§ 8-53.13 – Nurse privilege.
8-53.13. Nurse privilege. No person licensed pursuant to Article 9A of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes shall be required to disclose any information that may have been acquired in rendering professional nursing services, and which information was necessary to enable that person to render professional nursing services, except that the presiding judge of a […]
§ 8-53.14 – Communications between behavior analyst and client or patient.
8-53.14. Communications between behavior analyst and client or patient. No individual authorized as a licensed behavior analyst, or any of the individual’s employees or associates, shall be required to disclose any information that the individual may have acquired in the practice of behavior analysis and which information was necessary to enable the individual to practice […]
§ 8-54 – Defendant in criminal action competent but not compellable to testify.
8-54. Defendant in criminal action competent but not compellable to testify. In the trial of all indictments, complaints, or other proceedings against persons charged with the commission of crimes, offenses or misdemeanors, the person so charged is, at his own request, but not otherwise, a competent witness, and his failure to make such request shall […]
§ 8-55 – Testimony enforced in certain criminal investigations; immunity.
8-55. Testimony enforced in certain criminal investigations; immunity. If any justice, judge or magistrate of the General Court of Justice shall have good reason to believe that any person within his jurisdiction has knowledge of the existence and establishment of any faro bank, faro table or other gaming table prohibited by law, or of any […]
§ 8-53.1 – Physician-patient and nurse privilege; limitations.
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 […]
§ 8-53.2 – Communications between clergymen and communicants.
8-53.2. Communications between clergymen and communicants. No priest, rabbi, accredited Christian Science practitioner, or a clergyman or ordained minister of an established church shall be competent to testify in any action, suit or proceeding concerning any information which was communicated to him and entrusted to him in his professional capacity, and necessary to enable him […]
§ 8-53.3 – Communications between psychologist and client or patient.
8-53.3. Communications between psychologist and client or patient. No person, duly authorized as a licensed psychologist or licensed psychological associate, nor any of his or her employees or associates, shall be required to disclose any information which he or she may have acquired in the practice of psychology and which information was necessary to enable […]
§ 8-53.4 – School counselor privilege.
8-53.4. School counselor privilege. No person certified by the State Department of Public Instruction as a school counselor and duly appointed or designated as such by the governing body of a public school system within this State or by the head of any private school within this State shall be competent to testify in any […]
§ 8-53.5 – Communications between licensed marital and family therapist and client(s).
8-53.5. Communications between licensed marital and family therapist and client(s). No person, duly licensed as a licensed marriage and family therapist, nor any of the person’s employees or associates, shall be required to disclose any information which the person may have acquired in rendering professional marriage and family therapy services, and which information was necessary […]
§ 8-53.6 – No disclosure in alimony and divorce actions.
8-53.6. No disclosure in alimony and divorce actions. In an action pursuant to G.S. 50-5.1, 50-6, 50-7, 50-16.2A, and 50-16.3A if either or both of the parties have sought and obtained marital counseling by a licensed physician, licensed psychologist, licensed psychological associate, licensed clinical social worker, or licensed marriage and family therapist, the person or […]