Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 34-8A-21 (2026)
Privileged Communications and Confidential Relations Between Practitioner and Client.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
For the purpose of this chapter, the confidential relations and communications between licensed professional counselor or certified counselor associate and client are placed upon the same basis as those provided by law between attorney and client, and nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require any such privileged communication to be disclosed.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-423, p. 649, §18.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2004–2008 · leading case: Brooks v. State, 33 So. 3d 1262 (Ala. Crim. App. 2008).
Brooks v. State, 33 So. 3d 1262 (Ala. Crim. App. 2008). “*1264 "THE COURT: Well tell me how you get around Section 34-8A-21, Section 15-23-42 and Rule 503? "[DEFENSE COUNSEL]: Judge, those are not absolute privileges.”
Osbon v. Osbon, 888 So. 2d 1236 (Ala. 2004). “104-191, and the psychotherapist-patient privilege of Ala.Code 1975, § 34-8A-21, the wife’s mental-health records should not be released without her consent.”
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