Nevada Code § 617.385

Limitation on receipt of modified motor vehicle as medical benefit
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1. An employee is entitled to receive as a
medical benefit a motor vehicle that is modified to allow the employee to
operate the vehicle safely if:
(a) As a result of an occupational disease
arising out of and in the course of his or her employment, the employee is
quadriplegic, paraplegic or has had a part of his or her body amputated; and
(b) The employee cannot be fitted with a
prosthetic device which allows the employee to operate a motor vehicle safely.
2. If an employee is entitled to receive a
motor vehicle pursuant to subsection 1, a motor vehicle must be modified to
allow the employee to operate it safely in the following order of preference:
(a) A motor vehicle owned by the employee must be
so modified if the insurer or employer providing medical benefits determines
that it is reasonably feasible to do so.
(b) A used motor vehicle must be so modified if
the insurer or employer providing medical benefits determines that it is
reasonably feasible to do so.
(c) A new motor vehicle must be so modified.

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