Sec. 10. If a patient's mental health record or testimony related to a patient's mental health is offered or admitted into evidence in a legal proceeding, the court shall maintain the record or transcript of the testimony as a confidential court record. The record or transcript may not be used in any other proceeding or for any other purpose.
Ind. Code § 16-39-3-10
Admission of record or related testimony in evidence; confidentiality
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Michael R. Sudberry v. State of Indiana (2013)
Most recently applied in In the Matter of the Name Change of K.H., K.H. (June 2019)
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.22.
Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.