{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-124.088","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 124.088","heading":"Certain privileges not grounds for excluding evidence in court proceedings.","body":"(1) In the case of abuse of an elderly person, 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 elderly person’s abuse, or the cause thereof, in any judicial proceeding resulting from a report made pursuant to ORS 124.050 to 124.095.\n      (2) In any judicial proceedings resulting from a report made pursuant to ORS 124.050 to 124.095, either spouse shall be a competent and compellable witness against the other.\n      (3) As used in this section, “abuse” and “elderly person” have the meanings given those terms in ORS 124.050.","path":["03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate","13. Protective Proceedings; Powers of Attorney; Trusts","Chapter 124 — Abuse Prevention and Reporting; Civil Action for Abuse"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors124.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:11Z","sha256":"b77a0ba5f0bc7217fd2a33da067bd9406df8d52e050582507f1ddcec41a990ef","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-124.087","next":"us-or/ors-124.090"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}