Nevada Code § 629.043

Provider of health care required to report persons having injuries inflicted during existence of state of emergency or declaration of disaster or illnesses contracted during public health emergency or other health event; immunity of certain persons from civil action for disclosure; confidentiality and maintenance of report
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1. A provider of health care to whom any
person comes or is brought for the treatment of an injury which the provider
concludes was inflicted during the existence of a state of emergency or
declaration of disaster pursuant to NRS
414.070 or an illness which the provider concludes was contracted during a
public health emergency or other health event pursuant to NRS 439.970 shall submit a written report
to the State Disaster Identification Coordination Committee.
2. A report submitted pursuant to
subsection 1 must include, in as much detail as possible:
(a) The name, address, telephone number and
electronic mail address of the person treated, if known;
(b) The number of the medical record of the
person treated;
(c) The location where the person was treated;
and
(d) The character or extent of the injuries or
illness of the person treated.
3. A provider of health care and his or
her agents and employees are immune from any civil action for any disclosures
made in good faith in accordance with the provisions of this section.
4. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 414.280 , a report submitted to the
State Disaster Identification Coordination Committee pursuant to this section
is confidential and must be securely maintained by each person who has
possession, custody or control of the report.

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