2014 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health
NRS 439.591 - Patient not required to participate in health information exchange; notification to patient of breach of confidentiality of electronic health records or health information exchange; patient access to electronic health records.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of NRS 439.538, a patient must not be required to participate in a health information exchange. Before a patient s health care records may be transmitted electronically or included in a health information exchange, the patient must be fully informed and consent, in the manner prescribed by the Director, to the transmittal or inclusion.

2. A patient must be notified in the manner prescribed by the Director of any breach of the confidentiality of electronic health records of the patient or a health information exchange.

3. A patient who consents to the inclusion of his or her electronic health record in a health information exchange may at any time request access to his or her electronic health record in accordance with the provisions of 45 C.F.R. 164.526.

(Added to NRS by 2011, 1759)