NRS616C.542. Prohibiting vocational rehabilitation counselor employed by entity administering injured employee’s case from providing services to injured employee without provision of certain written disclosures; right of injured employee to be assigned alternate counselor.

      1.  If the employer of a vocational rehabilitation counselor is also the entity administering an injured employee’s case, the vocational rehabilitation counselor shall not provide services as a vocational rehabilitation counselor to the injured employee, including, without limitation, completing a written assessment pursuant to NRS 616C.550, unless, before the commencement of such services, the injured employee is provided with a written disclosure that:

      (a) Discloses the relationship between the vocational rehabilitation counselor and the entity administering the injured employee’s case; and

      (b) Informs the injured employee of his or her right to be assigned an alternate vocational rehabilitation counselor who is not affiliated with the entity administering the injured employee’s case.

      2.  After receiving the written disclosure required pursuant to subsection 1, the injured employee has a right to be assigned an alternate vocational rehabilitation counselor who is not affiliated with the entity administering the injured employee’s case. To be assigned an alternate vocational rehabilitation counselor, the injured employee must submit a written request to the entity administering the injured employee’s case before the commencement of vocational rehabilitation services. Not later than 10 days after receiving such a request, the entity administering the injured employee’s case shall assign the injured employee an alternate vocational rehabilitation counselor who is not affiliated with the entity administering the injured employee’s case.

      (Added to NRS by 2005, 1491)