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NRS 435.585 - Right to information; inspection and copying of records.

NV Rev Stat § 435.585 (2019) (N/A)
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1. A consumer or the consumer’s legal guardian must be:

(a) Permitted to inspect the consumer’s records; and

(b) Informed of the consumer’s clinical status and progress at reasonable intervals of no longer than 3 months in a manner appropriate to his or her clinical condition.

2. Unless a psychiatrist has made a specific entry to the contrary in a consumer’s records, a consumer or the consumer’s legal guardian is entitled to obtain a copy of the consumer’s records at any time upon notice to the administrative officer of the facility and payment of the cost of reproducing the records.

(Added to NRS by 2013, 3024)

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