Nevada Revised Statutes 450.635 – Closed meetings of board of trustees
1. A board of trustees may hold a closed meeting exempt from the provisions of chapter 241 of NRS to discuss:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 450.635
- county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
- Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
(a) Providing a new health care service in the county hospital district or materially expanding a health care service that is currently provided in the county hospital district;
(b) The acquisition of an additional facility by the county hospital district or the material expansion of an existing facility of the county hospital district;
(c) Matters before a review committee to deliberate the character, alleged misconduct, professional competence or physical or mental health of a provider of health care; or
(d) Matters related to a medical audit or the quality assurance programs of the county hospital district.
2. The provisions of subsection 1 must not be construed to:
(a) Authorize the board of trustees to hold a closed meeting to discuss a change of management or ownership or the dissolution of the county hospital district; or
(b) Prohibit the public from obtaining a report that is otherwise available to the public pursuant to state or federal law.
3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, minutes of a closed meeting held pursuant to subsection 1, any supporting material and any recording or transcript of the closed meeting become public records 5 years after the date on which the meeting is held or when the board of trustees determines that the matters discussed no longer require confidentiality, whichever occurs first. Minutes of a closed meeting held pursuant to subsection 1, any supporting material and any recording or transcript of the closed meeting that contains privileged information are not public records. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the disclosure of information that is discoverable as part of a legal proceeding or pursuant to court order.
4. As used in this section:
(a) ’Provider of health care’ has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 629.031.
(b) ’Review committee’ has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 49.117.