The privileged quality of communication between husband and wife or between a professional person and the person's patient or client, except that between attorney and client or priest and penitent, are abrogated and do not constitute grounds for failing to report or for the exclusion of evidence in any civil or criminal proceeding resulting from a report made pursuant to this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 43-35-50
Abrogation of privilege for certain communications
Known as the Omnibus Adult Protection Act
The act spans §§ 43–43 (46 sections).
1993 Act No. 110, SECTION 1, eff three months after June 11, 1993.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.