Provider of health care to disclose results of tests for certain contagious diseases to person tested and to certain officers, medical attendants and firemen who may have been infected by person tested.
1. A provider of health care shall disclose the results of all tests performed pursuant to NRS 441A.195 to:
(a) The person who was tested;
(b) The law enforcement officer, correctional officer, emergency medical attendant, fireman or other person who is employed by an agency of criminal justice who filed the petition or on whose behalf the petition was filed pursuant to NRS 441A.195;
(c) The designated health care officer for the employer of the person described in paragraph (b) or, if there is no designated health care officer, the person designated by the employer to document and verify possible exposure to contagious diseases; and
(d) If the person who was tested is incarcerated or detained, the person in charge of the facility in which the person is incarcerated or detained and the chief medical officer of the facility in which the person is incarcerated or detained, if any.
2. A provider of health care and an agent or employee of a provider of health care are immune from civil liability for a disclosure made in accordance with the provisions of this section.
Last modified: February 27, 2006