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NRS 618.785 — Provisions and standards not to be used as evidence to deny liability or claim for compensation for exposure to asbestos.

Nevada Revised Statutes, Chapter 618 — OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

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Nothing in NRS 618.750 to 618.850, inclusive, including standards adopted pursuant thereto, may be used as evidence:

1. To deny liability in an action seeking damages for disease as a result of exposure to asbestos in a building or structure; or

2. To deny a claim for compensation pursuant to chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or 617 of NRS relating to exposure to asbestos.

(Added to NRS by 1989, 1277)