616C.600 - Orders for self-employment or payment of compensation in lump sum for vocational rehabilitation prohibited; agreements concerning self-employment authorized.

616C.600  Orders for self-employment or payment of compensation in lump sum for vocational rehabilitation prohibited; agreements concerning self-employment authorized.

      1.  A hearing officer or appeals officer shall not order self-employment for an injured employee or the payment of compensation in a lump sum for vocational rehabilitation.

      2.  An insurer, an employer and an injured employee may execute an agreement concerning self-employment.

      (Added to NRS by 1991, 2394)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.573)