2013 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 432B - Protection of Children From Abuse and Neglect
NRS 432B.280 - Confidentiality of information maintained by an agency which provides child welfare services; exceptions; penalty.
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115, 432B.165, 432B.175 and 439.538 and except as otherwise authorized or required pursuant to NRS 432B.290, information maintained by an agency which provides child welfare services, including, without limitation, reports and investigations made pursuant to this chapter, is confidential.
2. Any person, law enforcement agency or public agency, institution or facility who willfully releases or disseminates such information, except:
(a) Pursuant to a criminal prosecution relating to the abuse or neglect of a child;
(b) As otherwise authorized pursuant to NRS 432B.165 and 432B.175;
(c) As otherwise authorized or required pursuant to NRS 432B.290;
(d) As otherwise authorized or required pursuant to NRS 439.538; or
(e) As otherwise required pursuant to NRS 432B.513,
is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 1373; A 1999, 2032; 2001, 1701; 2007, 195, 1507, 1980, 2106; 2013, 525)
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