1. This chapter does not supersede or in any manner affect the Nevada Industrial Insurance Act or the Nevada Occupational Diseases Act or enlarge, diminish or affect in any other manner the common-law or statutory rights, duties or liabilities of employers and employees under the laws of this State with respect to injuries, occupational or other, diseases or death of employees arising out of or in the course of employment.
2. Statements, reports and information obtained or received by the Division in connection with an investigation under, or the administration or enforcement of, the provisions of this chapter must not be admitted as evidence in any civil action other than an action for enforcement, variance hearing or review under this chapter.
3. Any report of investigation or inspection or any information concerning trade secrets or secret industrial processes obtained under this chapter must not be disclosed or open to public inspection, except:
(a) As such information may be disclosed to other officers or employees concerned with carrying out this chapter;
(b) When relevant in any court proceeding under this chapter; or
(c) As otherwise provided in NRS 618.341.
4. The Division, the courts, and where applicable, the review board may issue such orders as may be appropriate to protect the confidentiality of trade secrets.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1021; A 1975, 769; 1981, 1510; 1989, 469; 1999, 1856)
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