Confidentiality; immunity of mediators

(a) Each party involved in a mediation proceeding pursuant to these rules has a privilege to refuse to disclose, and to prevent any person present at the proceeding from disclosing, communications made during the proceeding. All oral or written communications in a mediation proceeding, other than an executed settlement agreement, shall be confidential and inadmissible as evidence in any subsequent legal proceeding, unless all parties agree otherwise. �b) For the purposes of NRS 41.0305 to 41.039 , inclusive, a person serving as a mediator shall be deemed an employee of the court while in the performance of the person’s duties under the program. Mediators in the program shall be afforded the same immunity as arbitrators pursuant to NRS 38.229 and 38.253 . [Added; effective March 1, 2005; amended; effective January 1, 2023.]