1. If a patient in a division facility is transferred to another division facility or to a medical facility, a facility for the dependent, an agency to provide personal care services in the home or a physician licensed to practice medicine, the division facility shall forward a copy of the medical records of the patient, on or before the date the patient is transferred, to the facility, agency or physician. Except as otherwise required by 42 U.S.C. 290dd, 290dd-1 or 290dd-2 or NRS 439.591 or 439.597 , the division facility is not required to obtain the oral or written consent of the patient to forward a copy of the medical records. 2. As used in this section: (a) Agency to provide personal care services in the home has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449B.015 . (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.
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