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RS 37:3390.4 - Confidentiality

LA Rev Stat § 37:3390.4 (2018) (N/A)
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§3390.4. Confidentiality

No person holding a credential or status recognized by the department and authorized by this Chapter may disclose any information he may have acquired from persons consulting him in his professional capacity where the information was necessary to enable him to render services to those persons except:

(1) With the written consent of the client, or in the case of death or disability, with the written consent of his personal representative, other persons authorized to sue, or the beneficiary of any insurance policy on his life, health, or physical condition.

(2) When the person is a minor under the age of eighteen and the information acquired indicates that the child was the victim or subject of a crime, then, the person having received the information may be required to testify fully in relation thereto upon any examination, trial, or other proceeding in which the commission of such crime is a subject of inquiry, unless otherwise prohibited by law.

(3) When the person is a minor under the age of eighteen and the information acquired shall be disclosed pursuant to any law which mandates the reporting of certain information relative to minors and the persons or agencies to whom the information shall be disclosed.

(4) When, unless otherwise prohibited by law, a communication reveals the contemplation of a crime or harmful act.

(5) When the person waives the privilege by filing a complaint with the department or otherwise invokes the jurisdiction of the department.

Acts 2004, No. 803, §3, eff. July 8, 2004.

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RS 37:3390.4 - Confidentiality