NAC608.265. Applicability of provisions to working patients and students.

     1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a patient worker or a student worker with a disability is subject to the provisions of NAC 608.200 to 608.370, inclusive, if the work he performs is of any consequential economic benefit to the institution employing him.

     2. A patient worker or a student worker with a disability is not subject to the provisions of NAC 608.200 to 608.370, inclusive, if:

     (a) He performs only personal housekeeping chores, such as maintaining his own quarters, and receives not more than a token payment for his services; or

     (b) He is voluntarily engaged in such activities as making craft products, if:

          (1) The products he makes become his property; or

          (2) The money obtained from the sale of the products is divided among the workers or is spent to purchase materials used to make the products.

     3. As used in this section:

     (a) “Student worker with a disability” means a worker with a disability who is a student at an educational institution and is employed as part of an academic curriculum or individual education plan.

     (b) “Work of consequential economic benefit” means any work of a kind normally performed by a nondisabled worker.

     (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Human Resources, eff. 2-14-89)