New Jersey § 2A:62A-17 Court order required for certain disclosures.

New Jersey Statutes

§ 2A:62A-17 — Court order required for certain disclosures.

New Jersey § 2A:62A-17

Title 2AADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2A:62A-17 (2026).

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2.When a duty to warn and protect arises from the receipt of a privileged communication from a patient in a drug or alcohol abuse program governed by federal law, a licensed practitioner of psychology, psychiatry, medicine, nursing, clinical social work or marriage and family therapy may be required to obtain a court order authorizing disclosure prior to disclosure of information about the patient including the patient's threat of violence, in accordance with 42 U.S.C. s. 290dd-3 and 42 U.S.C. s. 290ee-3 and regulations promulgated thereunder. L.1991, c.270, s.2; amended 2018, c.34, s.2.

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2. When a duty to warn and protect arises from the receipt of a privileged communication from a patient in a drug or alcohol abuse program governed by federal law, a licensed practitioner of psychology, psychiatry, medicine, nursing, clinical social work or marriage and family therapy may be required to obtain a court order authorizing disclosure prior to disclosure of information about the patient including the patient's threat of violence, in accordance with 42 U.S.C. s. 290dd-3 and 42 U.S.C. s. 290ee-3 and regulations promulgated thereunder. L.1991, c.270, s.2; amended 2018, c.34, s.2.