453.157 - Confidentiality of information concerning research or medical practice. - Nevada Statutes

453.157  Confidentiality of information concerning research or medical practice.  A practitioner engaged in medical practice or research is not required or compelled to furnish the name or identity of a patient or research subject to the Board, nor may the practitioner be compelled in any state or local civil, criminal, administrative, legislative or other proceeding to furnish the name or identity of an individual that the practitioner is obligated to keep confidential.

      (Added to NRS by 1971, 2016)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 453.296)

      NRS 453.159  Existing orders or regulations unaffected.  Any orders and regulations promulgated under any law affected by NRS 453.011 to 453.552, inclusive, and in effect on January 1, 1972, and not in conflict with it continue in effect until modified, superseded or repealed.

      (Added to NRS by 1971, 2022; A 1979, 1668)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 453.356)