1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a person who submits a report or information to the court for consideration in a proceeding held pursuant to NRS 432B.466 to 432B.468, inclusive, or 432B.500 to 432B.590, inclusive, shall provide a copy of the report or information, to the extent that the data or information in the report or information is available pursuant to NRS 432B.290, to each parent or guardian of the child who is the subject of the proceeding and to the attorney of each parent or guardian not later than 72 hours before the proceeding.

2. If a person does not provide a copy of a report or information to a parent or guardian of a child and an attorney of the parent or guardian before a proceeding if required by subsection 1, the court or master:

(a) Shall provide the parent or guardian and the attorney of the parent or guardian an opportunity to review the report or information; and

(b) May grant a continuance of the proceeding until a later date that is agreed upon by all the parties to the proceeding if the parent or guardian or the attorney of the parent or guardian requests that the court grant the continuance so that the parent or guardian and the attorney of the parent or guardian may properly respond to the report or information.

3. If a child was delivered to a provider of emergency services pursuant to NRS 432B.630, a copy of a report or information described in subsection 1 need not be sent to the parent who delivered the child to the provider or the attorney of that parent pursuant to subsection 1.

4. As used in this section, “person” includes, without limitation, a government, governmental agency or political subdivision of a government.

(Added to NRS by 2001, 1699; A 2003, 592; 2017, 674)