Nevada § 200.50982 - Disclosure of information concerning reports and investigations to other agencies or legal representative of older person or vulnerable person; disclosure of information concerning suspect in investigation of abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of older person or vulnerable person

§ 200.50982. Disclosure of information concerning reports and investigations to other agencies or legal representative of older person or vulnerable person; disclosure of information concerning suspect in investigation of abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of older person or vulnerable person

1. The provisions of NRS 200.5091 to 200.50995 , inclusive, do not prohibit: (a) An agency which is investigating a report of abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation

or abandonment, or which provides protective services, from disclosing data or information

concerning the reports and investigations of the abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation

or abandonment of an older person or a vulnerable person to other federal, state or

local agencies or the legal representatives of the older person or vulnerable person

on whose behalf the investigation is being conducted if: (1) The agency making the disclosure determines that the disclosure is in the best

interest of the older person or vulnerable person; and (2) Proper safeguards are taken to ensure the confidentiality of the information. (b) An attorney who receives data or information pursuant to paragraph (k) of subsection

3 of NRS 200.5095 from disclosing data or information concerning a report or investigation of the abuse,

neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of an older person or vulnerable person

to a court of competent jurisdiction in a guardianship proceeding concerning the older

person or vulnerable person. 2. If the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health and Human

Services is investigating a report of abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment

of an older person or vulnerable person, a law enforcement agency shall, upon request

of the Aging and Disability Services Division, provide information relating to any

suspect in the investigation as soon as possible. The information must include, when possible: (a) The records of criminal history of the suspect; (b) Whether or not the suspect resides with or near the older person or vulnerable

person; and (c) A summary of any events, incidents or arrests which have occurred at the residence

of the suspect or the older person or vulnerable person within the past 90 days and

which involve physical violence or concerns related to public safety or the health

or safety of the older person or vulnerable person. 3. An attorney shall make the disclosure pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1

to the court within 20 days after his or her receipt of data or information concerning

a report or investigation of the abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment

of the older person or vulnerable person.