Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 49.246 (2026)

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NRS 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)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1999–1999 · leading case: Potter v. West Side Transp., Inc., 188 F.R.D. 362 (D. Nev. 1999).

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Potter v. West Side Transp., Inc., 188 F.R.D. 362 (D. Nev. 1999). “225), which would provide the same protection for a psychiatrist, and for marriage and family therapists (NRS 49.246). Thus this Court finds that the Nevada Legislature intended to include a wide range of psychotherapists under the privilege umbrella, and will assume the named…”

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