Source: https://law.justia.com/codes/oklahoma/2015/title-12/section-12-2503/
Timestamp: 2019-10-20 04:12:52
Document Index: 705779704

Matched Legal Cases: ['§12', '§12', '§ 12', '§ 503', '§ 1', '§ 33', '§ 10', '§ 5', '§ 1']

§12-2503. Physician and Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege. :: 2015 Oklahoma Statutes :: US Codes and Statutes :: US Law :: Justia
Justia US Law US Codes and Statutes Oklahoma Statutes 2015 Oklahoma Statutes Title 12. Civil Procedure §12-2503. Physician and Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege.
12 OK Stat § 12-2503 (2015) What's This?
1. A “patient” is a person who consults or is examined or interviewed by a physician or psychotherapist;
2. A “physician” is a person authorized to practice medicine in any state or nation, or reasonably believed by the patient to be so authorized;
3. A “psychotherapist” is:
a.a person authorized to practice medicine in any state or nation, or reasonably believed by the patient to be so authorized, while engaged in the diagnosis or treatment of a mental or emotional condition, including alcohol or drug addiction, or
b.a person licensed or certified as a psychologist under the laws of any state or nation, or reasonably believed by the patient to be so licensed or certified, while similarly engaged; and
4. A communication is “confidential” if not intended to be disclosed to third persons, except persons present to further the interest of the patient in the consultation, examination or interview, persons reasonably necessary for the transmission of the communication, or persons who are participating in the diagnosis and treatment under the direction of the physician or psychotherapist, including members of the patient’s family.
B. A patient has a privilege to refuse to disclose and to prevent any other person from disclosing confidential communications made for the purpose of diagnosis or treatment of the patient’s physical, mental or emotional condition, including alcohol or drug addiction, among the patient, the patient’s physician or psychotherapist, and persons who are participating in the diagnosis or treatment under the direction of the physician or psychotherapist, including members of the patient’s family.
C. The privilege may be claimed by the patient, the patient’s guardian or conservator or the personal representative of a deceased patient. The person who was the physician or psychotherapist at the time of the communication is presumed to have authority to claim the privilege but only on behalf of the patient.
D. The following shall be exceptions to a claim of privilege:
a.to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to the health or safety of any person, or
b.for law enforcement authorities to identify or apprehend an individual where it appears from all the circumstances that the individual has escaped from a correctional institution or from lawful custody; or
5. The testimonial privilege created pursuant to this section does not make communications confidential where state and federal privacy law would otherwise permit disclosure.
Added by Laws 1978, c. 285, § 503, eff. Oct. 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 113, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1980; Laws 2002, c. 468, § 33, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2003, c.390, § 10, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2004, c. 168, § 5, emerg. eff. April 27, 2004; Laws 2009, c. 241, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.