NRS 449B.270: Duty to protect privacy of client.

An agency to provide personal care services in the home shall:

1. Maintain the confidentiality of personally identifiable information concerning the sexual orientation of a client, whether the client is transgender or has undergone gender-affirming surgery and the human immunodeficiency virus status of the client and take reasonable actions to prevent the unauthorized disclosure of such information;

2. Prohibit employees or independent contractors of the agency who are not directly providing care to a client from being present during any portion of the care, during which the client is fully or partially unclothed without the express permission of the client or the authorized representative of the client;

3. Use visual barriers, including, without limitation, doors, curtains and screens, to provide privacy for clients who are fully or partially unclothed; and

4. Allow a client to refuse to be examined or observed by or receive services from an employee or independent contractor of the agency for a purpose that is primarily educational rather than therapeutic.