2019 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 49 - Privileges
NRS 49.2502 - Definitions.
As used in NRS 49.2502 to 49.2508, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Client” means a person who consults or is interviewed by a clinical professional counselor for the purpose of diagnosis or treatment.
2. “Clinical professional counselor” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 641A.031 and includes a clinical professional counselor intern.
3. A communication is “confidential” if it is not intended to be disclosed to any third person other than a person:
(a) Present during the consultation or interview to further the interest of the client;
(b) Reasonably necessary for the transmission of the communication; or
(c) Participating in the diagnosis or treatment under the direction of the clinical professional counselor, including a member of the client’s family.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 3074)
