{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-25-23.6-6-1","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 25-23.6-6-1","heading":"Matters related in official capacity; exceptions to privilege","body":"Sec. 1. Matters communicated to a counselor in the counselor's official capacity by a client are privileged information and may not be disclosed by the counselor to any person, except under the following circumstances:\n(1) In a criminal proceeding involving a homicide if the disclosure relates directly to the fact or immediate circumstances of the homicide.\n(2) If the communication reveals the contemplation or commission of a crime or a serious harmful act.\n(3) If:\n(A) the client is an unemancipated minor or an adult adjudicated to be incompetent; and\n(B) the information communicated to the counselor indicates the client was the victim of abuse or a crime.\n(4) In a proceeding to determine mental competency, or a proceeding in which a defense of mental incompetency is raised.\n(5) In a civil or criminal malpractice action against the counselor.\n(6) If the counselor has the express consent of:\n(A) the client; or\n(B) in the case of a client's death or disability, the express consent of the client's legal representative.\n(7) To a physician if the physician is licensed under IC 25-22.5 and has established a physician-patient relationship with the client.\n(8) Circumstances under which privileged communication is abrogated under Indiana law.","path":["TITLE 25. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","ARTICLE 23.6. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES PROFESSIONALS","Chapter 6. Privileged Communications"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_25.html#25-23.6-6-1","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-10-06T20:43:28Z","sha256":"5d327cf926f25b1ab8ccd4e478320fcbb4eb484436d7d59dd01cb7178ce3ff6d","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-25-23.6-5-17","next":"us-in/ic-25-23.6-7-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}