2010 Nevada Code
TITLE 40 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 439 Administration of Public Health
NRS 439.880 Immunity from criminal and civil liability.
NRS 439.880 Immunity from criminal and civil liability. No person is subject to any criminal penalty or civil liability for libel, slander or any similar cause of action in tort if the person, without malice:
1. Reports a sentinel event to a governmental entity with jurisdiction or another appropriate authority;
2. Notifies a governmental entity with jurisdiction or another appropriate authority of a sentinel event;
3. Transmits information regarding a sentinel event to a governmental entity with jurisdiction or another appropriate authority;
4. Compiles, prepares or disseminates information regarding a sentinel event to a governmental entity with jurisdiction or another appropriate authority; or
5. Performs any other act authorized pursuant to NRS 439.800 to 439.890, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 2002 Special Session, 16; A 2005, 600)
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