(225 ILCS 15/5) (from Ch. 111, par. 5355)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 5.
Confidentiality of information.
No clinical psychologist shall
disclose any information he or she may have acquired from persons
consulting him or her in his or her professional capacity,
to any persons except only: (1) in trials for homicide when the disclosure
relates directly to the fact or immediate circumstances of the homicide,
(2) in all proceedings the purpose of which is to determine mental
competency, or in which a defense of mental incapacity is raised, (3) in
actions, civil or criminal, against the psychologist for malpractice, (4)
with the expressed consent of the client, or in the case of his or her
death or
disability, or his or her personal representative or other person
authorized to
sue or of the beneficiary of an insurance policy on his or her life, health
or
physical condition, or (5) upon an issue as to the validity of a document
as a will of a client. In the event of a conflict between the application
of this Section and the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Confidentiality Act to a specific
situation, the provisions of the Mental Health and Developmental
Disabilities Confidentiality Act shall control.
(Source: P.A. 89-702, eff. 7-1-97.)
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