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ORS 430.738: Privileges not applicable to abuse proceedings.
Where this section sits in the code
- 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services
- 35. Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities; Substance Use Disorder Treatment
- Chapter 430 — Mental and Behavioral Health Treatment; Developmental Disabilities
(1) In the case of abuse of an adult, the privileges created in ORS 40.230 to 40.255, including the psychotherapist-patient privilege, the physician-patient privilege, the privileges extended to nurses, to staff members of schools and to regulated social workers and the spousal privilege, shall not be a ground for excluding evidence regarding an adult’s abuse, or the cause thereof, in any judicial proceeding resulting from a report made pursuant to ORS 430.735 to 430.765.
(2) In any judicial proceedings resulting from a report made pursuant to ORS 430.735 to 430.765, either spouse shall be a competent and compellable witness against the other.
(3) As used in this section, “abuse” and “adult” have the meanings given those terms in ORS 430.735.
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