Section 616C.Sec. 7 - NEW1. A person who, pursuant to NRS 616C.100, as amended by section 11 of Senate Bill No. 274, chapter 535, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 3622, NRS 616C.145, as amended by section 12 of Senate Bill No. 274, chapter 535, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 3623, NRS 616C.330, as amended by section 15 of Senate Bill No. 274, chapter 535, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 3627, NRS 616C.360, as amended by section 16 of Senate Bill No. 274, chapter 535, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 3628, or NRS 616C.490, as amended by section 17 of Senate Bill No. 274, chapter 535, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 3630, wishes to select or request that the Administrator select a rating physician or chiropractic physician at random from the list of qualified physicians or chiropractic physicians designated by the Administrator pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 616C.490, as amended by section 17 of Senate Bill No. 274, chapter 535, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 3630, shall submit to the Administrator a completed form designated in NAC 616A.480 as Form D-35, Request for Assignment of Rating Physician or Chiropractic Physician.2. Upon receipt of a completed Form D-35 submitted pursuant to subsection 1, the Administrator shall assign a rating physician or chiropractic physician to examine or evaluate the injured employee by:(a) Selecting at random, and in accordance with the requirements of section 8, a rating physician or chiropractic physician from the list of qualified physicians or chiropractic physicians designated by the Administrator pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 616C.490, as amended by section 17 of Senate Bill No. 274, chapter 535, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 3630; and(b) Notifying by electronic means the rating physician or chiropractic physician selected and the person who submitted the completed Form D-35 of the selection.3. If the rating physician or chiropractic physician selected pursuant to subsection 2 wishes to decline the selection, the rating physician or chiropractic physician must, not later than 2 business days after receipt of a notification made pursuant to subsection 2, notify the person who submitted the completed Form D-35 pursuant to subsection 1 and the Administrator of the declination.4. If a rating physician or chiropractic physician selected pursuant to subsection 2 declines the selection, the Administrator shall assign another rating physician or chiropractic physician to examine or evaluate the injured employee in accordance with subsection 2, unless the person who submitted the completed Form D-35 pursuant to subsection 1, not more than 5 business days after receipt of a notification made pursuant to subsection 3, submits to the Administrator another completed Form D-35 which identifies a rating physician or chiropractic physician whom the injured employee and the insurer have agreed upon.Nev. Admin. Code § 616C.Sec. 7
Added to NAC by Div. of Industrial Relations by R076-23A, eff. 10/9/2024