NAC637B.195. Investigation of informal complaint: Removal and copying of records or other evidence.

     1. If the staff, or investigator, if any, determines that a specific record or other specific evidence is material to or necessary for an investigation conducted pursuant to NAC 637B.191, the staff or investigator may remove the record or evidence and provide a copy of the record or evidence to the owner of that record.

     2. If the record or other evidence can be readily copied at the location where the record or evidence is located, the staff or investigator shall make a copy of the record or evidence at that location.

     3. If the record or other evidence cannot be readily copied at the location where the record or evidence is located, the staff or investigator may remove the record or evidence from that location to copy the record or evidence.

     4. If the staff or investigator removes a record or other evidence to be copied pursuant to subsection 3, the staff or investigator shall provide the person to whom the record or evidence being removed belongs with a receipt for the record or evidence and, not later than 5 business days after the record or evidence is removed, provide a copy of the record or evidence to that person.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Exam’rs for Audiology & Speech Path. by R219-03, eff. 9-16-2004)