648.033 - Maintenance and release of records by Board; confidentiality of certain records of Board; exceptions.
648.033 Maintenance and release of records by Board; confidentiality of certain records of Board; exceptions.
1. The Board shall maintain a public record of:
(a) The business it transacts at its regular and special meetings; and
(b) The applications received by it together with the record of the disposition of each application.
2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115, information obtained by the Board from other than public sources concerning the:
(a) Financial condition; or
(b) Criminal record,
Ê of an applicant or a licensee is confidential and may be revealed only to the extent necessary for the proper administration of the provisions of this chapter.
3. The Board may release information described in subsection 2 to an agency of the Federal Government, of a state or of a political subdivision of this State.
4. The Board shall adopt by regulation a procedure for notifying the applicant or licensee of the release of confidential information pursuant to subsections 2 and 3. The Board shall release information described in subsection 2 concerning an applicant or licensee to the applicant or licensee upon request.
5. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 239.0115, a complaint filed with the Board, all documents and other information filed with the complaint and all documents and other information compiled as a result of an investigation conducted to determine whether to initiate disciplinary action against a person are confidential, unless the person submits a written statement to the Board requesting that such documents and information be made public records.
6. The charging documents filed with the Board to initiate disciplinary action pursuant to chapter 622A of NRS and all other documents and information considered by the Board when determining whether to impose discipline are public records.
7. The provisions of this section do not prohibit the Board from communicating or cooperating with or providing any documents or other information to any other licensing board or any other agency that is investigating a person, including, without limitation, a law enforcement agency.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 1330; A 2005, 802; 2007, 2148)