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1 1 Section 1. Section 622.10, subsection 2, Code 2001, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 2. a. The prohibition does not apply to cases where the
1 4 person in whose favor the prohibition is made waives the
1 5 rights conferred; nor does the prohibition apply to physicians
1 6 or surgeons, physician assistants, advanced registered nurse
1 7 practitioners, mental health professionals, or to the
1 8 stenographer or confidential clerk of any physicians or
1 9 surgeons, physician assistants, advanced registered nurse
1 10 practitioners, or mental health professionals, in a civil
1 11 action in which the condition of the person in whose favor the
1 12 prohibition is made is an element or factor of the claim or
1 13 defense of the person or of any party claiming through or
1 14 under the person. The evidence is admissible upon trial of
1 15 the action only as it relates to the condition alleged.
1 16 b. Notwithstanding the prohibition in subsection 1,
1 17 physicians or surgeons, physician assistants, advanced
1 18 registered nurse practitioners, mental health professionals,
1 19 or the stenographer or confidential clerk of any physicians or
1 20 surgeons, physician assistants, advanced registered nurse
1 21 practitioners, or mental health professionals, shall be
1 22 permitted by the court to disclose information related to the
1 23 facts or immediate circumstances of a homicide or related
1 24 crime enumerated in chapter 707.
1 25 EXPLANATION
1 26 This bill amends the physician-patient privilege in Code
1 27 section 622.10 to allow physicians, surgeons, physician
1 28 assistants, advanced registered nurse practitioners, mental
1 29 health professionals, or the stenographer or confidential
1 30 clerk of any physicians, surgeons, physician assistants,
1 31 advanced registered nurse practitioners, or mental health
1 32 professionals to disclose otherwise privileged medical
1 33 information when the disclosure relates to the facts or the
1 34 immediate circumstances of a homicide or related crime
1 35 enumerated in Code chapter 707.
2 1 LSB 1120DP 79
2 2 rh/cls/14.1
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