NRS440.170. Records open to inspection; use of data restricted.

      1.  All certificates in the custody of the State Registrar are open to inspection subject to the provisions of this chapter. It is unlawful for any employee of the State to disclose data contained in vital statistics, except as authorized by this chapter or by the Board.

      2.  Information in vital statistics indicating that a birth occurred out of wedlock must not be disclosed except upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

      3.  The Board:

      (a) Shall allow the use of data contained in vital statistics to carry out the provisions of NRS 442.300 to 442.330, inclusive;

      (b) Shall allow the use of certificates of death by a multidisciplinary team:

             (1) 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; and

             (2) To review the death of a child established pursuant to NRS 432B.405 and 432B.406;

      (c) Shall allow the use of certificates of death by the Committee to Review Suicide Fatalities created by NRS 439.5104; and

      (d) May allow the use of data contained in vital statistics for other research purposes, but without identifying the persons to whom the records relate.

      [Part 45:199:1911; added 1941, 381; 1931 NCL § 5268.14]—(NRS A 1967, 1107; 1999, 3508; 2003, 865; 2011, 740; 2013, 368)