629.068 Ā 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. Ā 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. Ā 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. Ā 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)