2013 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 432B - Protection of Children From Abuse and Neglect
NRS 432B.170 - Authority of agency which provides child welfare services to share information with state or local agencies.
Nothing in the provisions of this chapter or NRS 432.0999 to 432.130, inclusive, prohibits an agency which provides child welfare services from sharing information with other state or local agencies if:
1. The purpose for sharing the information is for the development of a plan for the care, treatment or supervision of a child who has been abused or neglected, or an infant who is born and has been affected by prenatal illegal substance abuse or has withdrawal symptoms resulting from prenatal drug exposure or of a person responsible for the child s or infant s welfare;
2. The other agency has standards for confidentiality equivalent to those of the agency which provides child welfare services; and
3. Proper safeguards are taken to ensure the confidentiality of the information.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 1378; A 2001 Special Session, 35; 2005, 2031)
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