Serious Threat to Health or Safety. If I learn that you intend to kill or seriously harm either yourself or another person(s) and I judge that there is a clear and substantial risk of imminent danger of that happening, I may breach confidentiality to the extent necessary to protect you or others and take actions which could include seeking hospitalization for you or contacting family members of others who can help provide protection. This could also include notifying the potential victim(s) or contacting the police.
Serious Threat to Health or Safety to you: When a patient threatens to harm himself/herself, Xx. XxXxxxxxx may be obligated to seek hospitalization for him/her, or to contact family members or others who can help provide protection.
Serious Threat to Health or Safety. We may use and disclose information when necessary to prevent a serious threat to your health and safety or the health and safety of the public or another person.
Serious Threat to Health or Safety. If we determine that there is a probability of imminent physical injury by you to yourself or others, or there is a probability of immediate mental or emotional injury to you, we may disclose relevant confidential mental health information to medical or law enforcement personnel.
Serious Threat to Health or Safety. If you communicate to Phoenix Family and Forensic Services an explicit threat of imminent serious physical harm or death to a clearly identified or identifiable victim(s) and Phoenix Family and Forensic Services believe you have the intent and ability to carry out such a threat, Phoenix Family and Forensic Services has a duty to take reasonable precautions to prevent the harm from occurring, including disclosing information to the potential victim and the police and in order to initiate hospitalization procedures. If Phoenix Family and Forensic Services believes there is an imminent risk that you will inflict serious harm on yourself, Phoenix Family and Forensic Services may disclose information in order to protect you.
Serious Threat to Health or Safety. If it is believed that a patient is threatening serious bodily harm to self or others, NHCC, LLC is required to take protective actions. These actions may include notifying the potential victim, contacting family members, contacting the police, or seeking hospitalization for the patient. If any of these similar situations occur, I will make every effort to fully discuss it with you before taking any action. Consulting with other Professionals: I may occasionally find it helpful to consult other professionals about a case. During a consultation, every effort to avoid revealing the identity of the patient is made. The consultant is also legally bound to keep the information confidential. If you don’t object, I will not tell you about these consultations unless it is important to our work together. While this written summary of exceptions to confidentiality should prove helpful in informing you about potential problems, it is important that any questions or concerns you may have be discussed at your next meeting. I will be happy to discuss these issues with you if you need specific advice, but formal legal advice may be needed because the laws governing confidentiality are quite complex, and I am not an attorney. If you request, I will provide you with relevant portions or summaries of the state laws regarding these issues.
Serious Threat to Health or Safety. I may disclose your confidential information to protect you or others from a serious threat of harm by you.
Serious Threat to Health or Safety. XXXX X. XXXXXXX, PH.D., ABPP, LLC may disclose your PHI if you are in such mental or emotional condition as to be dangerous to yourself or the person or property of others, and if XXXX X. XXXXXXX, PH.D., ABPP, LLC determines in good faith that disclosure is necessary to prevent the threatened danger. Under these circumstances, XXXX X. XXXXXXX, PH.D., ABPP, LLC may provide PHI to law enforcement personnel or other persons able to prevent or mitigate such a serious threat to the health or safety of a person or the public.
Serious Threat to Health or Safety. PADDOCK may disclose your PHI if you are in such mental or emotional condition as to pose serious and imminent harm to yourself or the person or property of others, and if PADDOCK determines in good faith that disclosure is necessary to prevent the threatened danger. Under these circumstances, XXXXXXX may provide PHI to law enforcement personnel or other persons able to prevent or mitigate such a serious and imminent harm to the health or safety of a person or the public.
Serious Threat to Health or Safety. PADDOCK may, consistent with applicable law and standards of ethical conduct, use or disclose psychotherapy notes, if PADDOCK, in good faith, believes the use or disclosure is (a) necessary to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to the health or safety of a person or the public; and (b) made to a person or persons reasonably able to prevent or lessen the threat, including the target of the threat.
