Nevada Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 6, 2015) |
Chapter442 Maternal and Child Health; Abortion |
INFORMATION CONCERNING BIRTH DEFECTS AND ADVERSE BIRTH OUTCOMES |
NAC442.058. Access to and confidentiality of information in system.
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- The Chief Medical Officer shall establish appropriate procedures and take any other actions necessary to ensure that:
1. Access to the information contained in the system is limited to persons who are:
(a) Employed by the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services or the University of Nevada School of Medicine; and
(b) Authorized and approved by the Chief Medical Officer or the representative;
2. Any information obtained by the system that would reveal the identity of a patient remains confidential; and
3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 of NRS 442.330, the information obtained by the system is used solely for the purposes set forth in subsection 1 of that section.
(Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R176-99, eff. 2-10-2000)