Confidentiality of records.
Henderson Municipal Code § 4.80.240
in effect4.80.240 - Confidentiality of records.
A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, records provided by a person to the city for purposes of making application for a franchise or business license under this chapter, and determining compliance with the requirements of this chapter after being licensed or issued a franchise, shall be considered public records in accordance with state open records law.
B. An applicant for a franchise or business license under this chapter may seek confidential treatment to protect against the disclosure or public inspection of confidential or proprietary information, such as commercially valuable or proprietary information related to performance. The applicant must represent in writing to the city that protections exist under the law to preserve the confidentiality of the record and the legal basis thereof. The city shall provide confidential treatment to the extent allowed by law as determined by city in its sole discretion.
C. Any information provided to the city which contains a natural person's name, address, medical condition or diagnosis, incident location, social security number, personal financial records, telephone number, home address, e-mail address, names of family members, or work history, or which otherwise constitutes "protected health information" as that term defined under HIPAA, shall be considered confidential. Such confidential information shall not be released by the city to the public unless the person to whom the information applies has first agreed in writing, in a format which complies with HIPAA requirements, to release of the information. To the extent permitted by HIPAA and other applicable law, reports containing confidential information and information deemed to be public may be released if such confidential information is first redacted.
D. Yearly audited financial statements of the local franchised operations are a matter of public record. To the extent allowed by law, the work papers, findings, and associated documents underlying or produced by audits conducted by the department are confidential.
E. Upon the city's request and within the time period required by the city, a franchisee or licensee shall provide any such redacted reports that may be required for release by the city.
(Ord. No. 3379, § 1, 1-3-2017; Ord. No. 3292, § 2, 10-6-2015)
Source: City of Henderson, Nevada, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nv/henderson/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT4BURELI_CH4.80EMMESE_4.80.240COREFetched: 11/1/2026