NAC616B.930. Injuries for which compensation not allowed.  


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  • No compensation may be authorized pursuant to NAC 616B.922 to 616B.948, inclusive, for an injury that:

         1. Results from an assault, whether or not the offender is the aggressor.

         2. Occurs as a result of a deliberate violation of a rule of the work program by the offender.

         3. Is proximately caused by the offender’s intoxication. If the employee was intoxicated at the time of the injury, intoxication must be presumed to be a proximate cause unless rebutted by evidence to the contrary.

         4. Is proximately caused by the employee’s use of a controlled substance. If the employee had any amount of a controlled substance in his or her system at the time of the injury for which the employee did not have a current and lawful prescription issued in his or her name, the controlled substance must be presumed to be a proximate cause unless rebutted by evidence to the contrary.

     (Added to NAC by Div. of Industrial Relations by R209-97, eff. 4-17-98)