1. Whenever any accident occurs to any employee, the employee shall forthwith report the accident and the injury resulting therefrom to his or her employer.

2. When an employer learns of an accident, whether or not it is reported, the employer may direct the employee to submit to, or the employee may request, an examination by a physician or chiropractor, in order to ascertain the character and extent of the injury and render medical attention which is required immediately. The employer shall:

(a) If the employer’s insurer has entered into a contract with an organization for managed care or with providers of health care pursuant to NRS 616B.527, furnish the names, addresses and telephone numbers of:

(1) Two or more physicians or chiropractors who are qualified to conduct the examination and who are available pursuant to the terms of the contract, if there are two or more such physicians or chiropractors within 30 miles of the employee’s place of employment; or

(2) One or more physicians or chiropractors who are qualified to conduct the examination and who are available pursuant to the terms of the contract, if there are not two or more such physicians or chiropractors within 30 miles of the employee’s place of employment.

(b) If the employer’s insurer has not entered into a contract with an organization for managed care or with providers of health care pursuant to NRS 616B.527, furnish the names, addresses and telephone numbers of:

(1) Two or more physicians or chiropractors who are qualified to conduct the examination, if there are two or more such physicians or chiropractors within 30 miles of the employee’s place of employment; or

(2) One or more physicians or chiropractors who are qualified to conduct the examination, if there are not two or more such physicians or chiropractors within 30 miles of the employee’s place of employment.

3. From among the names furnished by the employer pursuant to subsection 2, the employee shall select one of those physicians or chiropractors to conduct the examination, but the employer shall not require the employee to select a particular physician or chiropractor from among the names furnished by the employer. Thereupon, the examining physician or chiropractor shall report forthwith to the employer and to the insurer the character and extent of the injury. The employer shall not require the employee to disclose or permit the disclosure of any other information concerning the employee’s physical condition except as required by NRS 616C.177.

4. Further medical attention, except as otherwise provided in NRS 616C.265, must be authorized by the insurer.

5. This section does not prohibit an employer from requiring the employee to submit to an examination by a physician or chiropractor specified by the employer at any convenient time after medical attention which is required immediately has been completed.

6. An employee leasing company must provide to each employee covered under an employee leasing contract instructions on how to notify the leasing company supervisor and client company of an injury in plain, clear language placed in conspicuous type in a specifically labeled area of instructions given to the employee.

[Part 52:168:1947; 1943 NCL § 2680.52] — (NRS A 1981, 1167, 1471; 1983, 478; 1985, 1543; 2007, 3344; 2009, 1130)