly discriminate among physicians and chiropractic physicians.

2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 616C.087, if a physician or chiropractic physician is removed from the panel established pursuant to NRS 616C.090 or from participation in a plan for managed care established pursuant to NRS 616B.527, the physician or chiropractic physician, as applicable, must not be paid for any services rendered to the injured employee after the date of the removal.

Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.