As used in NRS 49.215 to 49.245, inclusive: 1. A communication is 'confidential' if it is not intended to be disclosed to third persons other than: (a) Those present to further the interest of the patient in the consultation, examination or interview; (b) Persons reasonably necessary for the transmission of the communication; or (c) Persons who are participating in the diagnosis and treatment under the direction of the doctor, including members of the patient’s family. 2. 'Doctor' means a person licensed to practice medicine, 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. 3. 'Patient' means a person who consults or is examined or interviewed by a doctor for purposes of diagnosis or treatment. (Added to NRS by 1971, 785; A 1975, 1632; 1977, 956; 1995, 2498; 2021, 533; 2023, 1686)
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