1. A plan for a program of vocational rehabilitation developed pursuant to NRS 616C.555 may include a program for on-the-job training, if the training is suitable for the injured employee.

2. Before an injured employee may participate in a program for on-the-job training, the insurer and the employer must execute a written agreement which contains an explanation of the training and a schedule for that training.

3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, the insurer may pay not more than 50 percent of the wages of an injured employee who is participating in a program for on-the-job training. An insurer contributing toward the wages of an injured employee shall pay the employee within 10 days after the employee submits documentation of his or her payroll to the insurer. The insurer shall not contribute to the wages of the injured employee for more than the period authorized for the particular employee pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 616C.555 or 616C.560.

4. The insurer shall, within 30 days after receipt of a request for payment, reimburse the training employer for the wages paid by the training employer to the injured employee pursuant to this section if:

(a) After the successful completion of the training, the training employer continues to employ the injured employee for at least 90 days in a position which requires the training so obtained; or

(b) The injured employee:

(1) Within 30 days after his or her successful completion of the training, obtains employment which requires the skills obtained by him or her as a direct result of the training provided by the training employer; and

(2) Retains that or similar employment for at least 6 months after the completion of the training.

(Added to NRS by 1993, 667; A 1993, 2449) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 616.51745)