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§ 586. Confidential communications in presence of interpreter

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 2 Pa.C.S.A. Administrative Law and ProcedureEffective: January 29, 2007

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 2 Pa.C.S.A. Administrative Law and Procedure (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 5. Practice and Procedure (Refs & Annos)
Subchapter D. Administrative Proceeding Interpreters for Persons Who Are Deaf
Effective: January 29, 2007
2 Pa.C.S.A. § 586
§ 586. Confidential communications in presence of interpreter
An interpreter appointed under this subchapter may not be compelled to testify, in any judicial proceeding or administrative proceeding, to statements made by the person who is deaf and interpreted by the interpreter when the person who is deaf is engaged in a confidential communication as provided by any statute or general rule, including, but not limited to:
(1) 42 Pa.C.S. § 5916 (relating to confidential communications to attorney).
(2) 42 Pa.C.S. § 5928 (relating to confidential communications to attorney).
(3) 42 Pa.C.S. § 5942 (relating to confidential communications to news reporters).
(4) 42 Pa.C.S. § 5943 (relating to confidential communications to clergymen).
(5) 42 Pa.C.S. § 5944 (relating to confidential communications to psychiatrists or licensed psychologists).
(6) 42 Pa.C.S. § 5945 (relating to confidential communications to school personnel).
(7) 42 Pa.C.S. § 5945.1 (relating to confidential communications with sexual assault counselors).
(8) 42 Pa.C.S. § 5945.2 (relating to confidential communications to crime stopper or similar anticrime program).

Credits

2006, Nov. 29, P.L. 1538, No. 172, § 3, effective in 60 days [Jan. 29, 2007].
2 Pa.C.S.A. § 586, PA ST 2 Pa.C.S.A. § 586
Current through the end of the 2023 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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