{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-333.18513","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.18513","heading":"Confidentiality of communication.","body":"Sec. 18513.\n\nAn individual registered or licensed under this part or an employee or officer of an organization that employs the registrant or licensee is not required to disclose a communication or a portion of a communication made by a client to the individual or advice given in the course of professional employment.\n\nExcept as otherwise provided in this section, a communication between a registrant or licensee or an organization with which the registrant or licensee has an agency relationship and a client is a confidential communication. A confidential communication shall not be disclosed, except under either or both of the following circumstances:\n\nThe disclosure is part of a required supervisory process within the organization that employs or otherwise has an agency relationship with the registrant or licensee.\n\nThe privilege is waived by the client or a person authorized to act in the client's behalf.\n\nIf requested by the court for a court action, a registrant or licensee shall submit to an appropriate court a written evaluation of the prospect or prognosis of a particular client without disclosing a privileged fact or a privileged communication. An attorney representing a client who is the subject of an evaluation described in this subsection has the right to receive a copy of the evaluation. If required for the exercise of a public purpose by a legislative committee, a registrant or licensee or agency representative may make available statistical and program information without violating the privilege established under subsection (2).\n\nA registrant or licensee may disclose a communication or a portion of a communication made by a client pursuant to section 946 of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330.1946, in order to comply with the duty set forth in that section.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 333","Act Act-368-of-1978"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-333-18513","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"a7356bb07d6f98889a67bf3c69ebd1e7e8b454ff73ed055a82dd35f1afe9346e","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-333.18511","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-333.18515"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}