Nothing in the provisions of this chapter or NRS 432.097 to 432.130, inclusive, prohibits an agency which provides child welfare services from sharing information with other state or local agencies if:
1. The purpose for sharing the information is for the development of a plan for the care, treatment or supervision of:
(a) A child who has been abused or neglected;
(b) An infant who is born and has been affected by:
(1) A fetal alcohol spectrum disorder; or
(2) Prenatal substance use disorder or has withdrawal symptoms resulting from prenatal substance exposure; or
(c) A person responsible for the child’s or infant’s welfare;
2. The other agency has standards for confidentiality equivalent to those of the agency which provides child welfare services; and
3. Proper safeguards are taken to ensure the confidentiality of the information.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 1378; A 2001 Special Session, 35; 2005, 2031; 2017, 1382)