Nevada Revised Statutes (Last Updated: December 24, 2014) |
TITLE40 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY |
CHAPTER439. Administration of Public Health |
STATEWIDE HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE SYSTEM |
NRS439.593. Immunity from liability for health care provider who uses system.
Latest version.
- A health care provider who with reasonable care relies upon an apparently genuine electronic health record accessed through the statewide health information exchange system to make a decision concerning the provision of health care to a patient is immune from civil or criminal liability for the decision if:
1. The electronic health record is inaccurate;
2. The inaccuracy was not caused by the health care provider;
3. The inaccuracy resulted in an inappropriate health care decision; and
4. The health care decision was appropriate based upon the information contained in the inaccurate electronic health record.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 1758)