Nevada Revised Statutes 49.215 – Definitions
As used in NRS 49.215 to 49.245, inclusive:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 49.215
- person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
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 or chiropractic 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.