NRS 617.385
Limitation on receipt of modified motor vehicle as medical benefit.

1.

An employee is entitled to receive as a medical benefit a motor vehicle that is modified to allow the employee to operate the vehicle safely if:

(a)

As a result of an occupational disease arising out of and in the course of his or her employment, the employee is quadriplegic, paraplegic or has had a part of his or her body amputated; and

(b)

The employee cannot be fitted with a prosthetic device which allows the employee to operate a motor vehicle safely.

2.

If an employee is entitled to receive a motor vehicle pursuant to subsection 1, a motor vehicle must be modified to allow the employee to operate it safely in the following order of preference:

(a)

A motor vehicle owned by the employee must be so modified if the insurer or employer providing medical benefits determines that it is reasonably feasible to do so.

(b)

A used motor vehicle must be so modified if the insurer or employer providing medical benefits determines that it is reasonably feasible to do so.

(c)

A new motor vehicle must be so modified.

Source: Section 617.385 — Limitation on receipt of modified motor vehicle as medical benefit., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-617.­html#NRS617Sec385.

Last Updated

Feb. 5, 2021

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