8-53.1. Physician-patient and nurse privilege; limitations.
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 8-53 and G.S. 8-53.13, the physician-patient or nurse privilege shall not be a ground for excluding evidence regarding the abuse or neglect of a child under the age of 16 years or regarding an illness of or injuries to such child or the cause thereof in any judicial proceeding related to a report pursuant to the North Carolina Juvenile Code, Chapter 7B of the General Statutes of North Carolina.
(b) Nothing in this Article shall preclude a health care provider, as defined in G.S. 90-21.11, from disclosing information pursuant to G.S. 90-21.20B. (1965, c. 472, s. 2; 1971, c. 710, s. 2; 1981, c. 469, s. 24; 1998-202, s. 13(b); 2004-186, s. 16.2; 2006-253, s. 18; 2007-115, s. 4.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 7 - Competency of Witnesses.
§ 8-49 - Witness not excluded by interest or crime.
§ 8-50 - Parties competent as witnesses.
§ 8-50.1 - Competency of blood tests; jury charge; taxing of expenses as costs.
§ 8-50.2 - Results of speed-measuring instruments; admissibility.
§ 8-50.3 - Expired September 30, 2007.
§ 8-51.1 - Dying declarations.
§ 8-53 - Communications between health care provider and patient.
§ 8-53.1 - Physician-patient and nurse privilege; limitations.
§ 8-53.2 - Communications between clergymen and communicants.
§ 8-53.3 - Communications between psychologist and client or patient.
§ 8-53.4 - School counselor privilege.
§ 8-53.5 - Communications between licensed marital and family therapist and client(s).
§ 8-53.6 - No disclosure in alimony and divorce actions.
§ 8-53.7 - Social worker privilege.
§ 8-53.8 - Counselor privilege.
§ 8-53.9 - Optometrist/patient privilege.
§ 8-53.10 - Peer support group counselors.
§ 8-53.11 - Persons, companies, or other entities engaged in gathering or dissemination of news.
§ 8-53.14 - Communications between behavior analyst and client or patient.
§ 8-54 - Defendant in criminal action competent but not compellable to testify.
§ 8-55 - Testimony enforced in certain criminal investigations; immunity.
§ 8-56 - Husband and wife as witnesses in civil action.
§ 8-57 - Husband and wife as witnesses in criminal actions.
§ 8-57.1 - Husband-wife privilege waived in child abuse.
§ 8-57.2 - Presumed father or mother as witnesses where paternity at issue.
§ 8-58.1 - Injured party as witness when medical charges at issue.