1. The Department, any employee of the Department, any law enforcement officer, any coroner or medical examiner, or any duly authorized employee of a law enforcement agency or coroner or medical examiner, when carrying out the provisions of NRS 483.641 to 483.663, inclusive, in the scope of their public duties or employment, are not liable to any person for civil damages or subject to criminal prosecution resulting from or caused by, without limitation:
(a) Any disruption or failure in Internet service caused by an accident, malfunction, act of sabotage or God, or any other condition or circumstance which the Department has not directly or indirectly caused and which prevents:
(1) The Department from establishing, maintaining or accessing the Next-of-Kin Registry;
(2) A law enforcement officer, a coroner or a medical examiner, or a duly authorized employee of a law enforcement agency or coroner or medical examiner, from accessing the Next-of-Kin Registry as required or authorized pursuant to NRS 483.655 and 483.657;
(3) A registrant from accessing his or her registry record in the Next-of-Kin Registry or adding, amending or deleting the name, telephone number or address of an emergency contact person; or
(4) The parent or legal guardian of a registrant who is less than 18 years of age and not emancipated from accessing the registry record of the registrant.
(b) Any negligent misuse of, omission of or failure to input accurate information into, or input of inaccurate or outdated information into the Next-of-Kin Registry by a registrant.
(c) The failure of a law enforcement officer, a coroner or a medical examiner, or a duly authorized employee of a law enforcement agency or coroner or medical examiner, to make contact with any emergency contact person.
2. This section must not be construed to exempt any person, including, without limitation, the Department, an employee of the Department, a law enforcement officer, a coroner, a medical examiner or a duly authorized employee of a law enforcement agency or coroner or medical examiner from criminal and civil liability for willful misuse of the information in the Next-of-Kin Registry.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 436, 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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