{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-435.450","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 435.450","heading":"Division facility required to forward patient’s medical records upon transfer of patient from facility.","body":"1. If a patient in a division facility is transferred to another division facility or to a medical facility, a facility for the dependent, an agency to provide personal care services in the home or a physician licensed to practice medicine, the division facility shall forward a copy of the medical records of the patient, on or before the date the patient is transferred, to the facility, agency or physician. Except as otherwise required by 42 U.S.C. § 290dd, 290dd-1 or 290dd-2 or NRS 439.591 or 439.597, the division facility is not required to obtain the oral or written consent of the patient to forward a copy of the medical records.\n2. As used in this section:\n(a) “Agency to provide personal care services in the home” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449B.015.\n(b) “Medical records” includes a medical history of the patient, a summary of the current physical condition of the patient and a discharge summary which contains the information necessary for the proper treatment of the patient.","path":["TITLE 39 — MENTAL HEALTH","CHAPTER 435 - PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES","AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES DIVISION","Powers and Duties"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-435.html#NRS435Sec450","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:39Z","sha256":"2875610924c6da3b236c610ca5f3eb37d1aab2d7d171402d5c612a448285524b","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-435.445","next":"us-nv/nrs-435.455"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}