(1) In the case of abuse of an elderly person, the privileges created in ORS 40.230 to 40.255, including the psychotherapist-patient privilege, the physician-patient privilege, the privileges extended to nurses, to staff members of schools and to regulated social workers and the spousal privilege, shall not be a ground for excluding evidence regarding an elderly person’s abuse, or the cause thereof, in any judicial proceeding resulting from a report made pursuant to ORS 124.050 to 124.095.
(2) In any judicial proceedings resulting from a report made pursuant to ORS 124.050 to 124.095, either spouse shall be a competent and compellable witness against the other.
(3) As used in this section, “abuse” and “elderly person” have the meanings given those terms in ORS 124.050.