1. A consolidated insurance program that a private company, public entity or utility is authorized to establish and administer pursuant to NRS 616B.710 must, in the manner set forth in this section, provide for the administration of claims for industrial insurance for an employee of a contractor or subcontractor who is engaged in the construction project when such an employee works at the site of the construction project.

2. The owner or principal contractor of the construction project shall hire or contract with a person to serve as the administrator of claims for industrial insurance for the construction project.

3. Any policy or contract of insurance providing coverage for a consolidated insurance program must be issued by an insurer who is rated A- or better by A.M. Best with a Financial Size Category of Class VII or larger, or the equivalent as determined by the Commissioner.

4. The administrator of claims for industrial insurance for the construction project who is hired or with whom the owner or principal contractor contracts pursuant to subsection 2 shall:

(a) Assist an employee who is covered under the consolidated insurance program or, in the event of the employee’s death, one of the dependents of the employee, in filing a written notice of injury or death as required pursuant to NRS 616C.015 or a written notice of an occupational disease as required pursuant to NRS 617.342;

(b) Sign and file on behalf of a contractor or subcontractor whose employees are covered under the consolidated insurance program an employer’s report of industrial injury or occupational disease as required pursuant to NRS 616C.045 or 617.354;

(c) Ensure that an employee who is covered under the consolidated insurance program and who has been injured or who has incurred an occupational disease while working on the construction project is directed to a medical facility that will provide treatment to the employee under the program;

(d) Handle all issues, to the extent reasonably practicable, relating to claims for industrial insurance at the site of the construction project; and

(e) Hire or contract such assistant administrators as may be necessary to carry out the responsibilities of the administrator of claims pursuant to this section.

5. The owner or principal contractor of the construction project shall ensure that the administrator of claims for industrial insurance for the construction project or an assistant administrator is physically present at the site of the construction project whenever activity related to construction is taking place at the site.

(Added to NRS by 1999, 3143; A 2015, 2614)