154C.5  Confidentiality of information.

A licensee or a person working under supervision of a licensee shall not disclose or be compelled to disclose information acquired from persons consulting that person in a professional capacity except:

1.  If the information reveals the contemplation or commission of a crime.

2.  If the person waives the privilege by bringing charges against the licensee.

3.  With the written consent of the client, or in the case of death or disability with the consent of the client's personal representative, another person authorized to sue, or the beneficiary of an insurance policy on the client's life, health, or physical condition.

4.  To testify in a court hearing concerning matters pertaining to the welfare of children.

5.  To seek collaboration or consultation with professional colleagues or administrative superiors on behalf of the client.

Section History: Recent form

  84 Acts, ch 1075, § 5; 96 Acts, ch 1035, § 9


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