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Indiana Code › Title 16 › Article 39 › Chapter 2 › Section 16-39-2-7

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Sec. 7. Except as provided in section 8 of this chapter, the mental health record is not discoverable or admissible in any legal proceeding without the consent of the patient.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-4-8-3.1(g).]

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.22.

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