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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 8-53.7 (2026)

Social worker privilege

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No person engaged in delivery of private social work services, duly licensed or certified pursuant to Chapter 90B of the General Statutes shall be required to disclose any information that he or she may have acquired in rendering professional social services, and which information was necessary to enable him or her to render professional social services: provided, that the presiding judge of a superior or district court may compel such disclosure, if in the court's opinion the same is necessary to a proper administration of justice and such disclosure is not prohibited by G.S. 8-53.6 or any other statute or regulation. (1983, c. 495, s. 2; 2001-152, s. 2; 2001-487, s. 40(b).)

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1996–2012 · leading case: Jaffee v. Redmond, 518 U.S. 1 (1996).
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Jaffee v. Redmond, 518 U.S. 1 (1996). · cites it 6× “Law § 4508 (McKinney 1992); N. C. Gen. Stat. § 8-53.7 (1986); Ohio Rev.”
In Re the Investigation of the Death of Miller, 584 S.E.2d 772 (N.C. 2003). · cites it 3× “5 (1999)), in the social worker privilege (N.C.G.S. § 8-53.7 (1999)), in the professional counselor privilege (N.”
Spangler v. Olchowski, 654 S.E.2d 507 (N.C. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “3 (2005) (for psychologists); N.C. Gen. Stat. § 8-53.7 (2005) (for social workers); N.”
Mosteller v. Stiltner, 727 S.E.2d 601 (N.C. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 4× “On 12 September 2011, Indenbaum filed a motion for *487 a protective order and a motion to quash the subpoena, asserting the statutory privilege between a licensed clinical social worker and her patient under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 8-53.7 (2011). The trial court held a hearing on the…”
Young v. Kimberly-clark Corp., 724 S.E.2d 552 (N.C. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 2× “North Carolina has created by statute a privilege for communications between a physician and patient.”
Jane Student 1 v. Williams, 206 F.R.D. 306 (S.D. Ala. 2002). “4508; N.C. Gen.Stat. § 8-53.7; Ohio Rev.Code Ann.”
Love v. Freeman (4th Cir. 1999). “Much of this evidence would be subject to a qualified social worker privilege, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 8-53.7 (1998), school counselor privilege, N.”
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