NRS624.256. Proof of industrial insurance; notification of Fraud Control Unit for Industrial Insurance of failure to obtain industrial insurance; disciplinary action. [Effective through December 31, 2013.]

      1.  Before granting an original or renewal of a contractor’s license to any applicant, the Board shall require that the applicant submit to the Board:

      (a) Proof of industrial insurance and insurance for occupational diseases which covers the applicant’s employees;

      (b) A copy of the applicant’s certificate of qualification as a self-insured employer which was issued by the Commissioner of Insurance;

      (c) If the applicant is a member of an association of self-insured public or private employers, a copy of the certificate issued to the association by the Commissioner of Insurance; or

      (d) An affidavit signed by the applicant affirming that he or she is not subject to the provisions of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS because the applicant:

             (1) Has no employees;

             (2) Is not or does not intend to be a subcontractor for a principal contractor; and

             (3) Has not or does not intend to submit a bid on a job for a principal contractor or subcontractor.

      2.  The Board shall notify the Fraud Control Unit for Industrial Insurance established pursuant to NRS 228.420 whenever the Board learns that an applicant or holder of a contractor’s license has engaged in business as or acted in the capacity of a contractor within this State without having obtained industrial insurance or insurance for occupational diseases in violation of the provisions of chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS.

      3.  Failure by an applicant or holder of a contractor’s license to file or maintain in full force the required industrial insurance and insurance for occupational diseases constitutes cause for the Board to deny, revoke, suspend, refuse to renew or otherwise discipline the person, unless the person has complied with the provisions set forth in paragraph (d) of subsection 1.

      (Added to NRS by 1983, 541; A 1987, 1138; 1993, 781; 1995, 1879; 1999, 237; 2007, 858)