{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-675.580","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 675.580","heading":"Confidentiality of communication by client; exceptions.","body":"(1) A regulated social worker or any employee of the regulated social worker may not disclose any communication given 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      (a) The client or a person legally responsible for the client’s affairs gives consent to the disclosure;\n      (b) The client initiates legal action or makes a complaint against the regulated social worker to the State Board of Licensed Social Workers;\n      (c) The board requests the information as part of an investigation or proceeding;\n      (d) The communication reveals a clear intent to commit a crime that reasonably is expected to result in physical injury to a person;\n      (e) The communication reveals that a minor was the victim of a crime, abuse or neglect;\n      (f) Disclosure of the communication is necessary to obtain further professional assistance for the client; or\n      (g) Disclosure of the communication is otherwise required by ORS 124.060, 419B.010 or 430.765.\n      (2) Nothing in this section is intended to prevent a regulated social worker who is a public employee from disclosing communications from a client when the disclosure is made in the performance of the regulated social worker’s duty as a public employee and the public employer has determined that the disclosure is necessary in the performance of the duty of the regulated social worker as a public employee.","path":["17 - Occupations","52. Occupations and Professions","Chapter 675 — Psychologists; Occupational Therapists; Certified Sexual Offense Therapists; Regulated Social Workers; Licensed Professional Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors675.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:17Z","sha256":"cb6841507119be68c60e821e069f15bc77ad1020290ca94d08c4e393cf54bb6a","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-675.571","next":"us-or/ors-675.583"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}