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Utah Code § 63M-7-516

Waiver of privilege

Repealed by Chapter 291, 2026 General Session; Amended by Chapter 506, 2024 General Session; Repealed effective 7/1/2026

(1)

(a) A victim who is a claimant waives any privilege as to communications or records relevant to an issue of the physical, mental, or emotional conditions of the victim except for the attorney-client privilege.

(b) The waiver described in Subsection (1)(a) applies only to reparations officers, the director, the assistant director reparations program manager, and legal counsel.

(2) A claimant may be required to supply any additional medical or psychological reports available relating to the injury or death for which compensation is claimed.

(3)

(a) The reparations officer hearing a reparations claim or an appeal from a reparations claim shall make available to the claimant a copy of the report.

(b) If the victim is deceased, the director or the director's appointee, on request, shall furnish the claimant a copy of the report unless dissemination of that copy is prohibited by law.

Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.