Nevada Attorney for Injured Workers v. Nevada Self-Insurers Ass'n

OPINION

By the Court,

Hardesty, J.:

In this appeal, we consider whether a workers’ compensation regulation contradicts the statutory provisions for determining the percentage of an employee’s disability resulting from a work-related spinal injury. Respondent Nevada Self-Insurers Association (the Association) filed a petition with appellant State of Nevada Department of Business and Industry, Division of Industrial Relations (DIR), requesting that DIR amend one of its regulations to conform to statutory provisions that prohibit physicians from considering factors other than a person’s physical…