Nevada Revised Statutes 435.585 – Right to information; inspection and copying of records
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1. A consumer or the consumer’s legal guardian must be:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 435.585
- Administrative officer: means a person with overall executive and administrative responsibility for those state or nonstate intellectual and developmental disability centers designated by the Administrator. See Nevada Revised Statutes 435.007
- 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.
(a) Permitted to inspect the consumer’s records; and
(b) Informed of the consumer’s clinical status and progress at reasonable intervals of no longer than 3 months in a manner appropriate to his or her clinical condition.
2. Unless a psychiatrist has made a specific entry to the contrary in a consumer’s records, a consumer or the consumer’s legal guardian is entitled to obtain a copy of the consumer’s records at any time upon notice to the administrative officer of the facility and payment of the cost of reproducing the records.