629.068 - Provider of health care to provide Department of Corrections with health care records of offender; authorized use of health care records of offender; immunity from civil liability. - Nevada Statutes

629.068  Provider of health care to provide Department of Corrections with health care records of offender; authorized use of health care records of offender; immunity from civil liability.

      1.  A provider of health care shall, upon request of the Director of the Department of Corrections or the designee of the Director, provide the Department of Corrections with a complete copy of the health care records of an offender confined at the state prison.

      2.  Records provided to the Department of Corrections must not be used at any public hearing unless:

      (a) The offender named in the records has consented in writing to their use; or

      (b) Appropriate procedures are utilized to protect the identity of the offender from public disclosure.

      3.  A provider of health care and an agent or employee of a provider of health care are immune from civil liability for a disclosure made in accordance with the provisions of this section.

      (Added to NRS by 1997, 3191; A 2001 Special Session, 247)