ORS 675.580 Confidentiality of communication by client; exceptions

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:

The client or a person legally responsible for the client’s affairs gives consent to the disclosure;

The client initiates legal action or makes a complaint against the regulated social worker to the State Board of Licensed Social Workers;

The board requests the information as part of an investigation or proceeding;

The communication reveals a clear intent to commit a crime that reasonably is expected to result in physical injury to a person;

The communication reveals that a minor was the victim of a crime, abuse or neglect;

Disclosure of the communication is necessary to obtain further professional assistance for the client; or

Disclosure of the communication is otherwise required by ORS 124.060, 419B.010 or 430.765.

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.