2011 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 629 - Healing Arts Generally
NRS 629.069 - Provider of health care to disclose results of tests for certain contagious diseases to certain persons; immunity from civil liability.

1. A provider of health care shall disclose the results of all tests performed pursuant to NRS 441A.195 to:

(a) The person who was tested and, upon request, a member of the family of a decedent who was tested;

(b) The law enforcement officer, correctional officer, emergency medical attendant, firefighter, county coroner or medical examiner or their employee, other person who is employed by an agency of criminal justice or other public employee whose duties may require him or her to come into contact with human blood or bodily fluids who filed the petition or on whose behalf the petition was filed pursuant to NRS 441A.195;

(c) The designated health care officer for the employer of the person described in paragraph (b) or, if there is no designated health care officer, the person designated by the employer to document and verify possible exposure to contagious diseases;

(d) If the person who was tested is incarcerated or detained, the person in charge of the facility in which the person is incarcerated or detained and the chief medical officer of the facility in which the person is incarcerated or detained, if any; and

(e) A designated investigator or member of the State Board of Osteopathic Medicine during any period in which the Board is investigating the holder of a license pursuant to chapter 633 of NRS.

2. 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 1999, 1123; A 2005, 348; 2007, 89; 2009, 2942)