The section provides limited immunity for psychotherapists who discharge their duty to warn and protect by making reasonable efforts to communicate the threat to potential victims and to law enforcement agency by disclosing otherwise privileged patient communications.
The section provides immunity to consultants who communicate with the Director of the Department of Managed Health Care for the purpose of determining whether health care services are being provided in accordance with the Knox-Keene Act of 1975. Nothing in the code section alters existing laws regarding the confidentiality of medical records.
