The protection afforded to peer review proceedings stems from California Evidence Code section 1157. The provisions of that statute provide that neither the proceedings nor records of organized committees of health care professionals in a hospital or of a peer review body shall be subject to discovery.
Peer Review of Extramural Research All eligible grant applications are reviewed by an appropriate peer review panel comprised of non-EPA scientists, engineers, social scientists and/or economists who are accomplished in their respective disciplines and proficient in the technical subjects they are reviewing.
§49.119. A review committee has a privilege to refuse to disclose and to prevent any other person from disclosing its proceedings and records and testimony given before it.
What is the clergy-penitent privilege in Nevada? “A member of the clergy or priest shall not, without the consent of the person making the confession, be examined as a witness as to any confession made to the member of the clergy or priest in his or her professional character.” Nev. Rev. Stat.
Any confidential communications between attorneys and their clients are privileged. This privilege extends to all types of communications, including: in-person meetings. virtual meetings.