(325 ILCS 5/10) (from Ch. 23, par. 2060)
Sec. 10.
Any person who makes a report or who investigates a report under
this Act shall testify fully in any judicial proceeding or administrative hearing resulting from such
report, as to any evidence of abuse or neglect, or the cause thereof. Any
person who is required to report a suspected case of abuse or neglect under
Section 4 of this Act shall testify fully in any administrative hearing
resulting from such report, as to any evidence of abuse or neglect or the
cause thereof. No evidence shall be excluded by reason of any common law
or statutory privilege relating to communications between the alleged
perpetrator of abuse or neglect, or the child subject of the report under
this Act and any person who is required to report a suspected case of abuse or neglect under Section 4 of this Act or the person making or investigating the report.
(Source: P.A. 97-387, eff. 8-15-11.)
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