{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-40.250","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 40.250","heading":"Rule 504-4. Regulated social worker-client privilege.","body":"A regulated social worker under ORS 675.510 to 675.600 may not be examined in a civil or criminal court proceeding as to any communication given the regulated social worker by a client in the course of noninvestigatory professional activity when the communication was given to enable the regulated social worker to aid the client, except when:\n      (1) The client or a person legally responsible for the client’s affairs gives consent to the disclosure;\n      (2) The client initiates legal action or makes a complaint against the regulated social worker to the State Board of Licensed Social Workers;\n      (3) The communication reveals a clear intent to commit a crime that reasonably is expected to result in physical injury to a person;\n      (4) The communication reveals that a minor was the victim of a crime, abuse or neglect; or\n      (5) The regulated social worker is a public employee and the public employer has determined that examination in a civil or criminal court proceeding is necessary in the performance of the duty of the regulated social worker as a public employee.","path":["01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure","4. Evidence and Witnesses","Chapter 40 — Evidence Code"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors040.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:10Z","sha256":"a11dde7e6b62482022fa133723fcc5330327efebabe246c09284e47592d49cf6","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-40.245","next":"us-or/ors-40.252"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}