Nevada Industrial Commission

The Nevada Industrial Commission was created by the Nevada Legislature in 1913 to provide for the creation and disbursement of funds for the compensation and care of workmen injured in the course of employment or compensation to their dependents where such injuries result in death.

The Nevada Industrial Commission was created by a Statute of 1913. It was "authorized and empoweredto prosecute, defend, and maintain actions in the name of the Commission for the enforcement of the provisions of this act..." This act was repealed by a Statute of 1947, which created the Nevada Industrial Insurance Commission to administer the Act. In 1953 a new body was created under the same name. Nevada Revised Statute 616 provided for the establishment of the Department of Industrial Safety within the Industrial Commission. In 1973 the Department of Occupational Safety and Health replaced the Dept. of Industrial Safety, and was placed under the jurisdiction of the Industrial Commission to "coordinate to the greatest extent practicable, the occupational safety and health activities of all state and local agencies." In 1977 the Legislative Commission was directed to "conduct a study of the administrative procedures of the Nevada Industrial Commission," and in 1979 an Advisory Board of Review for the NIC was created.

The Legislative session of 1981 abolished the Nevada Industrial Comission, replacing it with the State Industrial Insurance System, and the Department of Industrial Relations was created. In 1985 the following divisions were created under the department: Administrative Services; Occupational Safety and Health; Mine Inspection; and Industrial Insurance Regulation. In 1993 the Division of Industrial Relations came under the Department of Business and Industry.