SISOLAK REFUSING PUBLIC REVIEW CV19 DEATH CERTIFICATES

Oct. 30, 2020

Rob Lauer Political Reporter

Last week, 360 News served the Clark County Coroner and the Southern Nevada Health District with a Public Records Request for copies of all CV19 Death certificate with deceased names redacted.

Yesterday, 360 received a response from:

Heather Anderson-Fintak, Esq. Associate General Counsel, Legal Department, Southern Nevada Health District:

“Generally, birth and death certificates are to be maintained as confidential.  NRS 440.125  In order to obtain a death certificate, the requestor must have a direct and tangible interest.  NRS 440.650(2)  The state’s regulation further defines a direct and tangible interest to mean a direct or legal relationship, or a requirement imposed by law.  NAC 440.040(2).  Therefore, the Southern Nevada Health District will not provide the requested death certificates based upon a communicable disease identifier.”

360 shot back:

1. You’ve made information obtained from the death certificates public
2. You’ve provided the Death Certs to the CDC
3. The public has an expressed interest in the information
4. We directed that the names on the Death Certs could be redacted
5. certainly with the pandemic and the lock downs there is an overriding interest in releasing the data for scientific and policy review.

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