§ 25-10-122 — Records to be kept confidential; exceptions

(a) Records and reports made under this act which directly
or indirectly identify a patient, a former patient or an
individual for whom an application for directed outpatient
commitment or involuntary hospitalization has been filed, shall
be confidential and shall not be disclosed by any person unless:
(i) The patient or, if he is a minor or incompetent,
his parent or guardian, consents;
(ii) Disclosure is necessary to carry out this act;
or
(iii) A court determines disclosure is necessary for
the conduct of proceedings before it and failure to disclose
would be contrary to the public interest.
(iv) Repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 147, § 2.
(b) Patient records identified in subsection (a) of this
section may be provided without consent of the patient, parent
or guardian by and between a mental health center, the state
hospital and hospitals designated under W.S. 25-10-104, only for
the purpose of facilitating referral treatment, admission,
readmission or transfer of the patient under this act.