NAC616B.021. Payment of compensation, benefit penalty, or penalty for unreasonable delay or refusal to pay claim.

Not later than the date that compensation is due to a claimant, an insurer or third-party administrator shall:

     1. Mail a check for compensation, a benefit penalty or a penalty imposed pursuant to NRS 616C.065 to:

     (a) The claimant; or

     (b) Upon the written direction of the claimant, the attorney or other authorized representative of the claimant; or

     2. Make a check for compensation, a benefit penalty or a penalty imposed pursuant to NRS 616C.065 available to the claimant or, if directed in writing by the claimant, the attorney or other authorized representative of the claimant in the office of the insurer or third-party administrator.

     (Added to NAC by Div. of Industrial Relations by R105-00, 1-18-2001, eff. 3-1-2001; A by R007-06, 6-1-2006)