1. The Department shall establish and maintain on its Internet website a registry to be known as the Next-of-Kin Registry. The Next-of-Kin Registry must include, without limitation, in a secure portion of the Internet website, a registry record unique to each registrant.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Department shall provide access to, or information from, the registry record of a registrant in the Next-of-Kin Registry to:
(a) A law enforcement officer or other duly authorized employee of a law enforcement agency who conducts a search pursuant to NRS 483.655 or 483.657;
(b) A coroner or medical examiner or a duly authorized employee of a coroner or medical examiner who conducts a search pursuant to NRS 483.655;
(c) The registrant for the purpose of adding, amending or deleting the name, telephone number, address or electronic mail address of an emergency contact person;
(d) The parent or legal guardian of a registrant who is less than 18 years of age and is not emancipated; and
(e) Employees of the Department to the extent necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 483.641 to 483.663, inclusive.
3. The Department may provide access to, or information from, the registry record of a registrant:
(a) Pursuant to the lawful order of a court of competent jurisdiction; or
(b) At the request of the personal representative of a deceased registrant.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 433, effective on the date on which the Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles notifies the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau that sufficient resources are available to enable the Department to carry out the provisions of chapter 119, Statutes of Nevada 2015, at page 429)
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