1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, immunity from civil or criminal liability extends to every person who, pursuant to NRS 200.5091 to 200.50995, inclusive, in good faith:
(a) Participates in the making of a report;
(b) Causes or conducts an investigation of alleged abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of an older person or a vulnerable person; or
(c) Submits information contained in a report to a licensing board pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 200.5095.
2. The immunity provided in subsection 1 does not extend to any person who has:
(a) Abused, neglected, exploited, isolated or abandoned the older person or vulnerable person who is the subject of the report or investigation as prohibited by NRS 200.5099;
(b) Conspired with another to commit abuse, exploitation or isolation of the older person or vulnerable person who is the subject of the report or investigation as prohibited by NRS 200.50995; or
(c) Aided and abetted in or was an accessory to the abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of the older person or vulnerable person who is the subject of the report or investigation or the conspiracy to commit abuse, exploitation or isolation of the older person or vulnerable person.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 1336; A 1995, 2253; 1997, 1352; 2005, 1112; 2015, 811; 2017, 2528, 2834)
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