Statutes > Nevada Statutes > TITLE 38 - PUBLIC WELFARE > Chapter 432B - Protection of Children From Abuse and Neglect > REPORTS OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT; REPORTS OF PRENATAL ILLEGALSUBSTANCE ABUSE > 432B.280 - Confidentiality of reports and of records concerning reports and investigations; exceptions; penalty.

432B.280 - Confidentiality of reports and of records concerning reports and investigations; exceptions; penalty.

432B.280  Confidentiality of reports and of records concerning reports and investigations; 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, reports made pursuant to this chapter, as well as all records concerning these reports and investigations thereof, are confidential.

      2.  Any person, law enforcement agency or public agency, institution or facility who willfully releases data or information concerning such reports and investigations, 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,

Ê is guilty of a misdemeanor.

      (Added to NRS by 1985, 1373; A 1999, 2032; 2001, 1701; 2007, 195, 1507, 1980, 2106)