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NRS 617.385

Limitation on receipt of modified motor vehicle as medical benefit

Known as the Nevada Occupational Diseases Act

The act spans §§ 617–617 (80 sections).

(Added to NRS by 1993, 761)

1. An employee is entitled to receive as a medical benefit a motor vehicle that is modified to allow the employee to operate the vehicle safely if:

(a) As a result of an occupational disease arising out of and in the course of his or her employment, the employee is quadriplegic, paraplegic or has had a part of his or her body amputated; and

(b) The employee cannot be fitted with a prosthetic device which allows the employee to operate a motor vehicle safely.

2. If an employee is entitled to receive a motor vehicle pursuant to subsection 1, a motor vehicle must be modified to allow the employee to operate it safely in the following order of preference:

(a) A motor vehicle owned by the employee must be so modified if the insurer or employer providing medical benefits determines that it is reasonably feasible to do so.

(b) A used motor vehicle must be so modified if the insurer or employer providing medical benefits determines that it is reasonably feasible to do so.

(c) A new motor vehicle must be so modified.

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