Nevada Code § 649.367

Collection of medical debt: Conditions for acceptance of voluntary payment from medical debtor during notification period; protections for medical debtor who initiates contact with or makes voluntary payment to collection agency during notification period
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1. Nothing in NRS 649.366 shall prohibit a collection
agency from accepting a voluntary payment from a medical debtor during the
60-day notification period specified in subsection 1 of NRS 649.366 provided that:
(a) The medical debtor initiates the contact with
the collection agency; and
(b) The collection agency discloses to the
medical debtor that:
(1) A payment is not demanded or due; and
(2) The medical debt will not be reported
to any credit reporting agency during the 60-day notification period specified
in subsection 1 of NRS 649.366 .
2. No action by a medical debtor to
initiate contact with a collection agency may be construed to allow the
collection agency to take action to collect the medical debt before the
expiration of the 60-day notification period specified in subsection 1 of NRS 649.366 .
3. Any voluntary payment toward a medical
debt that is made by a medical debtor to a collection agency in accordance with
this section:
(a) Does not extend the applicable statute of
limitations;
(b) Is not an admission of liability; and
(c) Shall not be construed as a waiver of any
defense to the collection of the medical debt.

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