Nev. Admin. Code § 641D.Sec. 53 - NEW

1. During the course of a professional relationship with a patient or client and after the relationship is terminated, a licensee or registrant shall protect all confidential information obtained in the course of his or her practice, teaching or research or in the performance of any other services related to his or her profession. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a licensee or registrant may disclose confidential information only if the patient or client provides informed written consent.

2. A licensee or registrant may disclose confidential information without the informed written consent of a patient or client if:

(a) A member of the judiciary, or a court magistrate or administrator to whom authority has been lawfully delegated, orders the disclosure; or

(b) Disclosure is required by a state or federal law or regulation, including, without limitation, a law or regulation that requires a licensee or registrant to report the abuse of a child or elderly person.

3. As used in this section, "confidential information" means information disclosed by a patient or client to a licensee or registrant during the course of a professional relationship, or otherwise obtained by the licensee or registrant during the course of the relationship, if there is a reasonable expectation that because of the relationship between the patient or client and the licensee or registrant or the circumstances under which the information was obtained, the information will not be disclosed by the licensee or registrant without the informed written consent of the patient or client.

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Nev. Admin. Code § 641D.Sec. 53

Added to NAC by Bd. of Applied Behavior Analysis by R005-24A, eff. 10/23/2024

NRS 641D.240