SUMMARY--Expands definition of "immune contractor" to include independent contractor providing medical services to indigent patients for county hospital. (BDR 3-205)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to immune contractors; expanding the definition of "immune contractor" to include an independent contractor providing medical services to indigent patients for a county hospital; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
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Section 1 NRS 41.0307 is hereby amended to read as follows:
41.0307 As used in NRS 41.031 to 41.039, inclusive:
1. "Employee" includes an employee of a part-time or full-time board, commission or similar body of the state or a political subdivision of the state which is created by law.
2. "Employment" includes any services performed by an immune contractor.
3. "Immune contractor" means any natural person, professional corporation or professional association which:
(a) Is an independent contractor with the state pursuant to NRS 284.173 [; and
(b) Contracts] and contracts to provide medical services for the department of prisons [.] ; or
(b) Is an independent contractor providing medical services for a county hospital pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 450.180 when such medical services are provided to indigent patients.
As used in this subsection, "professional corporation" and "professional association," have the meanings ascribed to them in NRS 89.020.
4. "Public officer" or "officer" includes:
(a) A member of a part-time or full-time board, commission or similar body of the state or a political subdivision of the state which is created by law.
(b) A public defender and any deputy or assistant attorney of a public defender or an attorney appointed to defend a person for a limited duration with limited jurisdiction.
(c) A district attorney and any deputy or assistant district attorney or an attorney appointed to prosecute a person for a limited duration with limited jurisdiction.
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.