NRS372A.080. Information and records concerning dealer confidential; limitations on use and admissibility of information; penalty for disclosure.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115, all information which is submitted to the Department by or on behalf of a dealer in controlled substances pursuant to this chapter and all records of the Department which contain the name, address or any other identifying information concerning a dealer are confidential.

      2.  No criminal prosecution may be initiated on the basis of:

      (a) Information which was submitted to the Department; or

      (b) Evidence derived from information submitted to the Department, pursuant to this chapter or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto.

      3.  No information described in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection 2 is admissible in a criminal prosecution, unless the prosecution shows that the information:

      (a) Was independently discovered; or

      (b) Inevitably would have been discovered based on independent information.

      4.  This section does not prohibit the Department from publishing statistics that do not disclose the identity of a dealer or the contents of a particular return or report submitted to the Department by a dealer.

      5.  Any person who releases or reveals confidential information in violation of this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

      (Added to NRS by 1987, 1738; A 2007, 2094)