1997 Minnesota Statutes

     148.976 Optional disclosure; limitation on liability. 

    Subdivision 1.    Optional disclosure.  Nothing in 
 section 148.975 shall be construed to prohibit a practitioner 
 from disclosing confidences to third parties in a good-faith 
 effort to warn against or take precautions against a patient's 
 violent behavior for which a duty to warn does not arise under 
 section 148.975. 

    Subd. 2.    Limitation on liability.  No monetary 
 liability and no cause of action, or disciplinary action by the 
 state board of psychology or board of nursing may arise against 
 a practitioner for disclosure of confidences to third parties, 
 for failure to disclose confidences to third parties, or for 
 erroneous disclosure of confidences to third parties in a 
 good-faith effort to warn against or take precautions against a 
 patient's violent behavior for which a duty to warn does not 
 arise under section 148.975. 

    HIST: 1986 c 380 s 2