49.246 - Definitions. - Nevada Statutes

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)