Nevada Code § 442.774

Access to certain information and records; meetings with certain entities; subpoenas; use of data; confidentiality of information and records; meetings closed to public
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1. The Committee is entitled to access to:
(a) All final investigative information of law
enforcement agencies regarding a maternal death or incident of severe maternal
morbidity being investigated by the Committee for which the investigation by
the law enforcement agency has been closed;
(b) Any autopsy and coroners investigative
records relating to the death or incident;
(c) Any medical or mental health records of the
person who gave birth to a child;
(d) Any records of social and rehabilitative
services or of any other social service agency which has provided services to
the person who gave birth to a child or the family of the person who gave birth
to a child;
(e) The system for the reporting of information
on cancer and other neoplasms established pursuant to NRS 457.230 ; and
(f) Any other records determined by the Committee
to be necessary to perform its duties, except for records of a law enforcement
agency not described in paragraph (a).
2. The Committee may, if appropriate, meet
and share information with:
(a) A multidisciplinary team to review the death
of the victim of a crime that constitutes domestic violence organized or
sponsored pursuant to NRS 217.475 ; or
(b) The Committee on Domestic Violence and Sexual
Assault appointed pursuant to NRS 228.470 .
3. The Committee may petition the district
court for the issuance of, and the district court may issue, a subpoena to
compel the production of any books, records or papers described in subsection 1
that are relevant to the cause of any death or incident of severe maternal
morbidity being investigated by the Committee. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115 , any books, records or papers
received by the Committee pursuant to the subpoena shall be deemed confidential
and privileged and not subject to disclosure.
4. The Committee may use data collected
concerning a maternal death or incident of severe maternal morbidity for the
purpose of research or to prevent future maternal mortality and severe maternal
morbidity if the data is aggregated and does not allow for the identification
of any person.
5. Except as otherwise provided in this
section, information acquired by, and the records of, the Committee are
confidential, are not public records, must not be disclosed, and are not
subject to subpoena, discovery or introduction into evidence in any civil or
criminal proceeding.
6. The meetings of the Committee are
closed to the public.

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