NAC616B.964. “Wages” defined.  


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  • For the purposes of an offender confined in an institution or facility operated by the Department of Corrections who is injured or killed in the course and scope of his or her employment in the prison industry program, “wages”:

         1. Means the money he or she earns in the prison industry program before any deductions are made from those earnings.

         2. Does not include:

         (a) The value of room and board, medical care and other goods and services provided by the Department of Corrections.

         (b) The value of good time earned towards reducing the prison sentence of the offender.

         (c) Income from any source other than the prison industry program.

     (Added to NAC by Div. of Industrial Relations by R072-99, eff. 10-28-99)