NRS616D.110. Order to cease business operations if employer fails to provide or maintain coverage for industrial insurance: Power of Administrator; contents; procedure; assistance from law enforcement agency.

      1.  In addition to any other remedy provided for by law, if any employer within the provisions of NRS 616B.633 fails to provide and secure compensation, or fails to maintain such compensation, under the terms of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS, the Administrator may, in order to protect the employees of the employer from the effect of not having industrial insurance coverage and upon compliance with the requirements of subsection 2, order the immediate cessation of all business operations at the place of employment or jobsite until such time as the employer performs all acts and duties enjoined upon the employer by chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS as determined necessary by the Administrator in order to provide, secure and maintain compensation under those chapters.

      2.  The order must:

      (a) Include a reference to the particular sections of the statutes or regulations alleged to have been violated, and a short, plain statement of the facts alleged to constitute the violation.

      (b) Provide an opportunity for hearing to the employer on a date fixed in the order which must not be less than 5 nor more than 15 days after the date of the order, unless upon demand of the employer the date is advanced to the next business day after the demand is made to the Administrator.

Ê An order for summary suspension issued pursuant to this subsection must be endorsed with the date and hour of issuance and entered of record in the office of the Administrator.

      3.  Immediately upon receiving an order to cease business operations under subsection 1, an employer shall order all employees or other persons to leave the place of employment or jobsite and shall cease all business operations thereat.

      4.  Upon request by the Administrator, any law enforcement agency in this State shall render any assistance necessary to carry out the requirement of subsection 3, including but not limited to preventing any employee or other person from remaining at the place of employment or jobsite.

      (Added to NRS by 1973, 585; A 1981, 1497; 1999, 228)