All verbal or written information relating to the subject matter of an agreement and transmitted between any party to a dispute and a mediator or the staff of an approved center or any other person present during any stage of a dispute resolution process conducted by an approved center, whether reflected in notes, memoranda, or other work products in the case files, are confidential communications except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter. Mediators and center staff members shall not be examined in any judicial or administrative proceeding regarding confidential communications and are not subject to judicial or administrative process requiring the disclosure of confidential communications.
However, when a governmental subdivision is a party to a dispute which has been scheduled for a mediation session, the facts and circumstances surrounding the dispute and any other information provided by the governmental subdivision are not confidential.
This section does not prohibit the release of information to the referring agency or authority regarding the disposition of a case which arose from a criminal complaint and was referred by a court or prosecuting attorney. Nor does this section apply where a mediator or center staff member has reason to believe that a party to a dispute has given perjured evidence.
85 Acts, ch 134, §13
Referred to in § 22.7
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