North Carolina § 8-53 - 1. Physician-patient and nurse privilege; limitations.

§ 8-53. 1. Physician-patient and nurse privilege; limitations.

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. 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. History (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.) Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2007-115, s. 4, effective June 27, 2007, substituted "limitations" for "waived in child abuse; disclosure of information in impaired driving accident cases" in the section heading, and substituted "pursuant to" for "to a law enforcement agency investigating a vehicle crash under the provisions of" near the end of subsection (b). Legal Periodicals. - For survey of 1983 law of evidence, see 62 N.C.L. Rev. 1290 (1984). For article, "What's the Harm in Asking?: A Discussion of Waiver of the Physician-Patient Privilege and Ex Parte Interviews with Treating Physicians," see 19 N.C. Cent. L.J. 1 (1990).