1. A medical review committee is entitled to access to any autopsy records relating to a death under review.
2. Each organization represented on a medical review committee to review the medical care or death of a person shall share with other members of the committee information in its possession concerning the person who is the subject of the review and any other information deemed by the organization to be pertinent to the review.
3. Any autopsy records provided to a medical review committee pursuant to this section are privileged records for the purposes of NRS 49.119 and 49.121.
4. As used in this section, “medical review committee” means a medical review committee of a county or district board of health that certifies, licenses or regulates providers of emergency medical services pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, but only when functioning as a peer review committee.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 2478)
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