Section 11163.2 Of Article 2. Reports Of Injuries From California Penal Code >> Title 1. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 2.
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. (a) In any court proceeding or administrative hearing,
neither the physician-patient privilege nor the psychotherapist
privilege applies to the information required to be reported pursuant
to this article.
(b) The reports required by this article shall be kept
confidential by the health facility, clinic, or physician's office
that submitted the report, and by local law enforcement agencies, and
shall only be disclosed by local law enforcement agencies to those
involved in the investigation of the report or the enforcement of a
criminal law implicated by a report. In no case shall the person
suspected or accused of inflicting the wound, other injury, or
assaultive or abusive conduct upon the injured person or his or her
attorney be allowed access to the injured person's whereabouts.
(c) For the purposes of this article, reports of suspected child
abuse and information contained therein may be disclosed only to
persons or agencies with whom investigations of child abuse are
coordinated under the regulations promulgated under Section 11174.
(d) The Board of Prison Terms may subpoena reports that are not
unfounded and reports that concern only the current incidents upon
which parole revocation proceedings are pending against a parolee.