creen for hepatitis A and hepatitis B upon employment, upon the commencement of coverage and thereafter on an annual basis during his employment, except that a police officer, salaried firefighter or emergency medical attendant is not required to submit to a blood test to screen for hepatitis A and hepatitis B on an annual basis during his employment if he has been vaccinated for hepatitis A and hepatitis B upon employment or at other medically appropriate times during his employment. Each employer shall provide a police officer, salaried firefighter or emergency medical attendant with the opportunity to be vaccinated for hepatitis A and hepatitis B upon employment and at other medically appropriate times during his employment. 4. All blood tests required pursuant to this section and all vaccinations provided pursuant to this section must be paid for by the employer. 5. The provisions of this section: (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), do not apply to a police officer, firefighter or emergency medical attendant who is diagnosed with hepatitis upon employment. (b) Apply to a police officer, firefighter or emergency medical attendant who is diagnosed with hepatitis upon employment if, during the employment or within 1 year after the last day of the employment, he is diagnosed with a different strain of hepatitis. (c) Apply to a police officer, firefighter or emergency medical attendant who is diagnosed with hepatitis after the termination of the employment if the diagnosis is made within 1 year after the last day of the employment. 6. A police officer, firefighter or emergency medical attendant who is determined to be: (a) Partially disabled from an occupational disease pursuant to the provisions of this section; and (b) Incapable of performing, with or without remuneration, work as a police officer, firefighter or emergency medical attendant, may elect to receive the benefits provided pursuant to NRS 616C.440 for a permanent total disability. 7. As used in this section: (a) “Emergency medical attendant” means a person licensed as an attendant or certified as an emergency medical technician, intermediate emergency medical technician or advanced emergency medical technician pursuant to chapter 450B of NRS, whose primary duties of employment are the provision of emergency medical services. (b) “Hepatitis” includes hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and any additional diseases or conditions that are associated with or result from hepatitis A, hepatitis B or hepatitis C. (c) “Police officer” means a sheriff, deputy sheriff, officer of a metropolitan police department or city policeman. (Added to NRS by 2001, 1874; A 2003, 3413; 2005, 346) NRS 617.487 Hepatitis as occupational disease of certain other police officers. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter and except as otherwise provided in this section, if an employee has hepatitis, the disease is conclusively presumed to have arisen out of and in the course of his employment if the employee has been continuously employed for 5 years or more as a police officer or a sheriff, deputy sheriff, officer of a metropolitan police department or city policeman in this State before the date of any temporary or permanent disability or death resulting from the hepatitis. 2. Compensation awarded to a police officer, or to the dependents of a police officer, for hepatitis pursuant to this section must include: (a) Full reimbursement for related expenses incurred for medical treatments, surgery and hospitalization; and (b) The compensation provided in chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS for the disability or death. 3. A police officer shall: (a) Submit to a blood test to screen for hepatitis C upon employment and upon the commencement of coverage. (b) If the employer of the police officer provides screening for hepatitis C for police officers on an annual basis, submit to a blood test to screen for hepatitis C thereafter on an annual basis during his employment. (c) If the employer of the police officer provides screening for hepatitis A and hepatitis B for police officers, submit to a blood test to screen for hepatitis A and hepatitis B upon employment, upon the commencement of coverage and thereafter on an annual basis during his employment, except that a police officer is not required to submit to a blood test to screen for hepatitis A and hepatitis B on an annual basis during his employment if he has been vaccinated for hepatitis A and hepatitis B upon employment or at other medically appropriate times during his employment. Each employer shall provide a police officer with the opportunity to be vaccinated for hepatitis A and hepatitis B upon employment and at other medically appropriate times during his employment. 4. All blood tests required pursuant to this section and all vaccinations provided pursuant to this section must be paid for by the employer. 5. The provisions of this section: (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), do not apply to a police officer who is diagnosed with hepatitis upon employment. (b) Apply to a police officer who is diagnosed with hepatitis upon employment if, during the employment or within 1 year after the last day of the employment, he is diagnosed with a different strain of hepatitis. (c) Apply to a police officer who is diagnosed with hepatitis after the termination of the employment if the diagnosis is made within 1 year after the last day of the employment. 6. A police officer who is determined to be: (a) Partially disabled from an occupational disease pursuant to the provisions of this section; and (b) Incapable of performing, with or without remuneration, work as a police officer, may elect to receive the benefits provided pursuant to NRS 616C.440 for a permanent total disability. 7. As used in this section: (a) “Hepatitis” includes hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and any additional diseases or conditions that are associated with or result from hepatitis A, hepatitis B or hepatitis C. (b) “Police officer” means any police officer other than a sheriff, deputy sheriff, officer of a metropolitan police department or city policeman. (Added to NRS by 2005, 2239) PROHIBITED ACTS; PENALTIES NRS 617.500 Applicability. Every employee and the dependent or dependents of such employee, and the employer or employers of such employee, shall be subject to all the applicable penalties provided for injured employees and their employers by chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS unless otherwise provided in this chapter. [Part 41:44:1947; 1943 NCL § 2800.41] NRS 617.510 Penalties and remedies are cumulative; exception. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 617.017, no penalty or remedy provided in this chapter 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 this chapter or any other statute. (Added to NRS by 1993, 762) CHAPTER 618 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH GENERAL PROVISIONS NRS 618.005 Short title. NRS 618.015 Purpose of chapter. NRS 618.025 Definitions. NRS 618.029 “Administrator” defined. NRS 618.035 “Board” defined. NRS 618.069 “Division” defined. NRS 618.075 “Emergency order” defined. NRS 618.085 “Employee” defined. NRS 618.095 “Employer” defined. NRS 618.105 “Employment” defined. NRS 618.115 “General order” defined. NRS 618.125 “National standard” defined. NRS 618.135 “Order” defined. NRS 618.145 “Person” defined. NRS 618.155 “Place of employment” defined. NRS 618.165

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