Confidentiality of information

(225 ILCS 15/5) (from Ch. 111, par. 5355)     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2032)     Sec. 5. Confidentiality of information. No clinical psychologist shall disclose any information the clinical psychologist may have acquired from persons consulting the clinical psychologist in the clinical psychologist's professional capacity, to any persons except only: (1) in trials for homicide when the disclosure relates directly to the fact or immediate circumstances of the homicide, (2) in all proceedings the purpose of which is to determine mental competency, or in which a defense of mental incapacity is raised, (3) in actions, civil or criminal, against the psychologist for malpractice, (4) with the expressed consent of the client, or in the case of the client's death or disability, the client's personal representative or other person authorized to sue or of the beneficiary of an insurance policy on the client's life, health, or physical condition, or (5) upon an issue as to the validity of a document as a will of a client. In the event of a conflict between the application of this Section and the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act to a specific situation, the provisions of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act shall control. (Source: P.A. 104-796, eff. 8-7-26.)