449.705 - Facility or home to forward medical records upon certain transfers of patient. - Nevada Statutes

449.705  Facility or home to forward medical records upon certain transfers of patient.

      1.  If a patient in a medical facility or facility for the dependent is transferred to another medical facility or facility for the dependent, a division facility or a physician licensed to practice medicine, the facility shall forward a copy of the medical records of the patient, on or before the date the patient is transferred, to the other medical facility or facility for the dependent, the division facility or the physician. The facility is not required to obtain the oral or written consent of the patient to forward a copy of the medical records.

      2.  If a person receiving services in a home for individual residential care is transferred to another home, the home shall forward a copy of his or her medical records to the other home in the manner provided in subsection 1.

      3.  As used in this section:

      (a) “Division facility” means any unit or subunit operated by a division of the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to title 39 of NRS.

      (b) “Medical records” includes a medical history of the patient, a summary of the current physical condition of the patient and a discharge summary which contains the information necessary for the proper treatment of the patient.

      (Added to NRS by 1991, 2349; A 1993, 2725; 1999, 1051)