{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-49.215","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 49.215","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in NRS 49.215 to 49.245, inclusive:\n1. A communication is “confidential” if it is not intended to be disclosed to third persons other than:\n(a) Those present to further the interest of the patient in the consultation, examination or interview;\n(b) Persons reasonably necessary for the transmission of the communication; or\n(c) Persons who are participating in the diagnosis and treatment under the direction of the doctor, including members of the patient’s family.\n2. “Doctor” means a person licensed to practice medicine, genetic counseling, dentistry or osteopathic medicine, chiropractic or naprapathy in any state or nation, or a person who is reasonably believed by the patient to be so licensed, and in addition includes a person employed by a public or private agency as a psychiatric social worker, or someone under his or her guidance, direction or control, while engaged in the examination, diagnosis or treatment of a patient for a mental condition.\n3. “Patient” means a person who consults or is examined or interviewed by a doctor for purposes of diagnosis or treatment.","path":["TITLE 4 — WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE","CHAPTER 49 - PRIVILEGES","DOCTOR AND PATIENT"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-049.html#NRS049Sec215","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:30Z","sha256":"0b2d1d2eaf77f9248bcb924fb97fd53327c4bddb98d5479e5aac706af9f724f3","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-49.213","next":"us-nv/nrs-49.225"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}