NAC616C.002. Adoption by reference of American Medical Association’s Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment.

     1. For the purposes of NRS 616B.557, 616B.578, 616B.587, 616C.105, 616C.392, 616C.490 and 617.459, the Division hereby adopts by reference the Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, Fifth Edition, published by the American Medical Association.

     2. A copy of the publication may be obtained from the Order Department, American Medical Association, P.O. Box 930876, Atlanta, Georgia 31193-0876, by telephone at [phone], or on the Internet at www.amabookstore.com, for the price of $139 for persons who are members of the Association, or $159 for persons who are not members of the Association.

     3. The provisions of this section do not:

     (a) Constitute a change of circumstances for the purposes of NRS 616C.390.

     (b) Entitle an injured employee whose permanent partial disability was rated pursuant to NRS 616C.490 before October 1, 2003, to an increase in the compensation he or she receives for that disability.

     (Added to NAC by Div. of Industrial Relations by R009-97, eff. 10-27-97; A by R060-03, 9-8-2003, eff. 10-1-2003; R108-09, 6-30-2010)