tain action. NRS 616D.370 False charges, representations and statements; penalty. NRS 616D.380 Invoices containing false information; signature required; presumption. NRS 616D.390 Certain acts relating to offer, payment, transfer, acceptance or solicitation of additional value prohibited; improper use of referral fees; exceptions; penalty. NRS 616D.400 Failure to maintain and make available necessary records; penalty. NRS 616D.410 Conspiracy to commit prohibited acts. NRS 616D.420 Provider of health care convicted of fraudulent practice prohibited from receiving or accepting payment for accident benefits; penalty. NRS 616D.430 Civil penalties for person who receives payment or benefit to which he is not entitled. NRS 616D.440 False claim for payment: Withholding by insurer of payment to provider of health care; procedure for withholding; appeal. REPORTING VIOLATIONS NRS 616D.550 Duty to report violations to Fraud Control Unit for Industrial Insurance. NRS 616D.560 Duty of Administrator and Fraud Control Unit for Industrial Insurance to report and share information relating to violations. PROSECUTION NRS 616D.600 Prosecution of criminal actions by Attorney General: Prosecution not precluded by commencement of civil action; duty to furnish information to assist in prosecution; penalty. NRS 616D.610 Inspection of employer’s books, records and payroll by Attorney General; subpoena; court order; penalty. NRS 616D.620 Penalty for certain violations; liability for costs of investigation and prosecution; contents of judgment of conviction; receipt of certain money by Attorney General to be used to pay salaries of Fraud Control Unit for Industrial Insurance. _________ GENERAL PROVISIONS NRS 616D.010 Penalties and remedies are cumulative; exceptions. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 616A.020, 616B.600 and 616C.190, no penalty or remedy provided in this chapter or chapter 616A, 616B or 616C of NRS is exclusive of any other penalty or remedy, but is cumulative and in addition to every other penalty or remedy and may be exercised without exhausting and without regard to any other penalty or remedy provided by those chapters or any other statute. (Added to NRS by 1993, 685)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.740) NRS 616D.020 Immunity from criminal penalty or civil action for libel, slander or similar tort for disclosure of information relating to violation. No person is subject to any criminal penalty or civil liability for libel, slander or any similar cause of action in tort if he, without malice, discloses information relating to a violation of any of the provisions of NRS 616D.200, 616D.220, 616D.240, 616D.300, 616D.310 or 616D.350 to 616D.440, inclusive, or any fraud in the administration of this chapter or chapter 616A, 616B, 616C or 617 of NRS or in the provision of benefits for industrial insurance. (Added to NRS by 1993, 685)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.750) NRS 616D.030 Limitation of liability of insurer or third-party administrator; administrative fines are exclusive remedies. 1. No cause of action may be brought or maintained against an insurer or a third-party administrator who violates any provision of this chapter or chapter 616A, 616B, 616C or 617 of NRS. 2. The administrative fines provided for in NRS 616B.318 and 616D.120 are the exclusive remedies for any violation of this chapter or chapter 616A, 616B, 616C or 617 of NRS committed by an insurer or a third-party administrator. (Added to NRS by 1995, 2122) ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS NRS 616D.050 Power of hearing officers, appeals officers and Administrator when conducting hearings or other proceedings. 1. Appeals officers, the Administrator, and the Administrator’s designee, in conducting hearings or other proceedings pursuant to the provisions of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS or regulations adopted pursuant to those chapters may: (a) Issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of any witness or the production of books, accounts, papers, records and documents. (b) Administer oaths. (c) Certify to official acts. (d) Call and examine under oath any witness or party to a claim. (e) Maintain order. (f) Rule upon all questions arising during the course of a hearing or proceeding. (g) Permit discovery by deposition or interrogatories. (h) Initiate and hold conferences for the settlement or simplification of issues. (i) Dispose of procedural requests or similar matters. (j) Generally regulate and guide the course of a pending hearing or proceeding. 2. Hearing officers, in conducting hearings or other proceedings pursuant to the provisions of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS or regulations adopted pursuant to those chapters, may: (a) Issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of any witness or the production of books, accounts, papers, records and documents that are relevant to the dispute for which the hearing or other proceeding is being held. (b) Maintain order. (c) Permit discovery by deposition or interrogatories. (d) Initiate and hold conferences for the settlement or simplification of issues. (e) Dispose of procedural requests or similar matters. (f) Generally regulate and guide the course of a pending hearing or proceeding. (Added to NRS by 1975, 761; A 1977, 313; 1979, 1044; 1981, 1139, 1461; 1983, 355; 1991, 832, 2402; 1993, 708; 1999, 227, 1728, 1737) NRS 616D.060 Disciplinary action by hearing officer or panel: Procedural requirements; powers and duties of officer or panel; appeals. 1. Any disciplinary action taken by a hearing officer or panel pursuant to NRS 616A.467 is subject to the same procedural requirements which apply to disciplinary actions taken by the Commissioner or Administrator, and the board or panel has the same powers and duties given to the Commissioner or Administrator in relation thereto. 2. A decision of the hearing officer or panel relating to the imposition of an administrative fine is a final decision in a contested case. Any party aggrieved by a decision of the officer or panel to withdraw the certification of a self-insured employer or an association of self-insured public or private employers or the authorization of a private carrier may appeal that decision to the Commissioner. (Added to NRS by 1983, 1532; A 1993, 709; 1995, 2014) NRS 616D.065 Disciplinary action by appeals officer: Order requiring attorney or representative of party to pay certain costs incurred because of continuance or delay in scheduled hearing. 1. An appeals officer, in conducting hearings or other proceedings pursuant to the provisions of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS or regulations adopted pursuant to those chapters, may order the attorney or representative of a party to pay any costs that are incurred by the Hearings Division of the Department of Administration for a court reporter or an interpreter. 2. Before ordering the payment of such costs, the appeals officer must find that the costs were incurred because the attorney or representative of a party caused a continuance or delay in a scheduled hearing by his failure, without good cause, to comply with an order of the appeals officer or a regulation adopted pursuant to chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS. (Added to NRS by 1997, 3091; A 1999, 227) NRS 616D.070 Enforcement of orders, subpoenas and other procedures relating to hearing. If any person: 1. Disobeys an order of an appeals officer, a hearing officer, the Administrator or the Administrator’s designee, or a subpoena issued by the Administrator, Administrator’s designee, appeals officer, hearing officer, inspector or examiner; 2. Refuses to permi

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