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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 49.209 (2026)

General rule of privilege

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NRS 49.209  General rule of privilege.  A patient has a privilege to refuse to disclose and to prevent any other person from disclosing confidential communications between the patient and the patient’s psychologist or any other person who is participating in the diagnosis or treatment under the direction of the psychologist, including a member of the patient’s family.

      (Added to NRS by 1995, 2497)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1999–2020 · leading case: Diaz v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Court of Nevada, 993 P.2d 50 (Nev. 2000).
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Diaz v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Court of Nevada, 993 P.2d 50 (Nev. 2000). · cites it 2× “185 (accountant-client privilege); NRS 49.209 (psychologist-patient privilege); NRS 49.”
Potter v. West Side Transp., Inc., 188 F.R.D. 362 (D. Nev. 1999). · cites it 2× “NRS 49.209 provides: A patient has a privilege to refuse to disclose and to prevent any other person from disclosing confidential communications between himself and his psychologist or any other person who is participating in the *365 diagnosis or treatment under the direction…”
Bradley Vs. Dist. Ct. (hudson), 2017 NV 92 (Nev. 2017). · cites it 4× “: NRS 49.209 provides a general rule of privilege between psychologist and patient, subject to enumerated exceptions outlined in NRS 49.”
Bradley Vs. Dist. Ct. (hudson), 2017 NV 92 (Nev. 2017). · cites it 2× “: NRS 49.209 provides a general rule of privilege between psychologist and patient, subject to enumerated exceptions outlined in NRS 49.”
Ward (Joshua) Vs. State (Nev. 2020). “3d 668 , 672 (2017) (deeming counseling records privileged and holding that no exception or waiver to the privilege applied when appellant failed to show the records pertained to anything other than treatment); see also NRS 49.209 (deeming records between psychologists and…”
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