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Section 1. NRS 200.5093 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1. 200.5093 1. A person required to make a report pursuant to this

1. older person by a member of the staff of the hospital.
2. (c) A coroner.

1. (d) Every clergyman, practitioner of Christian Science or religious

1. healer, unless he acquired the knowledge of abuse, neglect, exploitation or

1. isolation of the older person from the offender during a confession.

1. (e) Every person who maintains or is employed by an agency to provide

1. nursing in the home.

1. (f) Every attorney, unless he has acquired the knowledge of abuse,

1. neglect, exploitation or isolation of the older person from a client who has

1. been or may be accused of such abuse, neglect, exploitation or isolation.

1. (g) Any employee of the department of human resources.

1. (h) Any employee of a law enforcement agency or a county’s office for

1. protective services or an adult or juvenile probation officer.

1. (i) Any person who maintains or is employed by a facility or

1. establishment that provides care for older persons.

1. (j) Any person who maintains, is employed by or serves as a volunteer

1. for an agency or service which advises persons regarding the abuse,

1. neglect, exploitation or isolation of an older person and refers them to

1. persons and agencies where their requests and needs can be met.

1. (k) Every social worker.

1. (l) Any person who owns or is employed by a funeral home or mortuary.

1. 3. A report may be filed by any other person.

1. 4. A person required to make a report pursuant to this section who has

1. reasonable cause to believe that an older person has died as a result of

1. abuse, neglect or isolation shall report this belief to the appropriate medical

1. examiner or coroner, who shall investigate the cause of death of the older

1. person and submit to the appropriate local law enforcement agencies, the

1. appropriate prosecuting attorney and the aging services division of the

1. department of human resources his written findings. The written findings

1. must include the information required pursuant to the provisions of NRS

1. 200.5094, when possible.

1. 5. A division, office or department which receives a report pursuant to

1. this section shall cause the investigation of the report to commence within 3

1. working days. A copy of the final report of the investigation conducted by a

1. division, office or department, other than the aging services division of the

1. department of human resources, must be forwarded to the aging services

1. division within 90 days after the completion of the report.

1. 6. If the investigation of the report results in the belief that the older

1. office for protective services may provide protective services to the older

1. person if he is able and willing to accept them.

1. 7. A person who knowingly and willfully violates any of the provisions

1. of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Sec. 2. NRS 200.50984 is hereby amended to read as follows:

200.50984 1. Notwithstanding any other statute to the contrary, the

human resources and a county’s office for protective services, if one exists

in the county where a violation is alleged to have occurred, may for the

purpose of investigating an alleged violation of NRS 200.5091 to

200.50995, inclusive, inspect all records pertaining to the older person on

whose behalf the investigation is being conducted, including, but not

limited to, that person’s medical and financial records.

2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if a guardian has

division or the county’s office for protective services shall obtain the

determines that the older person is unable to consent to the inspection, the

inspection may be conducted without his consent. Except as otherwise

provided in this subsection, if a guardian has been appointed for the older

protective services shall obtain the consent of the guardian before

county’s office for protective services has reason to believe that the

guardian is abusing, neglecting, exploiting or isolating the older person, the

inspection may be conducted without the consent of the guardian, except

that if the records to be inspected are in the personal possession of the

guardian, the inspection must be approved by a court of competent

jurisdiction.

Sec. 3. NRS 200.50986 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1. of NRS 200.5095 to 200.50995, inclusive.

Sec. 4. This act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 1999.

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