NRS432B.407. Information available to child death review teams; sharing of certain information; subpoena to obtain information; confidentiality of information.

      1.  A multidisciplinary team to review the death of a child is entitled to access to:

      (a) All investigative information of law enforcement agencies regarding the death;

      (b) Any autopsy and coroner’s investigative records relating to the death;

      (c) Any medical or mental health records of the child; and

      (d) Any records of social and rehabilitative services or of any other social service agency which has provided services to the child or the child’s family.

      2.  Each organization represented on a multidisciplinary team to review the death of a child shall share with other members of the team information in its possession concerning the child who is the subject of the review, any siblings of the child, any person who was responsible for the welfare of the child and any other information deemed by the organization to be pertinent to the review.

      3.  A multidisciplinary team to review the death of a child may, if appropriate, meet and share information with a multidisciplinary team to review the death of the victim of a crime that constitutes domestic violence organized or sponsored pursuant to NRS 217.475 or 228.495.

      4.  A multidisciplinary team to review the death of a child may petition the district court for the issuance of, and the district court may issue, a subpoena to compel the production of any books, records or papers relevant to the cause of any death being investigated by the team. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115, any books, records or papers received by the team pursuant to the subpoena shall be deemed confidential and privileged and not subject to disclosure.

      5.  A multidisciplinary team to review the death of a child may use data collected concerning the death of a child for the purpose of research or to prevent future deaths of children if the data is aggregated and does not allow for the identification of any person.

      6.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, information acquired by, and the records of, a multidisciplinary team to review the death of a child are confidential, must not be disclosed, and are not subject to subpoena, discovery or introduction into evidence in any civil or criminal proceeding.

      (Added to NRS by 2003, 863; A 2007, 2106; 2011, 739; 2013, 438)