Limits of Confidentiality

In most cases, your written and signed authorization is required before information concerning your care can be disclosed to individuals outside of ECS, including parents, roommates, friends, faculty, and partners.

Below are some of the cases in which the law dictates that your signed authorization may not be required in order for ECS to release information:

If an ECS staff person believes that you are likely to harm yourself and/or another person, he or she may take action necessary to protect you or others by contacting law enforcement officers or a physician.

If an ECS clinician has cause to believe that a child has been or may be abused or neglected, the clinician is required to make a report to the appropriate state agency.

If an ECS clinician has cause to believe that an elderly or disabled person has been or may be abused, neglected, or subject to financial exploitation, the clinician is required to make a report to the appropriate state agency.

Information disclosed about a person from whom you sought counseling in the State of Georgia behaving toward you in a sexually inappropriate manner must be reported (your identity may remain anonymous at your request).

If your records are requested by a valid subpoena or court order, we must respond.

If you are a minor (under the age of 18).