Nev. Admin. Code § 457.110

Current through November 8, 2024
Section 457.110 - Disclosure of information: Authorized recipients; verification of identity
1. The Chief Medical Officer or person employed in the registry shall not disclose the existence or nonexistence in the registry of a record concerning any patient or disclose other information about the patient except to:
(a) The provider of health care who treated the patient;
(b) The health care facility, medical laboratory or other facility that provides screening, diagnostic or therapeutic services to patients with respect to cancer and other neoplasms where the patient was treated;
(c) A health care facility, medical laboratory or other facility that provides screening, diagnostic or therapeutic services to patients with respect to cancer and other neoplasms or a registry connected with one of those entities which has participated or is participating in treating the patient;
(d) Other states' cancer registries or federal cancer control organizations with which the Department of Health and Human Services has entered into data sharing agreements which ensure confidentiality; or
(e) A qualified researcher in cancer.
2. If a request for information about a patient is made over the telephone by the provider of health care who treated the patient or by a representative of the health care facility, medical laboratory or other facility that provides screening, diagnostic or therapeutic services to patients with respect to cancer and other neoplasms in which the patient was treated, and the caller is not known to the employee who receives the call at the registry, the employee must verify the identity of the caller in the manner described in NAC 457.130.

Nev. Admin. Code § 457.110

Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 12-3-84; A 10-22-93; A by R057-16AP, eff. 5/16/2018
NRS 457.065 and 457.240