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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 8-53.9 (2026)

Optometrist/patient privilege

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No person licensed pursuant to Article 6 of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes shall be required to disclose any information that may have been acquired in rendering professional optometric services and which information was necessary to enable that person to render professional optometric services, except that the presiding judge of a superior or district court may compel this disclosure, if, in the court's opinion, disclosure is necessary to a proper administration of justice and disclosure is not prohibited by other statute or rule. (1997-75, s. 4; 1997-304, 3.)

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1999–2003 · leading case: In Re the Investigation of the Death of Miller, 584 S.E.2d 772 (N.C. 2003).
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In Re the Investigation of the Death of Miller, 584 S.E.2d 772 (N.C. 2003). · cites it 3× “8 (2001)), and in the optometrist-patient privilege (N.C.G.S. § 8-53.9 (2001)). With respect to statutorily established privileges, we also find it notable that with other types of privileged communications, such as the clergyman privilege, the General Assembly has made these in…”
In re Owens, 517 S.E.2d 605 (N.C. 1999). · cites it 3× “Laws- (codifying “journalists’ testimonial privilege” as N.C.G.S. § 8-53.9, effective 1 October 1999).”
In Re Owens, 517 S.E.2d 605 (N.C. 1999). · cites it 3× “Laws 359 (codifying "journalists' testimonial privilege" as N.C.G.S. § 8-53.9, effective 1 October 1999).”
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