NRS38.217. Waiver of requirements or variance of effects of requirements; exceptions.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, a party to an agreement to arbitrate or to an arbitral proceeding may waive, or the parties may vary the effect of, the requirements of NRS 38.206 to 38.248, inclusive, to the extent permitted by law.

      2.  Before a controversy arises that is subject to an agreement to arbitrate, a party to the agreement may not:

      (a) Waive or agree to vary the effect of the requirements of subsection 1 of NRS 38.218, subsection 1 of NRS 38.219, NRS 38.222, subsection 1 or 2 of NRS 38.233, NRS 38.244 or 38.247;

      (b) Agree to unreasonably restrict the right under NRS 38.223 to notice of the initiation of an arbitral proceeding;

      (c) Agree to unreasonably restrict the right under NRS 38.227 to disclosure of any facts by a neutral arbitrator; or

      (d) Waive the right under NRS 38.232 of a party to an agreement to arbitrate to be represented by a lawyer at any proceeding or hearing under NRS 38.206 to 38.248, inclusive, but an employer and a labor organization may waive the right to representation by a lawyer in a labor arbitration.

      3.  A party to an agreement to arbitrate or arbitral proceeding may not waive, or the parties may not vary the effect of, the requirements of this section or subsection 1 or 3 of NRS 38.216, NRS 38.221, 38.229, 38.234, subsection 3 or 4 of NRS 38.237, NRS 38.239, 38.241, 38.242, subsection 1 or 2 of NRS 38.243, NRS 38.248 or 38.330.

      (Added to NRS by 2001, 1275; A 2003, 35, 42)