Statements made for purposes of medical diagnosis or treatment and describing medical history, or past or present symptoms, pain or sensations, or the inception or general character of the cause or external source thereof are not inadmissible under the hearsay rule insofar as they were reasonably pertinent to diagnosis or treatment.
NRS 51.115
Statements for purposes of medical diagnosis or treatment
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Chavez v. State (2009)
Most recently applied in Chavez v. State (July 2009)
(Added to NRS by 1971, 795)
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