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NRS 392.355 - Immunity from liability.

NV Rev Stat § 392.355 (2019) (N/A)
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1. Immunity from civil or criminal liability extends to every person who in good faith:

(a) Makes a report pursuant to NRS 392.303;

(b) Conducts an interview or allows an interview to be taken pursuant to NRS 392.4596;

(c) Allows or takes photographs or X-rays pursuant to NRS 392.313;

(d) Causes a medical test to be performed pursuant to NRS 392.313;

(e) Provides a record, or a copy thereof, of a medical test performed pursuant to NRS 392.313 to an agency which provides child welfare services to the child, a law enforcement agency that participated in the investigation of the report made pursuant to NRS 392.303 or the prosecuting attorney’s office; or

(f) Participates in a judicial proceeding resulting from a report made pursuant to NRS 392.303.

2. In any proceeding to impose liability against a person for:

(a) Making a report pursuant to NRS 392.303; or

(b) Performing any act set forth in paragraphs (b) to (f), inclusive, of subsection 1,

there is a presumption that the person acted in good faith.

(Added to NRS by 2017, 2089)

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