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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="19-315" title_number="19" title_name="Social Workers" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “social worker rehabilitation process” means a process that may include the evaluation and provision of assistance or the provision of information and resources to a licensee in need of treatment and rehabilitation for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Alcoholism;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Substance abuse or dependency; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Other physical, emotional, or behavioral health conditions.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The social worker rehabilitation process of the Board may function to assist persons referred:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Solely by the Board;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Jointly with a rehabilitation committee representing another board or boards; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>By the licensee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the proceedings, records, and files related to the social worker rehabilitation process are not discoverable and are not admissible in evidence in any civil action arising out of matters that are being or have been reviewed and evaluated as a result of the social worker rehabilitation process.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Paragraph (1) of this subsection does not apply to any record or document that is considered in the social worker rehabilitation process and that otherwise would be subject to discovery or introduction into evidence in a civil action.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>For purposes of this subsection, civil action does not include a proceeding before the Board or judicial review of a proceeding before the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A person who acts in good faith and within the scope of jurisdiction of the Board is not civilly liable for any action relating to the social worker rehabilitation process or for giving information to, participating in, or contributing to the administration of the social worker rehabilitation process.</text>
  </level>
</section>
