Nevada Revised Statutes 442.774 – Access to certain information and records; meetings with certain entities; subpoenas; use of data; confidentiality of information and records; meetings closed to public
1. The Committee is entitled to access to:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 442.774
- Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
(a) All final investigative information of law enforcement agencies regarding a maternal death or incident of severe maternal morbidity being investigated by the Committee for which the investigation by the law enforcement agency has been closed;
(b) Any autopsy and coroner’s investigative records relating to the death or incident;
(c) Any medical or mental health records of the person who gave birth to a child;
(d) Any records of social and rehabilitative services or of any other social service agency which has provided services to the person who gave birth to a child or the family of the person who gave birth to a child;
(e) The system for the reporting of information on cancer and other neoplasms established pursuant to NRS 457.230; and
(f) Any other records determined by the Committee to be necessary to perform its duties, except for records of a law enforcement agency not described in paragraph (a).
2. The Committee may, if appropriate, meet and share information with:
(a) 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
(b) The Committee on Domestic Violence appointed pursuant to NRS 228.470.
3. The Committee 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 described in subsection 1 that are relevant to the cause of any death or incident of severe maternal morbidity being investigated by the Committee. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115, any books, records or papers received by the Committee pursuant to the subpoena shall be deemed confidential and privileged and not subject to disclosure.
4. The Committee may use data collected concerning a maternal death or incident of severe maternal morbidity for the purpose of research or to prevent future maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity if the data is aggregated and does not allow for the identification of any person.
5. Except as otherwise provided in this section, information acquired by, and the records of, the Committee are confidential, are not public records, must not be disclosed, and are not subject to subpoena, discovery or introduction into evidence in any civil or criminal proceeding.
6. The meetings of the Committee are closed to the public.