Nevada Code § 49.290

Counselor and pupil
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1. As used in this section, counselor
means a person who is regularly employed by a public or private school in this
State as a counselor, psychologist or psychological examiner for the purpose of
counseling pupils, and who holds a valid certificate issued by the
Superintendent of Public Instruction authorizing the holder to engage in pupil
counseling.
2. Except for communications relating to
any criminal offense the punishment for which is death or life imprisonment,
communications by a pupil to a counselor in the course of counseling or
psychological examination are privileged communications, and a counselor shall
not, without the consent of the pupil, be examined as a witness concerning any
such communication in any civil or criminal action to which such pupil is a
party.

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