NRS 49.2502 - Definitions.

NV Rev Stat § 49.2502 (2019) (N/A)
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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)