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death of employee. Any employer who willfully violates any requirement of this chapter, or any standard, rule, regulation or order promulgated or prescribed pursuant to this chapter, where the violation causes the death of any employee, shall be punished:
1. For a first offense, by a fine of not more than $50,000 or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 6 months, or by both fine and imprisonment.
2. For a second or subsequent offense, by a fine of not more than $100,000 or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 1 year, or by both fine and imprisonment.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1023; A 1989, 466; 2003, 986)
NRS 618.695 Unauthorized advance notice of inspection.
1. Any person who gives advance notice of any inspection of a workplace to be conducted under this chapter, without authority from the Administrator shall be punished by a fine of not more than $2,000 or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 6 months, or by both fine and imprisonment.
2. This section does not prohibit any employer from requesting consultative services at the workplace.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1023; A 1981, 1538; 1989, 467)
NRS 618.705 False statements, complaints or entries; concealment of information. Any person who:
1. Knowingly makes a false statement or representation of a material fact;
2. Knowingly files a false oral or written complaint alleging that a violation of a safety or health standard exists that threatens physical harm, or that an imminent danger exists;
3. Knowingly fails to disclose a material fact in any document, report or other information; or
4. Willfully makes a false entry in, or willfully conceals, withholds or destroys any books, records or statements required under the provisions of this chapter,
shall be punished by a fine of not more than $20,000 or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 6 months, or by both fine and imprisonment.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1023; A 1989, 472)
NRS 618.710 Unlawful use of title or designation indicating recognition or certification as professional in field of occupational safety and health; revocation of license; penalty.
1. A person shall not hold himself out as:
(a) An associate safety professional or use in connection with his name the words or letters “Associate Safety Professional” or “A.S.P.” or any other title, word, letter or other designation intended to imply or designate that he is an associate safety professional, unless he is recognized as such by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals.
(b) A certified industrial hygienist or use in connection with his name the words or letters “Certified Industrial Hygienist” or “C.I.H.” or any other title, word, letter or other designation intended to imply or designate that he is a certified industrial hygienist, unless he is certified as such by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene.
(c) A certified safety professional or use in connection with his name the words or letters “Certified Safety Professional” or “C.S.P.” or any other title, word, letter or other designation intended to imply or designate that he is a certified safety professional, unless he is certified as such by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals.
(d) An industrial hygienist in training or use in connection with his name the words or letters “Industrial Hygienist in Training” or “I.H.I.T.” or any other title, word, letter or other designation intended to imply or designate that he is an industrial hygienist in training, unless he is certified as such by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene.
(e) An occupational health and safety technologist or use in connection with his name the words “Occupational Health and Safety Technologist” or “O.H.S.T.” or any other title, word, letter or other designation intended to imply or designate that he is an occupational health and safety technologist, unless he is certified as such by the Joint Committee of the American Board of Industrial Hygiene and the Board of Certified Safety Professionals.
(f) An associate safety and health manager or use in connection with his name the words “Associate Safety and Health Manager” or “A.S.H.M.” or any other title, word, letter or other designation intended to imply or designate that he is an associate safety and health manager, unless he is recognized as such by the Institute for Safety and Health Management.
(g) A certified safety and health manager or use in connection with his name the words “Certified Safety and Health Manager” or “C.S.H.M.” or any other title, word, letter or other designation intended to imply or designate that he is a certified safety and health manager, unless he is certified as such by the Institute for Safety and Health Management.
2. The Division shall report any alleged violation of subsection 1 to the district attorney of the county in which the alleged violation occurred.
3. Any governmental entity that has issued a license to conduct business in this State as an associate safety professional, a certified industrial hygienist, a certified safety professional, an industrial hygienist in training, an occupational health and safety technologist, an associate safety and health manager or a certified safety and health manager to a person who is convicted of violating any provision of subsection 1 shall revoke that license and send notice of the revocation to the licensee by certified mail.
4. Any person who violates a provision of subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 403; A 2005, 256)
NRS 618.715 Separate and continuing offenses. Each violation of any provision of this chapter, or any part or portion thereof, is a separate and distinct offense, and in the case of a violation continuing past the abatement date, each day’s continuance thereof constitutes a separate and distinct offense.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1023)
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
NRS 618.720 Separate lavatories for men and women to be provided; penalty.
1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association or corporation, employing in the same building or on the same premises five or more males and three or more females, to fail to provide separate lavatories or toilet rooms for each sex and to fail to designate the same plainly by a printed or painted sign on the door of the lavatory or toilet room so provided.
2. Any person, firm, association or corporation violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
3. In conjunction with peace officers, the Labor Commissioner shall investigate and report to the proper officer any violation of this section.
4. This section shall not apply to:
(a) Persons, firms, associations or corporations located in office buildings where there are lavatories or toilet rooms for each sex reasonably accessible within the building.
(b) Persons employing servants or other domestics in their homes or residences.
[1:49:1925; NCL § 2812] + [2:49:1925; NCL § 2813] + [3:49:1925; NCL § 2814] + [4:49:1925; NCL § 2815]—(NRS A 1967, 637)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 618.320)
CERTAIN OCCUPATIONS
Control of Asbestos
NRS 618.750 Definitions. As used in NRS 618.750 to 618.850, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Asbestos” means asbestiform varieties of:
(a) Chrysotile (serpentine);
(b) Crocidolite (riebeckite);
(c) Amosite (cummingtonite-grunerite);
(d) Anthophyllite;
(e) Tremolite; or
(f) Actinolite.
2. “Control of asbestos” means:
(a) The encapsulation, enclosure or removal of asbestos or material containing asbestos from a building or structure, including any associated mechanical systems, whether inside or outside the building or structure;
(b) The abatement of the danger posed to human beings by the presence of asb
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