Nevada Code § 617.395

Compensation for mastectomy and reconstructive surgery
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1. If compensation is paid to an employee
under this chapter for the surgical procedure known as a mastectomy, the
employee is also entitled to receive commensurate compensation for at least two
prosthetic devices and for reconstructive surgery incident to the mastectomy.
Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, this compensation is subject to
the same requirements and conditions that apply to the compensation for the
mastectomy.
2. If reconstructive surgery is begun
within 3 years after a mastectomy, the amount of the compensation provided for
that surgery must equal those amounts provided for at the time of the
mastectomy. If the surgery is begun more than 3 years after the mastectomy, the
compensation provided is subject to the requirements and conditions that apply
at the time of the reconstructive surgery.
3. For the purposes of this section,
reconstructive surgery means a surgical procedure performed following a
mastectomy on one breast or both breasts to re-establish symmetry between the
two breasts. The term includes, but is not limited to, augmentation mammoplasty,
reduction mammoplasty and mastopexy.

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