NRS49.2502. 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)