Nevada Revised Statutes 392.317 – Authorized release of information
Except as otherwise provided in NRS 392.317 to 392.337, inclusive, and in addition to information provided pursuant to NRS 392.337, information maintained by an agency which provides child welfare services pursuant to NRS 392.275 to 392.365, inclusive, may, at the discretion of the agency which provides child welfare services, be made available only to:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 392.317
- Charter school: means a public school that is formed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 388A of NRS. See Nevada Revised Statutes 385.007
- county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
- Department: means the Department of Education. See Nevada Revised Statutes 385.007
- Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
- physician: means a person who engages in the practice of medicine, including osteopathy and homeopathy. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.040
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
1. The child who is the subject of the report, the parent or guardian of the child and an attorney for the child or the parent or guardian of the child, if the identity of the person responsible for reporting the abuse or neglect of the child or the violation of NRS 201.540, 201.560, 392.4633 or 394.366 to a public agency and the identity of any child witness are kept confidential and the information is reasonably necessary to promote the safety, permanency and well-being of the child who is the subject of the report;
2. A physician, if the physician has before him or her a child who the physician has reasonable cause to believe has been abused or neglected or subject to a violation of NRS 201.540, 201.560, 392.4633 or 394.366;
3. An agency, including, without limitation, an agency in another jurisdiction, responsible for or authorized to undertake the care or treatment or supervision of the child or investigate the allegations in the report;
4. A district attorney or other law enforcement officer who requires the information in connection with an investigation or prosecution of the conduct alleged in the report;
5. A court, other than a juvenile court, for in camera inspection only, unless the court determines that public disclosure of the information is necessary for the determination of an issue before it;
6. A person engaged in bona fide research or an audit, but information identifying the subjects of a report must not be made available to the person;
7. A grand jury upon its determination that access to these records and the information is necessary in the conduct of its official business;
8. A federal, state or local governmental entity, or an agency of such an entity, or a juvenile court, that needs access to the information to carry out its legal responsibilities to protect children from abuse and neglect and violations of NRS 201.540, 201.560, 392.4633 or 394.366 or similar statutes in another jurisdiction;
9. A person or an organization that has entered into a written agreement with an agency which provides child welfare services to provide assessments or services and that has been trained to make such assessments or provide such services;
10. A team organized pursuant to NRS 432B.405 to review the death of a child;
11. Upon written consent of the parent, any officer of this State or a city or county thereof or Legislator authorized by the agency or department having jurisdiction or by the Legislature, acting within its jurisdiction, to investigate the activities or programs of an agency which provides child welfare services if:
(a) The identity of the person making the report is kept confidential; and
(b) The officer, Legislator or a member of the family of the officer or Legislator is not the person alleged to have engaged in the conduct described in the report;
12. The Division of Parole and Probation of the Department of Public Safety for use pursuant to NRS 176.135 in making a presentence investigation and report to the district court or pursuant to NRS 176.151 in making a general investigation and report;
13. A public school, private school, school district or governing body of a charter school or private school in this State or any other jurisdiction that employs a person named in the report, allows such a person to serve as a volunteer or is considering employing such a person or accepting such a person as a volunteer;
14. The school attended by the child who is the subject of the report and the board of trustees of the school district in which the school is located or the governing body of the school, as applicable;
15. An employer in accordance with subsection 3 of NRS 432.100; and
16. The Committee to Review Suicide Fatalities created by NRS 439.5104.