2020 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 49 - Privileges
NRS 49.246 - Definitions.
As used in NRS 49.246 to 49.249, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Client" means a person who consults or is interviewed by a marriage and family therapist for the purpose of diagnosis or treatment.
2. 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 marriage and family therapist, including a member of the client’s family.
3. "Marriage and family therapist" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 641A.060 and includes a marriage and family therapist intern.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 555; A 2007, 3074)
